Harry Potter, who? Walking through campus, a mall, or even through a park, one will see people reading several different types of novels. However, nowadays it is rare to find a J.K Rowling novel in sight. It is much more common to find the works of Suzanne Collins or John Green being read now since the Harry Potter series ended in 2011. One will even find that it is increasingly common to find people who know nothing of the “chosen one” and would prefer to keep it that way. Due to these things it is easy to see that Harry Potter cannot be defined as this generation’s “story”. This assertion can be proven by the overwhelming rise in popularity for both dystopian literature and young adult literature, which has overshadowed the popularity of
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For instance, the novels The Fault in Our Stars, Paper Towns, and Looking for Alaska, all of which are written by John Green, have sky rocketed to fame over the last few years. “Teens and adults alike are drawn to John Green's earnest portrayal of the angst of young love. Readers connect with his self-aware characters and enjoy their witty dialogue. They appreciate his emotionally intense stories with their bittersweet endings. With their judicious sprinkling of pop culture references and ever-quotable lines, his books have created a subculture.” (Wetta). As Wetta suggests in her article “Beyond "Green" Lit: Books for Fans of John Green”, the strong connection that the fans have made with his novels has created a type of subculture that they claim to be their own. This subculture is visible in the way his novels appear to be everywhere, quotes from the novels are exchanged in everyday conversation, and the merchandise that has made its way from the shelves and into the lives of nearly every fan. Since there has been such an overwhelming rise in popularity for the young adult fiction genre, a novel such as The Fault in Our Stars would a more fitting choice for the story that defines this generation than Harry Potter because it has become more relevant in the pop culture of
For instance, the novels The Fault in Our Stars, Paper Towns, and Looking for Alaska, all of which are written by John Green, have sky rocketed to fame over the last few years. “Teens and adults alike are drawn to John Green's earnest portrayal of the angst of young love. Readers connect with his self-aware characters and enjoy their witty dialogue. They appreciate his emotionally intense stories with their bittersweet endings. With their judicious sprinkling of pop culture references and ever-quotable lines, his books have created a subculture.” (Wetta). As Wetta suggests in her article “Beyond "Green" Lit: Books for Fans of John Green”, the strong connection that the fans have made with his novels has created a type of subculture that they claim to be their own. This subculture is visible in the way his novels appear to be everywhere, quotes from the novels are exchanged in everyday conversation, and the merchandise that has made its way from the shelves and into the lives of nearly every fan. Since there has been such an overwhelming rise in popularity for the young adult fiction genre, a novel such as The Fault in Our Stars would a more fitting choice for the story that defines this generation than Harry Potter because it has become more relevant in the pop culture of