In the article, "Darkness to Visible" the author Megan Cox Gurdon published in the wall street journal, the author is trying to get a message out. She wants us, the readers, to know that the content of young adult books has become much more "grueling", then a few decades previous. She wants us as readers, after reading her article, to think or agree with her that the literature of YA books has become highly in inappropriate our future generation of young adults.
The author not only is trying to persuade us something, but also trying to
makes feel a certain way (in order to persuade us). The author, Megan Cox Gurdon is trying to put us in a feeling of darkness, because she wants us to understand that lots of YA books are dark, so ,of course, she wants to put us in a "dark" mood. To put us in a dark mood she definetly uses the word "dark in numerous forms a large sum of times.
She also gives of books like "The Marbury Lens" or "Go Ask Alice and then gives a dark, descriptions that make the books look worse then they may really be.
For example for "Go Ask Alice" the author states "recounts a girl spiral into drug addiction, rape, prostituition and a fatal overdose. Also the description of "the Outsiders" is much worse then the book really is; "class tensions, family dysfunction and violent, disaffected youth" I have read this book and personally the description to me is way overboard. There are warm hearted scenes of family and friendship and other beautiful moments that if anything is a good influence on teens. The author to set the mood and to make the feel dark or effected gives several examples of YA books and gives grueling descriptions of them and is very dramatic to connect with her readers.
I do agree that there are plenty of Young Adult books that are violent inappropriate and disgusting, but I do not like the way the author, Megan Cox Gurdon, tries to persuade her reason. I'm actually in some way irritated with the way she described some of the books. Honestly I haven't read to many of the books she mentioned but she just completely made these books sound cruel and vicious. She is way to dramatic about the subject, although the way she makes these books sounds, she is quite successful with her arguing, but still I do not agree with her perspective on most of these books, even though i have not even read most of them. If anything after reading this article her righting has irritaed me to the point that I now want to read some of these books just to see if her dramatics are true to the book.
Thursday, October 23, 2014
Sunday, October 19, 2014
Insurgent (spoilers)
I have 4 very close friends, I have known them for years since around 1st grade. They are good guys and we are all great friends but we all, including myself, keep secrets from one another. Secrets that involve one another that all of us deserve to know. We hide these secrets for along time, the guilt changes us makes us feel awful and ruins u. When our truths finally, come out we've waited to long and the truth is terribly hurtful after such a long time. In the book "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth the main character, Tris, is in a tricky situation and is forced to shoot one of her best friends(previous book). Like me and my friends do so often she hides this secret. She buries it away, does not tell her boyfriend, Tobias, or her best friend, Christina. She is later forced to reveal the truth, by truth serum, and the two relationships between two very close people, who are one of her last people close to her after her parents death, is damaged greatly.Keeping secrets might seem like a good way of dealing with some issues but it can become the worst way.spoi
When Tris is forced to reveal her secret of her unfortunate undoing of Will, the timing could not be worse. When she reveals it shes not doing it out of her own will its because she had to, implying she planned to hide it from them, this is not told but it could be inferred. Also this delicate subject is revealed in front of a large crowd instead alone. Tobias, who recently revealed extremely personal information showing that he trusted her, unlike the way he feels to the vast majority of people, is infuriated. He almost about 20 minutes ago told her she could trust him and she denies she has any secrets. We all think that keeping hurtful secrets in is best for everyone, but they are bound to come out eventually. We all regret not telling the people we kept it from earlier, maybe it wouldn't be so bad. Tris probably feels miserable and loads of regret, most people would after keeping in a secret like that (although that is extremely unlikely in real life). Tobias has complete right to be infuriated, she had a chance to reveal herself several times but she kept it from him. Tris seems to be a secretive person, not revealing things, she does not seem like she is open, although she is not consistent, I think without her knowing it possibly shes pretty good at lying to Tobias. Tobias was not the only person effected by this news, another relationship was changed forever as well, her best friend.
Although Tris is not given an ideal moment to reveal what happened, she still keeps the secret from Christina, who is one of her closet friends, until the truth serum. Revealing the truth to Christina was awful and the worst to reveal to. Christina being her best friend and Christina also being wills girlfriend. Best friends, no matter how strong there relationship can falter, they can be damaged they can be broken. This is not news for normal friends to get through like a small argument. This is something that only extremely close friends could get through, the murder another friends boyfriend is something that is not ordinary thing to get through. This an awful thing, but this also in away showed strength in their relationship. An awful time became a sign of strength and goodness in two friends.
In my life and probably many others, people keep secrets. Sometimes the secret can really hurt someone close to you, you think, "less people will be hurt if no one knows".
Later the guilt gnaws away at you, you try to bury the secret but its to much, you live differently, the culpability is so much you must finally reveal it. Some are forced to reveal it and some choose to and some wait so long its to late. Tris waits so long that the secret comes out and relationships are damaged, hurt, and changed forever. Keeping some secrets may seem like the best thing to do but sometimes its the worst.
When Tris is forced to reveal her secret of her unfortunate undoing of Will, the timing could not be worse. When she reveals it shes not doing it out of her own will its because she had to, implying she planned to hide it from them, this is not told but it could be inferred. Also this delicate subject is revealed in front of a large crowd instead alone. Tobias, who recently revealed extremely personal information showing that he trusted her, unlike the way he feels to the vast majority of people, is infuriated. He almost about 20 minutes ago told her she could trust him and she denies she has any secrets. We all think that keeping hurtful secrets in is best for everyone, but they are bound to come out eventually. We all regret not telling the people we kept it from earlier, maybe it wouldn't be so bad. Tris probably feels miserable and loads of regret, most people would after keeping in a secret like that (although that is extremely unlikely in real life). Tobias has complete right to be infuriated, she had a chance to reveal herself several times but she kept it from him. Tris seems to be a secretive person, not revealing things, she does not seem like she is open, although she is not consistent, I think without her knowing it possibly shes pretty good at lying to Tobias. Tobias was not the only person effected by this news, another relationship was changed forever as well, her best friend.
Although Tris is not given an ideal moment to reveal what happened, she still keeps the secret from Christina, who is one of her closet friends, until the truth serum. Revealing the truth to Christina was awful and the worst to reveal to. Christina being her best friend and Christina also being wills girlfriend. Best friends, no matter how strong there relationship can falter, they can be damaged they can be broken. This is not news for normal friends to get through like a small argument. This is something that only extremely close friends could get through, the murder another friends boyfriend is something that is not ordinary thing to get through. This an awful thing, but this also in away showed strength in their relationship. An awful time became a sign of strength and goodness in two friends.
In my life and probably many others, people keep secrets. Sometimes the secret can really hurt someone close to you, you think, "less people will be hurt if no one knows".
Later the guilt gnaws away at you, you try to bury the secret but its to much, you live differently, the culpability is so much you must finally reveal it. Some are forced to reveal it and some choose to and some wait so long its to late. Tris waits so long that the secret comes out and relationships are damaged, hurt, and changed forever. Keeping some secrets may seem like the best thing to do but sometimes its the worst.
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