Book Overview
Celina, a 26-year-old high school teacher, is preparing for her elaborate wedding when she meets Jessie, a naughty tomboy who is a student of her class. At the moment when Celina walks into the classroom, Jessie catches sight of something more attractive than she has ever seen. Jessie is impressed by her feeling and decides to follow it wherever it will take her. Within days of classes, Celina and Jessie becomes friend. However, at the bottom of Jessie’s heart, the attraction goes deeper than friendship. As Celina’s wedding day approaches, the pressure mounts for Jessie to tell Celina the secret and to be true to herself. “She is my teacher”, will be a book of Jessie and Celina’s lesbian love stories. The book explores the clashes …show more content…
According to Statistics Canada, an estimated 346,000 adults self identified as lesbian, gay or bisexual, altogether taking up 1.9% of overall Canadians aged 18 to 59 (Statistics Canada, 2015). Due to family and social pressures, a large number of homosexual people choose to hide and camouflage themselves. Although Canada decriminalized homosexual acts since 1969, lesbian and gay groups are still not widely accepted by mainstream population in our society (The Canadian Press, …show more content…
Instead of attempting to treat everyone as a potential reader, the book appeals more to Canadian young homosexual people. As my essay previously discussed, lesbian and gay groups are still not widely accepted by mainstream population in our society. In this regard, a book that represents and expresses voices of homosexual people will be widely accepted and encouraged by gay and lesbian group. “She is my teacher” focuses on the emotional, familial and societal pressures and conflicts homosexual people usually face, and it creates strong resonation with gay and lesbian reader. By understanding the wills of gay and lesbian people, the author stands on the same position of homosexual people and expresses their voices. As a result, a wise marketing strategy is to promote the core value of this book, but not the book itself. When the author’s value is accepted and advocated by the majority readers, he/she will immediately dominate the
Celina, a 26-year-old high school teacher, is preparing for her elaborate wedding when she meets Jessie, a naughty tomboy who is a student of her class. At the moment when Celina walks into the classroom, Jessie catches sight of something more attractive than she has ever seen. Jessie is impressed by her feeling and decides to follow it wherever it will take her. Within days of classes, Celina and Jessie becomes friend. However, at the bottom of Jessie’s heart, the attraction goes deeper than friendship. As Celina’s wedding day approaches, the pressure mounts for Jessie to tell Celina the secret and to be true to herself. “She is my teacher”, will be a book of Jessie and Celina’s lesbian love stories. The book explores the clashes …show more content…
According to Statistics Canada, an estimated 346,000 adults self identified as lesbian, gay or bisexual, altogether taking up 1.9% of overall Canadians aged 18 to 59 (Statistics Canada, 2015). Due to family and social pressures, a large number of homosexual people choose to hide and camouflage themselves. Although Canada decriminalized homosexual acts since 1969, lesbian and gay groups are still not widely accepted by mainstream population in our society (The Canadian Press, …show more content…
Instead of attempting to treat everyone as a potential reader, the book appeals more to Canadian young homosexual people. As my essay previously discussed, lesbian and gay groups are still not widely accepted by mainstream population in our society. In this regard, a book that represents and expresses voices of homosexual people will be widely accepted and encouraged by gay and lesbian group. “She is my teacher” focuses on the emotional, familial and societal pressures and conflicts homosexual people usually face, and it creates strong resonation with gay and lesbian reader. By understanding the wills of gay and lesbian people, the author stands on the same position of homosexual people and expresses their voices. As a result, a wise marketing strategy is to promote the core value of this book, but not the book itself. When the author’s value is accepted and advocated by the majority readers, he/she will immediately dominate the