Teens are represented as young adults who are trying to figure themselves out, and who make many mistakes and wrong decisions when trying to grow as a person. In my lit circle novel, Hannah Baker was represented as someone who was weak, and let other people get her down to the point of suicide. In my opinion, teenagers are very smart and mature for their age, because in our generation, we are exposed to many more dangerous or mature things, so we are learning how to deal with them at a younger age. I do not think teenagers get enough credit for how we react and deal with the things that we are exposed to, and I think that we are pretty good at it for our age.
Teens are the mix of kids and adult, being a teen means having all the advantages of still being a kid but all the disadvantages of soon but not yet being an adult. Authors represent teens as these, super mature yet innocent hero’s. I understand that they are somewhat limited, but I would love to read a book about what it actually means to be a 15-16 year old in my generation. I do agree that these extremely dramatic situations are intriguing but they are very unlikely. I see teenage years, as a period of time in which you discover what the world around you is truly like, nothing is sugar coated like when you’re a kid anymore and that’s why it’s bitter sweet.
Being a teenager can be really hard but as well really fun, it's the time to goof off before becoming an adult it's the time to have fun with your friends and do stuff that you know your going to regret but you have that excuse of being just a kid. No one wants to grow up but everybody does that why being a teenager is hard its the first step to when you know that your becoming an adult and are about to start a family, grow old and get a lot of responsibilities. In my literature novel the teenager goes through ruff times at school as well as at home. She doesn't get treated fairly because one little not even stupid thing she did.
Being a teenager doesn't just have one trait, it has hundreds. Being a teenager, you deal with different emotions and face new things all the time. Being a teenager is while you're still in-between a kid and adult. It's the years you make some of your biggest mistakes and greatest memories. The teens in the novel in reading "Everyday" are represented in many ways because there are so many different teenagers we read about. All of the teenagers face different struggles and challenges. I think that is what can relate to all of teenagers. What we face during our teenage years creates/impacts a huge part of who we become as an adult.
In Go Ask Alice being a teenager means to be completely irrational and do super hard drugs and go make your own business at the age of fifteen. She does some pretty weird and crazy things such as put a cat in a washing machine because shes too "stoned". While shes doing these things, she makes it seem like a totally normal teenage thing to do at that time. Then i think about what it means to be a teenager in our day and age and its drastically different. We are supposed to go to school until adulthood, get a minimum wage job until we have a career, make the right choices and find love. Being a teenager now is very difficult compared to back then just in a different way, i saw this quote once but i forget who wrote it but im going to say it anyways: "As 18 year olds we are asked to make life changing, major decisions when a year ago we still had to ask to go to the bathroom..."
In my literal circle, I see teens as people who are trying to find out where they belong in the world and who they are as a person. In my novel, a trans-girl named Luna (born Luna) is trying to be accepted in society without being made fun of for wearing girly dresses. I think teens are people who are getting ready for being an adult. Getting mature is one part of the teen years and making the right decisions is, but I think being able of create an image of who you are and show it to others and yourself is one of the biggest times of being an adolescent. I think the meaning of being a teenager is the same as becoming an adult.
In the the book I'm reading (the perks of being a wallflower) the author portrayes being a teenager as figuring out who you are, he shows that the reason you are who you are is because of those that influenced you in your life. In my opinion being a teenager amd figuring out who you are is by learning from your mistakes and not making them again, every friend you make and every mistake you make will mold you in to the person that you will be the rest of your life.
In The Perks of Being a Wallflower teenagers are represented as young adults struggling to find themselves. This books shows how teenagers begin having to suffer facing the horrors of reality. Teenagers are encouraged to be true to themselves and their friends. To make decisions that will make them be happy and successful in the future, but to also live in the moment.
In the book 'Luna' it shows that being a teenager is the time to be or become who you actually want to be or what you want to do. . Liam showed this by becoming Luna. She had the courage to go to school acting and dressing like who she wanted to be and how she felt. At the beginning, she was so scared of getting made fun of and being different but in the end it really paid of for her. Pretending or following others isn't how you are going to find yourself. Having the confidence and having people who care about you supporting you is how you find yourself. Being mature is only part of being a teenager along with being stupid, fun, and experimental but it still goes hand in hand with being able to do what you feel you need to do. All that and more is what being a teenager is about.
Being a teen is a very important period in a persons life because you make decisions on many things like what you want to do in the future, what type of people you want to hang out with and what you're skills and interests are. In the novel Speak teens are viewed as very vulnerable because of bullying and harassment.
being a teenager is a time of figuring out who you are who you want to be having fun trying new things but it also comes along with hard times being sad being mad and not knowing how you feel. its the time where we go through experiences that suck for a while but end up making us stronger. i the novel speak the main girl gets raped by an older guy but she doesn't know who she can trust and she doesn't have any friends any more because she isolated herself from everybody after her incident. she had nobody to talk to and she was just holding in something horrible. finally she found someone who helped her and was true to her. everybody needs someone like that because we all go through hard times and keeping it inside is a really bad feeling and nobody should go through stuff like that by themselves.
