As reading becomes more of a burden, people abandon themselves from the important lessons books provide. Student author, Javeria Khurshid uncovers the hidden advantages of reading in the generation we live in.
Since everything is ready for use on our fingertips, books are not read when their films are out. As our society enters the wired generation, reading is very close to being labeled ‘redundant’, but is it really that inessential? This statement is unquestionably false and sadly, our society believes in it. While technology provides us with many forms of entertainment, it cannot offer the joy of snuggling up and indulging oneself in a good book. Narrative dystopian novels, like Patrick Ness’ The knife of never letting go provide us with valued lessons that live in our society.
The story of Todd and Viola calls out on their hope of breaking gender stereotypes and creating a new meaning to coming of age in a world where stereotypical gender limitations exist and brutal acts are considered a way of entering adulthood. Gender is heavily discussed throughout …show more content…
In this narrative, the boys in Prentisstown become men by killing another, taking away their purity. Viola puts in a lot of effort to save Todd’s innocence even to the extent that she makes the ultimate sacrifice of her innocence. After Aaron is killed, Todd thinks that ‘I think maybe everybody falls’ (pg.468) which means despite efforts to remain innocent, inevitably we all lose our innocence. The idea of choice exists, for a person has the choice to be who they want to be and how they want to enter adolescence. By the end of the novel, Todd starts to consider himself a man, but he does not commit a murder instead; he becomes a real man by standing up for what he believes is right and by protecting his loved ones. Teenagers reading this novel will grasp the idea of losing innocence, which is relevant to our
Since everything is ready for use on our fingertips, books are not read when their films are out. As our society enters the wired generation, reading is very close to being labeled ‘redundant’, but is it really that inessential? This statement is unquestionably false and sadly, our society believes in it. While technology provides us with many forms of entertainment, it cannot offer the joy of snuggling up and indulging oneself in a good book. Narrative dystopian novels, like Patrick Ness’ The knife of never letting go provide us with valued lessons that live in our society.
The story of Todd and Viola calls out on their hope of breaking gender stereotypes and creating a new meaning to coming of age in a world where stereotypical gender limitations exist and brutal acts are considered a way of entering adulthood. Gender is heavily discussed throughout …show more content…
In this narrative, the boys in Prentisstown become men by killing another, taking away their purity. Viola puts in a lot of effort to save Todd’s innocence even to the extent that she makes the ultimate sacrifice of her innocence. After Aaron is killed, Todd thinks that ‘I think maybe everybody falls’ (pg.468) which means despite efforts to remain innocent, inevitably we all lose our innocence. The idea of choice exists, for a person has the choice to be who they want to be and how they want to enter adolescence. By the end of the novel, Todd starts to consider himself a man, but he does not commit a murder instead; he becomes a real man by standing up for what he believes is right and by protecting his loved ones. Teenagers reading this novel will grasp the idea of losing innocence, which is relevant to our