Harlan Coben

Literary Term #1: Dramatic Irony Dramatic Irony: Audience or reader knows something that a character in the story does not. Example: “‘Bruce Lee ain't gonna let this slide.’ I thought about that. He was right” (297). Coben, Harlan. Tell No One. New York: Bantam Dell, 2002. Print. Function: This passage within the novel displays a significant example of dramatic irony because a character, known as Tyrese, is referring to another character, whom is a character that they do not know, that attacked…

Harlen Coben’s, “The Undercover Parent”published March 16th, 2008 in the New York Times, suggests that spyware should be put on kids computers to monitor what they are doing. Coben uses mostly unofficial stories to support his thesis. The authors reason to write the article was probably was probably due to a personal experience or the uproar in internet usage. Also i believe the intended audience is parents of kids who use the internet. I strongly disagree with Coben’s argument. Being brought up…

I think Harlan Coben tells us why he was initially repelled by the invasion of privacy in paragraph 1 of The Undercover Parent. He tells us Americans in general are suspicious of anything that hints at invasion of privacy. He also associates it with Dick Cheney sitting in a dark room, rubbing his hands together, and reading your most private thoughts. Even the name spyware makes you feel like you are being watched. If this was around when I was a teenager, I would have been livid that my…

I agree with Harlan Coben’s article about putting spyware on teens computers to monitor the dangers that they might face on the internet. There are many dangers on the internet that parents might not know of. Such as, someone faking their identity and pretending to be the teens age when they’re not. Also there’s a less chance of a teen getting into trouble by monitoring them online. Lastly teens may think they have privacy on the internet when there really isn’t any. Like I said before, someone…

argued that monitoring is the best way to protect your child. Harlen Coben, the author of the editorial “ The Undercover Parent” claims it would be neglect for a parent not to protect their child from dangerous chatter by listening to every single conversation. Coben states that “Trust is one thing, but surrendering parental responsibility to a machine that allows the entire world access to your home borders on negligence” (Coben). The idea of parents monitoring can be interpreted by the…

Imagine that you were back in middle school and had just developed a crush on one of the boys or girls in your class and they asked you out, that business is your business and whoever you want to share it with. It is personal and something you only tell your closest friends at sleepovers, but what if your parents had been reading and recording every single conversation about it you had ever had, then it wouldn't be so secret anymore now would it. However this is not just a quick little made up…

what they’re posting and doing on the internet they won’t get bullied. Spyware is mostly beneficial to the user. When parents are using spyware they are using the safest and most efficient tool in their disposal to keep their children safe online. Harlan Coben has made a clear statement in which parenting tools such as spyware is a necessary action for parents to take on their…

In the essay, “The Undercover Parent” by Harlen Coben disagrees and points out that kids will gamble online and chat to pedos. In his essay he writes, “But when it comes to chatting with pedophiles or watching beheadings or gambling away their entire life savings,” (Coben 1). While there is a minimum amount of truth to this argument I strongly disagree because kids aren’t going to be into gambling money they…

I agree with Harlan Coben because the internet can be dangerous if not careful . The proper way that I think would be most effective would be just tell your teens to look out for certain things that may be dangerous. Also if you are planning on spying on your kids at least advise them you are doing so , because that would be wrong to invade their privacy. In Cobbins argumentative / persuasive essay , his argument was similar to mine because he supports the the fact of spying but also defended…

“Adolescence is always a war, no one gets out unscathed.”- Harlan Coben. This has been proven throughout the years, just like what has happened to Bethany Fitton. In this news report “Thirteen-year-old hanged with ‘I hate my brother’ written on her arm” by Chantal Da Silva, it showed that in this phase of life it is a difficult transition from childhood to adulthood. There is a challenge of being able to fit in this technological world where like and shares seem far more important than real…