Holland's Sexual Identity

The theme of the novel is to not follow the crowd, because it may lead you into the wrong direction. Truly followed the populars and dropped her friends who “saved her in the 6th grade.” This teaches middle school girls to have more

The connections with the readers are unexplainable and gives lots of joy to go with it. The comedy may seem to make it a book for the youth, but is found that is not the case. As stated, the theme is not the best thing in the world, but should not be a deal breaker for someone in need of a good read. The plot, can be confusing at times but all adds up in the end, giving satisfaction and the,”Ohhhhhhhhhhh I get it now.” The book states the story of a young middle school kid and his story in first person giving the full experience. Overall, Mr. Patterson has given everyone a run for their money, with much more to

As an adult reader who has crossed over to the reality of life, reading about these characters can be a transparent, futile exercise because as adults looking back at youth we have the experience to know where these characters are headed before they even start their journey. However, for young adults who are still in the throes of existential angst this is a powerful novel that handles teenage rites of passage and coming-of-age issues such as loyalty, friendship, belonging, and even death and loss very well.

Throughout the novel Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli, several topics across the novel contribute to the overall theme. From identity, conformity to bullying, the topics of Stargirl cover everything under the Mica sun. Conformity is touched after everyone in Mica Area High School is described as conformists, blending into one another. Identity is challenged by Stargirl as she breaks away from conformity. Bullying makes its debut after the kids at MAHS reject Stargirls quirky ways. Overall, the Stargirl novel puts a fresh take on the underlining theme most people aren’t true to themselves unless they are confident.

This novel “is a book that truly speaks to adolescents in contemporary language and with teenage characters about adolescent sexuality” (Kaplan 27). Katherine is learning about her sexuality in the novel.

In this way, at its core, the problem at hand is one of power. Because she is different, she is a threat to their own identities and own position within the system of power. As a result, Jess’s peers must take her identity away from her. By creating a guessing game out of her gender gender [“a group of girls squealed as I passed, ‘Is it animal, mineral, or vegetable?” (24)], or letting her know Jess “[isn’t] a girl’s name” (25), her classmates deprive her of the option to define her own identity. As she and her peers “mature”, so does the caliber of harassment. When she’s young enough to describe the sky as “crayon blue” (17) the bullying manifests as tying her up and stripping her to “see how [she] tinkles” (18) and once she’s in high school, it progresses even further to the rape. The dissonance of needing to categorize her while at the same time being unable to do so is perhaps so conflicting they have nowhere to go but violence.

Natalie Babbit’s Tuck’s Everlasting and Katherine Paterson’s Bridge to Terabithia are two notable Coming of Age books that lots of children and young adults tend to read growing up. These two novels exemplify great stories in which students can relate to. Readers from generations to generations continue to identify

Coming-of-age novels focus on the transition from childhood to adulthood, with the main character going through a conflict and maturing from it. In the novel Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, Melinda Sordino a is a high school freshman transitioning from her difficult first year of high school to her second year. Through the novel, readers go through Melinda's freshman year learning about her conflicts, secrets, discoveries, and opinions of the world around her.

Through the juxtaposition of three young adult novels with struggle for power in the father/daughter relationship and the myth of universal teenage rebellion are present, the argument of “all teenagers are rebellious” is ruled obsolete and untrue. The combination of looking through the Feminist Lens and Youth Lens reading of Bronx Masquerade by Nikki Grimes, Gabi, a Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero, and This is Where it Ends by Marieke Nijkamp, contributes to the revelation that these female characters who may be perceived as rebellious teenagers are not rebellious at all, but instead redefine the word “rebellious” by gaining power over their own destiny instead of submitting to their parents’

The coming of age genre focuses on the coming of age and rites of passage of an adolescent for how it educates its readers about personal growth and self consciousness. The main focus is the psychological and moral growth of the protagonist. The goal is to achieve maturity and the protagonist is often in search of answers and seeks to gain an identity of his own. It is also often seen in coming of age novels that the protagonist becomes disillusioned or disappointed as the reality does not match his high hopes and dreams. Gaining of self- knowledge is the key to the ultimate level of maturity of the protagonist

This paper examines the social aspects of the sexual identity in America, illustrating how sexual identities have progressed, evolved, and transformed. Social categories have been created as a tool used for social divide and control, inadvertently creating stereotypical facts and discriminatory opinions on sexes; while also helping create social and welcoming communities, whose goals are to diminish ideals such as those. Concluding, this paper will have explained the dichotomous categories of different sexualities and the divides within them. The already established sexual divide leaves no room for those stuck in the in between of today's society, especially one as progressive as America’s. Derived from the examples giving, this paper argues

Having blossomed from a child into a well-developed young lady, Rachel begins her new teenage ways of “paying too much attention to boy” (150). In the eyes of her grandmother, the worse aspects of her new behavior is labeled as being like her mother, but Rachel exploring her sexuality with males is a result of her loneliness and the lack of sense of self. Through grandmother's hate towards Nella; half of herself had been unconsciously rejected, and it in the novel Rachel says in regards to her sexual touching from John Bailey that he had made all of what is really me feel really good.” (150) These are cries of help from a young lady desperately trying to find someone who loves her as her in the all wrong ways, and this gets further displayed

Any creative mind would like to read this book because it lets you see into the mind of a young girl who is extremely mature for her age experiencing a serious event that would scar even an adult. It covers mature themes such as suicide and mental illness, but to some that makes it even more compelling. It teaches readers a lesson about following the rules and how fragile some minds can be.

Young minds are often delineate as stews of hormones and impulse however the choices they make are frequently deeply base on theory and worthy of being treated in a particular way of greater consideration. The poem of “At Sixteen” suggests raging hormones, girls, and everyday life leads to consistent struggle for teens because at sixteen you don’t think as an adult; their minds are immature. The literary elements of this poem such as tone, character type, symbol, mode of criticisms are the key to understanding the poem and a necessary feature of verbal telling storytelling that can be found in a written fiction.

Sara Farizan’s sophomore novel follow the story of closeted lesbian, Leila. As a girl with Persian heritage, her sexuality makes her life even more precarious. And when the intriguing, newbie Saskia enters her life, Leila