Exploring Acceptance and Boundaries in Teenagers: A Study of 'The Adoration of Jenna Fox'

The Adoration of Jenna Fox

In the novel “The Adoration of Jenna Fox” written by Mary E Pearson, two important ideas that are shown throughout the novel is Acceptance and Boundaries. Acceptance is important to a teenager because they are going through that time in there life where most things about them change and they just have to accept that. Boundaries is shown in the way that Jenna’s parents hold her back

and don't allow her to go to school or to stay in London and every teenager feels like there parents are to controlling and over step there boundaries.

In the novel “The Adoration of Jenna Fox” Jenna finds herself not knowing who she is anymore or how to accept herself. When Jenna finds out from her parents that she is 90% biogel and

she is stuck feeling out of place and inhuman. Like most teenagers losing yourself and changing is just a part of growing up and adding on the 90% biogel Jenna definitely has a reason not to be able to accept herself for who she is. “How am i meant to feel like a normal girl when I’m only 10% human” P. 150 In this quote it shows the lack of acceptance Jenna feels. Throughout the story Jenna learns to accept the way she is

Why is it that every teenager thinks there parents overstep there boundaries?
Jenna Fox’s parents are very careful about what Jenna does. Jenna’s mother is very protective over Jenna and you can tell she loves her a lot, but can a mother’s love for her daughter go to far?
After Jenna was nearly killed in a car crash her parents went to the full extent to make sure Jenna stays alive, but in doing that they take away all that is Jenna and change her in some ways to make her easier to deal with for her parents.
So yes i personally think Jenna’s parents over stepped there boundaries but only because of the unbreakable love Jenna’s parents have for Jenna.