The Rise And Fall Of The American Teenager (202 - 303)

Summary:
  Thomas talks about how teens had access to adult jobs and responsibilities. Explains how movies had a lot to do with the new dating scene that started to take place in the early 1930s but, they believe the cause to this was music and movies. They said that caused it because most movies and music were about  relationships and music and movies at that time and to me from experience is a huge part a teens life. This is very similar to how things are now because I personally feel like teens all watch movies and listening to music and mostly all of them being about relationships. This does have a huge impact on what teenagers do with their life then and now. What I found interesting that ob of the chapters had talked about was how cruel some teenagers were. They brought up a Scottsboro court case where African American male teenagers were being accused for something they did not do by other young teenagers. Thomas used this as an example of "Dead End Kids" . The chapters also talk about how kids are slowly going to school more and more. They also talk about the use of drug in teenagers such a marijuana in the 1970s which lead many teenagers into a bad path.

Quote: "Young people are here and, as always, ready to make history. Let's help them. We were young once too" (Hine 304)

Reaction: This to me was the perfect way to end the book in my opinion. To me it is a great ending because throughout the whole book Thomas is talking about the different history of teenagers through years and years seen though adults eyes. And in the end  by saying this its saying that the teenagers are the ones who make history and rather then stop them adults should help them considering the fact that they were once teens. This ending of the book really caught my eye and I thought it was a well way to end the teenage history.