Anne Scott Teenage Wasteland

450 Words1 Page

In “Teenage Wasteland” by Anne Tyler, Donny causes his own poor choices in the story. It is revealed through Donny’s bad behavior and his laziness in school. First, Donny puts himself in a hole. He has bad behavior, and makes his own decisions to do the wrong thing. One day the school calls Donny’s parents. Informing them that,” [Donny] had cut classes on at least three occasions” and,” He smoked in the furnace room” (206 Tyler). This is Donny’s fault; he knows what he is doing is sophistical. He knows he will get in trouble, but he does not care enough to even consider the consequences for his actions. Furthermore, even after getting counseling, Donny’s behavior still continues to decline as the school year progresses. The school eventually expels Donny because,” There had been a locker check, and in Donny’s locker they found five cans of beer and half a pack of cigarettes” (212). It is clear that Donny does not want to do the right thing. His behavior is …show more content…

He does not want to do his work, and consistently puts it off for other things. He tells his parents every night,” He doesn’t have any homework or he did it all in study hall” (206). He is defiantly lien to his parents; because if he were telling the truth, he would not be failing his classes. He is unenergetic, and does not want to do the work in his school, so he chooses not to. Next, after Daisy stops asking Donny about his work. Donny’s grades worsen especially in one class. In history class, the teacher informs Daisy that,” [Donny’s] rose from a D to a C, but now they’ve slipped back, and they’re closer to an F” (210). In the end it is clear that Donny just does not want to work because he is too out of it. He rather practice doing the wrong thing; than actually doing something productive. In conclusion, Donny is just careless, it is obvious he can do the work, but he is just too lazy to do it. He is the only person, holding himself

Open Document