Hayley Moses
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Racist, Tyrant, Terrorist, Revolutionary.
‘Adult’ content is not a new phenomenon in Young Adult literature. It can be argued to have started in the last of Robert Heinlein’s juvenile novels Starship Troopers. The novel follows the archetypal coming of age format, but is largely a philosophical novel that explores the concept of citizenship and what it means to be a citizen. A backdrop of social issues is increasingly prevalent in YA literature, however, the treatment of the reader is what truly varies. Some approach this backdrop frankly; in The Ask and The Answer, Patrick Ness makes the themes of genocide and terrorism explicit while posing the question, “What is the difference between a terrorist and a revolutionary?” Koushun Takami’s Battle Royale, while also being incredibly graphic, tackles rape, child sexual abuse, prostitution, social inequality, and the pitfalls of totalitarianism bluntly. In her conversation with Hiroki, Mitsuko expands upon, “I just decided to take instead of being taken” by explaining to him, with disturbing lack of affect, that her “one thing” motivating this was when, at nine years-old, she was raped by three adults. Meanwhile, The Lions of Little Rock and The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian feel introductory in comparison. While Ness and Takami address this ‘adult’ content frankly; Levine and Alexie take a more lighthearted approach with both novels ending rather happily for the protagonists.
By Hayley Moses5 years ago in Geeks
'And In Came Riding A Pale Horse'
“ When the Lamb broke the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, “Come.” I looked, and behold, an ashen horse; and he who sat on it had the name of Death; and Hades was following with him. Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by the wild beasts of the earth.” –Revelation 6:7-8; NASB.
By Hayley Moses5 years ago in Futurism
