Will Grayson Will Grayson
Setting- The book mainly takes place in either Chicago or Naperville, where each of the Wills live. The Will who lives in Chicago, along with his not so tiny friend, Tiny Cooper, and Jane, the three of them always have something happening, usually involving Tiny’s love life. The three of them more specifically have significant events happen in their school’s auditorium, a baseball dugout, each of the character’s houses, and a few concert locations. The book also tends to take place in the other Will’s (Naperville) school and house. The last important place in the story that is present in both of the Will’s lives is the pornography shop, where the two Wills meet by accident.
Plot- The story “Will Grayson, Will Grayson” …show more content…
The two boys then figured out that they had the same first and last names. The two boys have two very, very different back-stories though. Chicago Will (Let us refer to him as C-Will and the other Will as N-Will from now on) and his best friend Tiny Cooper, who is not at all Tiny, along with Jane are the main characters on C-Will’s side of the story, written by John Green, The main story on C-Will’s side of the story revolves around Tiny Cooper’s play that he wrote, originally titled “Tiny Dancer” and then renamed “Hold Me Closer”, both based on Tiny Cooper’s life. N-Will’s main story line on the other hand starts off to be about his and Isaac’s relationship. The problem is that N-Will and Isaac met through a chat room online, and has never seen each other in person for the first year that they were in contact. The night that Isaac and N-Will decided to meet was the same night that C-Will and his friends planned to go to a concert at a 21-and over venue. C-Will’s new I.D had a problem though, it said that he was 20 not 22, so when his friends enjoyed the concert he was itching to use his ne fake I.D. and decided to go into a “adult” store. Once C-Will was purchasing his magazine to be a joke to give to Tiny Cooper, N-Will walks in. N-Will was very confused due to the …show more content…
The tone is not very strong though; it is defiantly not the author’s strong point in my opinion. In almost every scene we see a character hurting, or having strong feeling linked to a relationship (love), or dark thoughts, mostly suicidal, like how N-Will is always thinking about ways to die.
Theme- One of the strong themes in the story is identity. None of the characters in the story seem to know whom they really are, and are still trying to figure themselves out through other people. N-Will shows his self-deprecation, and he seems to have a difficult time in admitting his homosexuality. He does at one point in the story “come out” to the reader, but he has a nearly impossible time talking to his mother of friends about it. Interestingly enough, he has the easiest time telling a perfect stranger, Isaac.
Personal Relevance- I believe this book does a great job relating to a variety of struggling teenagers in our society and is very relatable. None of us really know who we are and erring to find
Setting- The book mainly takes place in either Chicago or Naperville, where each of the Wills live. The Will who lives in Chicago, along with his not so tiny friend, Tiny Cooper, and Jane, the three of them always have something happening, usually involving Tiny’s love life. The three of them more specifically have significant events happen in their school’s auditorium, a baseball dugout, each of the character’s houses, and a few concert locations. The book also tends to take place in the other Will’s (Naperville) school and house. The last important place in the story that is present in both of the Will’s lives is the pornography shop, where the two Wills meet by accident.
Plot- The story “Will Grayson, Will Grayson” …show more content…
The two boys then figured out that they had the same first and last names. The two boys have two very, very different back-stories though. Chicago Will (Let us refer to him as C-Will and the other Will as N-Will from now on) and his best friend Tiny Cooper, who is not at all Tiny, along with Jane are the main characters on C-Will’s side of the story, written by John Green, The main story on C-Will’s side of the story revolves around Tiny Cooper’s play that he wrote, originally titled “Tiny Dancer” and then renamed “Hold Me Closer”, both based on Tiny Cooper’s life. N-Will’s main story line on the other hand starts off to be about his and Isaac’s relationship. The problem is that N-Will and Isaac met through a chat room online, and has never seen each other in person for the first year that they were in contact. The night that Isaac and N-Will decided to meet was the same night that C-Will and his friends planned to go to a concert at a 21-and over venue. C-Will’s new I.D had a problem though, it said that he was 20 not 22, so when his friends enjoyed the concert he was itching to use his ne fake I.D. and decided to go into a “adult” store. Once C-Will was purchasing his magazine to be a joke to give to Tiny Cooper, N-Will walks in. N-Will was very confused due to the …show more content…
The tone is not very strong though; it is defiantly not the author’s strong point in my opinion. In almost every scene we see a character hurting, or having strong feeling linked to a relationship (love), or dark thoughts, mostly suicidal, like how N-Will is always thinking about ways to die.
Theme- One of the strong themes in the story is identity. None of the characters in the story seem to know whom they really are, and are still trying to figure themselves out through other people. N-Will shows his self-deprecation, and he seems to have a difficult time in admitting his homosexuality. He does at one point in the story “come out” to the reader, but he has a nearly impossible time talking to his mother of friends about it. Interestingly enough, he has the easiest time telling a perfect stranger, Isaac.
Personal Relevance- I believe this book does a great job relating to a variety of struggling teenagers in our society and is very relatable. None of us really know who we are and erring to find