In order to be familiar with the terms Greaser, Fangirl and Maze Runner, one has to be an avid reader of the genre of literature referred to as ‘Young Adult’ which houses books like The Outsiders, Fangirl and The Maze Runner series. Some of the widely known bestsellers, these novels tell stories from the view point of the younger generation, the ones who are still inexperienced. It can be defined as a genre of literature which is written while keeping in mind that the readers approximately will range from pre-teens and teens. The novels came with a plot that was either about teenagers or teenagers transcending into adult life.
Young adult are the ones that still are in the process of becoming an adult, meaning that they are still dependent,
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The book dealt with the issues of identity and morality, an issue which people, whether young or old are found conflicting themselves with. It was stated in the article, “They soften the challenging nature of the book’s subject matter by wrapping it in references, tropes and language familiar to its adolescent readers, even as they alleviate the fears of those readers’ too-earnest parents.” Perhaps that is why characters like those of the greasers, who were daring and charming at the same time appealed to the younger audience more, why that even though these boys had been through tough times, they held a childish composition still, which is usually lacked as one grows into adults and so on. A very simple reason why these novels were famous was because they were directed towards the younger generation, as their protagonists are still young and of a similar mindset like that of its audience, and the fact that the younger generation are more avid readers that the adults, these novels were easy to sell. Also, these novels became popular among the older generation as well, as the story they provided could well be …show more content…
All the protagonists at some point wonder the meaning of their existence, their worth, which is the sort of existential crisis teenagers are seen to suffer. The lives of the characters of these novels are often leading the similar kind of lives teenagers do, and hence it is easier for them to understand and hope to find a solution to theirs. Young Adult literature consist of teenagers who are always stuck at the fork in the road, and are to choose, whether they will walk what they are told to, or the path they are told not to. It all comes to understanding the working of the world by themselves, and making choices themselves, allowing reader to be taught as well. Because of their choices, we are also met with the consequences, and therefore the reader becomes aware of the consequences that a choice might bring upon. We cannot truly deem that these novels are not worth being titled as literature, for their audience comprises of the younger generation specifically, but even so, Young Adult fiction has only thrived and grown, with many titles and sub-categories, like romance, epic fantasy, mythology and many more. Young adult in itself is not a genre because of the available sub categories.
The representation that these protagonists found, were easily seen in the teenage society. In a paper by YALSA, Young Adult Literature Service Association, titled The Value of Young Adult Literature,
The Outsiders and The Wednesday Wars deal with misunderstandings among young people in the 1960’s and show how people can form friendships despite their differences. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton is about two rival gangs, the Greasers and Socs. Ponyboy Curtis and some Greasers befriend Cherry Valance, a Soc. She spies on the Socs and helps out the Greasers. Ponyboy and his friend, Johnny Cade, become involved with the killing of a Soc, so they run away to an abandoned church. When the church catches on fire, Ponyboy, Johnny, and their friend Dallas Winston, save a few children who were trapped in the burning building. Johnny gets injured during the process and later dies. The boys are mentioned in the newspaper as heroes. The
Which is better: book or movie? The age-old debate. But which is better? S.E Hinton's, 'The Outsiders' book is far superior to Francis F. Coppola's motion-picture film portrayal of the book in 1983. You might remember it from the popular quote, "Stay Gold". Today it is mostly read in middle school classrooms. The Outsiders was published by S.E Hinton in 1967 when she was a teenager. The main focus throughout the story is the feud between two gangs: The Socials (Socs) and the Greasers. "We're poorer than the Socs and the middle class. I reckon we're wilder too". The whole book is written in Ponyboy Curtis's point of view. So, we are hearing the story through a Greaser's perspective. It is often difficult to make a connection with a character over the big screen. You miss out on scenes that did not make it into the movie, some that were are not emphasized like they should have been, and some characters were portrayed wrongly.
...the future to see that his life is not ruined by acts of immaturity. And, in “Araby”, we encounter another young man facing a crisis of the spirit who attempts to find a very limiting connection between his religious and his physical and emotional passions. In all of these stories, we encounter boys in the cusp of burgeoning manhood. What we are left with, in each, is the understanding that even if they can’t see the light at the end of the tunnel, we can. These stories bind all of us together in their universal messages…youth is something we get over, eventually, and in our own ways, but we cannot help get over it.
Having literature that can speak to your situation in life is what young adults need in their books. In Donna’s Norton Through the Eyes of a Child she lists seven characteristics of a good young adult novel and some of them are,“written from the viewpoint of an of young people, main characters must overcome their problem without help from the parent, deal with emotional problem of young adults and have fast paced storyline” (Norton, 2007). The Fault in Our Stars executed theses things perfectly. It is told from the perspective of a sixteen year old girl, living with cancer, but still going through what most sixteen year old’s go through, She has parents who do not understand her life and what she is going through so they cannot actually help her with her problems and she falls in love for the first time and experienced a tragic heartbreak. The story goes on how life does for a teenager, everything is happening fast and very out of their control, and they must live as best as they can with the circumstances of their life. John Green wrote more than just a teen cancer book, he told the experiences of not having any control in your teen years by using
Protected by a cocoon of naiveté, Holden Caulfield, the principal character in the novel, The Catcher in the Rye, therapeutically relates his lonely 24 hour stay in downtown New York city, experiencing the "phony" adult world while dealing with the death of his innocent younger brother. Through this well-developed teenage character, JD Salinger, uses simple language and dialogue to outline many of the complex underlying problems haunting adolescents. With a unique beginning and ending, and an original look at our new society, The Catcher in the Rye is understood and appreciated on multiple levels of comprehension. The book provides new insights and a fresh view of the world in which adolescents live.
