experiences. This book speaks well to young readers because of its idealism‚ honesty‚ and sincerity. Hinton took all her child life experiences and put them into writing. Her works were so appealing that "The Outsiders can be thought to be the best-selling young adult novel of all time‚ it has the appeal to teens and their genre. It adapted into both a prime-time television series and a movie" (Howard 8-9). Hinton has her own style‚ "Hinton introduces the young people who live in the bad parts of town
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The Transformation of Ponyboy Curtis In the book the Outsiders by S.E Hinton‚ we meet Ponyboy Curtis. The two biggest problems in his world are the constant Greaser/ Soc wars and the never ceasing criticism of his brother Darry. Or they were until his best friend Johnny kills a Soc‚ forcing them to flee to an old abandoned church in the country to evade arrest. Their Ponyboy grows as a person‚ a friend‚ and a brother. By the end of the book‚ he realizes that who you are isn’t where you come
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Apparently the popular post-Gothic genre which have over the last few years poured on an infinite series of young adult novels on the bookshelves‚ finally exhausted its creative vein or at least replaced it with a new line ready to satisfy the taste of the young public in search of evasion in the world of fantasy and its declinations which dreams‚ desires and frustrations are translated into paper in novels - or rather‚ in sagas‚ since the authors are hardly limited to a single volume - of post-apocalyptic
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The book series ’The Apparition Saga’ by Dominic A. Bianco is a teen’s narrative about his life‚ punctuated by an event that leaves him a superhero; from this event the story dynamically changes from themes of coming of age to a fantasy‚ but the relationship between the two stories collide to create a trusted tale. It is a first person telling of a story that is unique to any story I have ever read. Both books are told from the main character of Angelo Drake’s point of view. This provides for an
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My two books for this comparison essay are “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson‚ and The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. “The Lottery” is about the towns people drawing out slips of paper and seeing who gets the slip of paper with the black pencil dot; whereas The Hunger Games is about Katniss taking her sister’s place when she she’s called into the Hunger Games and trying to survive in the arena with Peeta in the Hunger Games. This book ends with Katniss and Peeta winning the Hunger Games and the two
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Lost Property by James Maloney is a young adult novel that deals with relationships teenagers may experience. The novel‚ narrated by Josh Tambling‚ a seventeen year old high school student‚ illustrates what he learns through the progression of the story about his relationships with other characters. Josh learns that within a relationship‚ one must be completely honest to yourself and with other people. Josh learns that in relationships‚ he must be honest with others. He learns this through his
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1013 2014‚ February 10 Twilight The Twilight film series‚ based on Stephanie Meyer’s young adult novel series‚ are poor excuses for blockbusters‚ because of the incredibly poor acting‚ terrible dialogue‚ and no plot; and it portrays women to be subservient to men. The movie was a big disappointment to me. When Twilight the movie came out‚ I was really excited about going and seeing it; every young teenage girl was. When I went and saw it‚ I was very disappointed. It was nothing to what I
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the main focus or character‚ but scholar Carmen D. Siering takes a position on this topic as well. In Carmen D. Siering’s “Taking a Bite out of Twilight‚” Siering uses an informative tone to discuss the feminist issue that evolves in the popular young adult novel Twilight. As Siering introduces the characters in her article
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Also‚ the novel won the Ontario Library Association’s White Pine Award in 2011. The White Pine Award is an annual literature award that has awarded young adult novels since 2002. Other books like Little Brother by Cory Doctorow and Mostly Happy by Pam Bustin have also received White Pine Awards. The Monkeyface Chronicles is a fictional novel about a young boy named Philip who suffers from an extreme facial deformity. All the other kids make fun of Philip and call him names like ‘Monkeyface’. While
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avoiding certain places or situations that bring back memories‚ flashbacks or intrusive images‚ losing touch with reality; difficulty concentrating‚ and other physical symptoms” (Roux). These are all psychological results of violence in both children and adults. Most people experience some symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder during and after witnessing war and violence because the human brain can only handle so much disaster and trauma at
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