Archetypes Research Paper

Young adult novels have seemed to made a name for themselves. Unfortunately, it is not a name that would be craved. The stories have become carbon copies of each other, spanning from their cookie cutter characters to their uninteresting stories. Many young adult novels only go to the extent of writing the same story but with minor plot twists that give the illusion of a new story. Stories such as these fail to capture the reader who has seen the same story with a new coat of paint.

The easiest problem to point out is the characters. The main character is your average every day high schooler, who deep down is actually special, usually a female to attract girls to their cool guys. The girl must have a male best friend who secretly loves her, he is very kind to her and does anything for her. The new guy at school catches her attention though, he must be brooding and mysterious, with some crazy hidden secret. Just naming the archetypes will bring to mind multiple young adult novels. The characters never have any depth, their attempt at being …show more content…
The main character's home is either a very generic neighborhood that has no significance, or it is a dystopian world where everyone is fighting for their lives. Either way though, the setting does not leave the reader interested in the world, since the focus is all on the flat characters. This leaves the world feeling just as flat, perhaps even confusing the reader of the situation he or she is trying to enjoy. The story wants to explain how the world, if in a dystopian setting, is now that everything has gone terrible in the world. However, the reasoning behind such a story is never explained. The story wants all the cool sounding action scenes, but does not know how to explain the situation, leaving it to the reader to figure it out. The combination of flat characters and flat story are all wrapped up by the most exhausted trope in any young adult