Teens are represented as young adults who are trying to figure themselves out, and who make many mistakes and wrong decisions when trying to grow as a person. In my lit circle novel, Hannah Baker was represented as someone who was weak, and let other people get her down to the point of suicide. In my opinion, teenagers are very smart and mature for their age, because in our generation, we are exposed to many more dangerous or mature things, so we are learning how to deal with them at a younger age. I do not think teenagers get enough credit for how we react and deal with the things that we are exposed to, and I think that we are pretty good at it for our age.
ReplyDeleteTeens are the mix of kids and adult, being a teen means having all the advantages of still being a kid but all the disadvantages of soon but not yet being an adult. Authors represent teens as these, super mature yet innocent hero’s. I understand that they are somewhat limited, but I would love to read a book about what it actually means to be a 15-16 year old in my generation. I do agree that these extremely dramatic situations are intriguing but they are very unlikely. I see teenage years, as a period of time in which you discover what the world around you is truly like, nothing is sugar coated like when you’re a kid anymore and that’s why it’s bitter sweet.
ReplyDeleteBeing a teenager can be really hard but as well really fun, it's the time to goof off before becoming an adult it's the time to have fun with your friends and do stuff that you know your going to regret but you have that excuse of being just a kid. No one wants to grow up but everybody does that why being a teenager is hard its the first step to when you know that your becoming an adult and are about to start a family, grow old and get a lot of responsibilities. In my literature novel the teenager goes through ruff times at school as well as at home. She doesn't get treated fairly because one little not even stupid thing she did.
ReplyDeleteBeing a teenager doesn't just have one trait, it has hundreds. Being a teenager, you deal with different emotions and face new things all the time. Being a teenager is while you're still in-between a kid and adult. It's the years you make some of your biggest mistakes and greatest memories. The teens in the novel in reading "Everyday" are represented in many ways because there are so many different teenagers we read about. All of the teenagers face different struggles and challenges. I think that is what can relate to all of teenagers. What we face during our teenage years creates/impacts a huge part of who we become as an adult.
ReplyDeleteIn Go Ask Alice being a teenager means to be completely irrational and do super hard drugs and go make your own business at the age of fifteen. She does some pretty weird and crazy things such as put a cat in a washing machine because shes too "stoned". While shes doing these things, she makes it seem like a totally normal teenage thing to do at that time. Then i think about what it means to be a teenager in our day and age and its drastically different. We are supposed to go to school until adulthood, get a minimum wage job until we have a career, make the right choices and find love. Being a teenager now is very difficult compared to back then just in a different way, i saw this quote once but i forget who wrote it but im going to say it anyways: "As 18 year olds we are asked to make life changing, major decisions when a year ago we still had to ask to go to the bathroom..."
ReplyDeleteIn my literal circle, I see teens as people who are trying to find out where they belong in the world and who they are as a person. In my novel, a trans-girl named Luna (born Luna) is trying to be accepted in society without being made fun of for wearing girly dresses. I think teens are people who are getting ready for being an adult. Getting mature is one part of the teen years and making the right decisions is, but I think being able of create an image of who you are and show it to others and yourself is one of the biggest times of being an adolescent. I think the meaning of being a teenager is the same as becoming an adult.
ReplyDeleteIn the the book I'm reading (the perks of being a wallflower) the author portrayes being a teenager as figuring out who you are, he shows that the reason you are who you are is because of those that influenced you in your life. In my opinion being a teenager amd figuring out who you are is by learning from your mistakes and not making them again, every friend you make and every mistake you make will mold you in to the person that you will be the rest of your life.
ReplyDeleteIn The Perks of Being a Wallflower teenagers are represented as young adults struggling to find themselves. This books shows how teenagers begin having to suffer facing the horrors of reality. Teenagers are encouraged to be true to themselves and their friends. To make decisions that will make them be happy and successful in the future, but to also live in the moment.
ReplyDeleteIn the book 'Luna' it shows that being a teenager is the time to be or become who you actually want to be or what you want to do. . Liam showed this by becoming Luna. She had the courage to go to school acting and dressing like who she wanted to be and how she felt. At the beginning, she was so scared of getting made fun of and being different but in the end it really paid of for her. Pretending or following others isn't how you are going to find yourself. Having the confidence and having people who care about you supporting you is how you find yourself. Being mature is only part of being a teenager along with being stupid, fun, and experimental but it still goes hand in hand with being able to do what you feel you need to do. All that and more is what being a teenager is about.
ReplyDeleteBeing a teen is a very important period in a persons life because you make decisions on many things like what you want to do in the future, what type of people you want to hang out with and what you're skills and interests are. In the novel Speak teens are viewed as very vulnerable because of bullying and harassment.
ReplyDeletebeing a teenager is a time of figuring out who you are who you want to be having fun trying new things but it also comes along with hard times being sad being mad and not knowing how you feel. its the time where we go through experiences that suck for a while but end up making us stronger. i the novel speak the main girl gets raped by an older guy but she doesn't know who she can trust and she doesn't have any friends any more because she isolated herself from everybody after her incident. she had nobody to talk to and she was just holding in something horrible. finally she found someone who helped her and was true to her. everybody needs someone like that because we all go through hard times and keeping it inside is a really bad feeling and nobody should go through stuff like that by themselves.
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