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List and explain the basic significance of young adult literature
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The Fault in Our Stars and The Perks of Being A Wallflower are two books that cannot be missed. Even though they are both classified as Young Adult novels, these two book are very different but do have some similarities. The characters of these book have contrasting attitudes and their reactions to scenarios and varied. The Fault in Our Stars has more of a romantic touch to it while The Perks of Being A Wallflower is more about growing up. The characters are also deeply affected by the settings of the books.
These two books have two distinct main characters. The Fault in Our Stars’s main character, Hazel, is a girl who thinks that cancer has taken over her life but when she meets Augustus she finds her true identity. While Charlie, The Perks of Being a Wallflower main character, was a boy who couldn’t come out of his shell. He was a wallflower and never participated in anything until he was admitted into a mental hospital and realized that he had to start living his life. Both characters dealt with a type of sickness. Hazel’s problem was more of overcoming cancer but Charlie’s probl...
I read the book The Outsiders and watched the movie the West Side Story, they had many similarities but they also had their differences. I enjoyed both the book and the movie they were very well written. I will tell compare and contrast the book and the movie.
Comparing Little House on the Prairie, written by Laura Ingalls Wilder, and Sarah Plain and Tall, Written by Patricia MacLachlan
They both have a theme of racism and the author gave out what it was like for the black community in the past on having to go threw what they did everyday. In these novels, the characters and the society are alike however, unfortunately they have different endings.
An analysis of Mycerinus and Kha-merer-nebty II and Augustus of Primaporta, reveals that there are many similarities, but also many differences between these two pieces of sculpture. These similarities and differences are found in the subject, style, and function of both works of art.
Both books Number the Stars (Lois Lowry) and Divergent (Veronica Roth) are excellent books, that are completely different when it comes to showing the issues. But are also related because of the Intense situations in the books. In Number The Stars, Annemarie, her family and her best friend Ellen are dealing with being a Jew in the Holocaust. In Divergent, Tris is not put into just one Fraction which her Society realize on. She is put into all of them, she is Divergent. Despite the fact that there is scary and intense moments in both books. From mass killings at concentration camps (Number The Stars) to hiding and fighting for what's right even though that means breaking the fractions and crushing society (Divergent). These books
Some people think that if they could only change one aspect of their lives, it would be perfect. They do not realize that anything that is changed could come with unintended consequences. “The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W. Jacobs and “The Third Wish” by Joan Aiken both illustrate this theme. They demonstrate this by granting the main character three wishes, but with each wish that is granted, brings undesirable consequences. The main idea of this essay is to compare and contrast “The Monkey’s Paw” and “The Third Wish.” Although the “The Monkey’s Paw” and “The Third Wish” are both fantasies and have similar themes, they have different main characters, wishes, and resolutions.
In this paragraph I will discuss the relationship between two kinds of books. The first one is Anthem by Ayn Rand it is about people in this town where they don’t have any feelings and they have to follow rules from other people. Also the other book is called The Maze Runner by James Dashner it is about a group of boys that live in a maze and they are locked in this maze until one guy finds a way to get out of it. There is also a place where I will be talking about the comparison of the Anthem and The Maze Runner. In Anthem by Ayn Rand there is definite distopian themes as well as the Maze runner by James Dasher.
The theme of power being abused is carried out in both I Only Came to Use the Phone and Lord of the Flies. The reasoning as to why we would see this theme as the base for both stories is because it is such a common theme; it is known that everyone craves power because of the self-satisfaction they gain from it. The authors of these stories realizing that, used the theme of abuse of power to create chaos within the story and create interest, and they did this by having their characters go after something that makes themselves feel powerful. In Lord of the Flies it was the powerful feeling of hunting for the boys, and in I Only Came to Use the Phone it was the power that the Matron had over Maria by sexually harassing her. Although those two examples seem as though it is people who abuse power it goes beyond that; as if the evil within everyone is awaken by power and that evil is what succumbs them to abuse the power.
In the movie, The Perks of Being a Wallflower the audience learns a great deal about, Charlie, the main character’s life and how his past traumas affect him psychologically (Chbosky, 2012). Charlie is a 15-year-old boy who is coping with his best friend’s suicide, in addition to struggling with Posttraumic Stress Disorder (PTSD) (Chbosky, 2012). When Charlie was younger, his favorite Aunt, Helen, raped him, although he did not seem to fully understand that until he was hospitalized (Chbosky, 2012). However, Charlie was not hospitalized until right after he learned his best friend, Michael, committed suicide. Charlie is also shy, therefore has difficulties making friends. At the beginning of the movie, Charlie is writing to a new friend and
In one scene, Mr. Anderson is asked by Charlie why people stay with others who are wrong for them, speaking of Sam and her boyfriend, and he responds with his famous quote, “We accept the love we think we deserve.” That statement is very powerful and makes a lot of sense in the world of psychology. It is shown that many of the characters in the film accepted the love they thought they deserved whether it be Sam with her boyfriend, Patrick with Brad, or even Charlie with Mary Elizabeth. However, with the ability of change, they all stood up for themselves and one another and started to embrace pure love and friendship and accepted nothing that defies that. The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a very emotional and influential movie that could easily be used for a psychological analysis. (Halfon, Malkovich, Smith & Chbosky,
Charlie struggles with apparent mental illness throughout his letters, but he never explicitly addresses this problem. His friends make him realize that he is different and it is okay to be different from everyone else. This change in perspective gives Charlie new opportunities to experience life from a side he was unfamiliar with. Without these new friends, Charlie would have never dared to try on the things he has. His friends have helped him develop from an antisocial wallflower to an adventurous young man who is both brave and loyal. Transitioning shapes how the individual enters into the workforce, live independently and gain some control over their future
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead is a tragic comedy by Tom Stoppard, which focuses on the adventures of two minor characters from Shakespeare’s famous play Hamlet. The Rover also known as The Banish'd Cavaliers, is a romantic or restoration comedy by Aphra Behn, about a rakish naval captain, who falls in love with a young woman, who plans on marrying him. Although both these plays are comedies, there are significant differences in the theme, style, setting, and the whole feel they give an audience.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a coming of age film that chronicles the life of a boy named Charlie. Charlie is 15 years old and has just begun his first year of high school. He will give a detailed account of the joys and pains of his freshman year in high school. He begins by writing letters to an unknown stranger, but then, you realize that stranger is you. Through these Charlie tells his story from his perspective. He will experience many highs and lows related to the adolescence phase. The highlights of the paper will focus on the biological/physical, psychological, social, spiritual, cultural issues, as well as his strengths and challenges.
Short stories are a form of literature works that authors use to communicate various themes and issues to the reader. As such, it is common for different short stories authored by different people to have a central meaning or theme that differs from each other. In addition, the way the author portrays his/her central theme or meaning would differ from the way other authors would craft their short stories to best portray their central meaning. While some would use characterization as a means of portraying the theme of their story, other authors employ the use of symbols to better communicate their theme. However, some slight similarities can always be drawn between short stories. ‘Hills like White
Because of the parties he attends with his new friends he has tried using some drugs. These new friends help Charlie see things with a positive perspective, and to be confident in himself. When his friends move away, Charlie experience isolation and has a mental crisis that leads him to be internalized in a clinic.