It is a fact of life that no one can remain young forever. Some teenagers cannot wait to grow up and get out on their own away from childish rules and parental limitations. For other teenagers the thought of the adult world conjures images of negativity and responsibilities such as going to work everyday, dealing with undesirable people, and being part of a stiff society. However, mediums do exist between these two contrasting worlds. Unfortunately, Holden Caulfield, an adolescent struggling with growing up in the novel The Catcher in the Rye, is not aware of these mediums. To him the two worlds seem to be as different as heaven and hell with no purgatory in between. Holden has no positive adult role models, his only concern is preserving innocence and the only people he truly cares about and respects are children. Holden Caulfield fears the transition from child to adult in J. D. Salinger’s novel The Catcher in the Rye because childhood is so inviting and adulthood is so ominous.
As well, how this novel wrongly portrays the younger populations including their behaviours and interests by following stereotypes.
Whenever a great book is released, a movie is sure to follow. Some movies don’t capture the full image of the book, and the Outsiders movie, while close, is very different than the book. The book the Outsiders was released in 1967 by S.E. Hinton who was only seventeen. The book gained multiple rewards later on. The movie was made almost twenty years later in 1983. The movie shows fans a visual representation of the book, The Outsiders. The Outsiders book is different from the movie because the book shows Ponyboy’s thoughts, the movie doesn’t show much of what happens to Ponyboy after Dally’s death, and doesn’t show movie-watchers much of Johnny’s backstory.
Being a teenager is quite an awkward time in a person’s life, it is like being a mutation, half-child and half-adult, losing innocence along the way. Around the age of 14 people hit high school and life begins to change for both males and females. Girls and boys officially start their journey into women and men, hitting many bumps and hurdles on the road to discover themselves. In the novels, Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky and The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, two very different boys begin the voyage into adulthood both making mistakes and facing obstacles along their way. Within these two stories the reader delves into the secrets of what exactly is ailing the minds of american males. In both novels, the boys face a
Movies and books can be very different in many ways. The Outsiders was written in 1967 by S.E. Hinton and was later made into a movie in 1983. The movie version of the book had to cut out scenes and change things that ended up creating several differences between the two. The main focus will be the plot of the Outsiders in the book versus in the movie. There are many differences between the book and the movie.
Psychologists usually agree that the teenage years are among the most difficult periods in one’s life. Most teens are trying to figure who they are, what they believe, and how they fit into the world around them. Beginning in the late 1970’s, a whole genre of fiction, referred to as coming-of- age literature, emerged and serves, at least for many teens, as believable presentations of young people learning to navigate the difficulties of their lives, often fraught with feelings of rejection, seemingly unresolvable personal turmoil, social problems, school and family issues, etc. Indeed one value of reading is to see and better understand some aspects of ourselves through studying others. The reading of SPEAK, a somewhat controversial book because of its subject matter – rape--, is a worthwhile endeavor in any middle school classroom and offers many valuable life lessons to young teens.
The Outsiders book and movie were different from each other in many ways. The Outsiders is about a boy (Ponyboy) who tells us his story about how he feels being a Greaser. His friends (including him) are all one gang who look out for each other and hang out. Their rivals, the Socs, are the rich kids that like to beat up and pick on the Greasers. Ponyboy tells us what happens to him during one week. Ponyboy goes to the movies with his friends and meets two girl Socs. Dally, Ponyboy’s one friend, talks to the Socs. Ponyboy and Johnny tell Dally to leave the Socs alone and the Socs invite them to sit with them. After the movie the Socs boyfriends show up and threaten to start a fight for messing around with
The “Outsiders” film and novel are very wonderful in many ways. The movie and book are similar in many ways.
My recommendation for this book would be that this book is just a fun read, nothing to serious. But yet it's a book were its easy to relate to were a lot of the situations that happen in the book happen in young teenage life as well. Like for example the desperation to fit in. kids will do most likely anything to be part of "the cool group" hopefully not take some sort of pill that will talk to you in your head. But other things like being pressured into talking drugs. Sneaking out of the house to go to some party and not coming back until the next day at dawn without getting caught. These days we do so much and our parents know so little.
Literature has been part of society since pen met paper. It has recorded history, retold fables, and entertained adults for centuries. Literature intended for children, however, is a recent development. Though children’s literature is young, the texts can be separated into two categories by age. The exact splitting point is debatable, but as technology revolutionized in the mid-twentieth century is the dividing point between classic and contemporary. Today’s children’s literature is extraordinarily different from the classics that it evolved from, but yet as classic was transformed into modern, the literature kept many common features.