Imagine trying to survive in stringent post-apocalyptic society, emphasis on surviving. As strange as that sounds it is the basis for many of the books that have captivated Young Adult Literature in the past couple of years. While dystopian books have been seen throughout literature for almost a century now, with books like 1984 and Brave New World, only recently have the books made a stride into Young Adult Literature, and end up dominating the genre. Though the question remains: how has or why has dystopian fiction captivated young adults? Experts have come to believe that dystopian narratives, such as the popular Hunger Games, and Divergent, allow the young adult audience personify world issues that circulate in daily news. Along with
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In Debra Donston-Miller’s “Why Young Adults ‘Hunger’ For the Hunger Games and Other Post-Apocalyptic Dystopian Fiction” the upsurge of dystopias is partly due to the “uncertain times young people are growing up in.”(Donston-Miller) The young adult audience of today are surrounded with current events and the daily news letting them know how much the world constantly changing. These individuals are growing up in a world where the conservations revolve around how, “There are things that are very visceral and very obvious, and they make you question the future and how we will survive.” (Zemler) Survival has always been keen part of the human consciousness, though not but until recently not in effect. Now for the younger generation, they internalize how they will inherit a world on the verge of technological surge and crumble of the environment. Growing up around consistent, “threats of terrorism, ongoing war, and a 24/7 news cycle in which darkness and evil-doers are the stars of the show.”(Zemler) Dystopian books now draw from the reflection of the younger generation view on inheriting an imperfect world. Many of these novels are set in a post-apocalyptic future, in which young people must clean up the mess their elders have made–not to mention struggling to live up to a new, sometimes unmeet able set of standards.” So now the anxiety is running high with of those in the young adult
In Debra Donston-Miller’s “Why Young Adults ‘Hunger’ For the Hunger Games and Other Post-Apocalyptic Dystopian Fiction” the upsurge of dystopias is partly due to the “uncertain times young people are growing up in.”(Donston-Miller) The young adult audience of today are surrounded with current events and the daily news letting them know how much the world constantly changing. These individuals are growing up in a world where the conservations revolve around how, “There are things that are very visceral and very obvious, and they make you question the future and how we will survive.” (Zemler) Survival has always been keen part of the human consciousness, though not but until recently not in effect. Now for the younger generation, they internalize how they will inherit a world on the verge of technological surge and crumble of the environment. Growing up around consistent, “threats of terrorism, ongoing war, and a 24/7 news cycle in which darkness and evil-doers are the stars of the show.”(Zemler) Dystopian books now draw from the reflection of the younger generation view on inheriting an imperfect world. Many of these novels are set in a post-apocalyptic future, in which young people must clean up the mess their elders have made–not to mention struggling to live up to a new, sometimes unmeet able set of standards.” So now the anxiety is running high with of those in the young adult