A Bildungsroman Analysis

A Bildungsroman, recounts the psychological or moral development of its protagonist from youth to maturity. One pivotal moment in my life was when my cousin died. I was eleven years old, I had someone close to me die before. When I heard that my thirteen year old cousin had cancer I took it decently well. Yea I was sad, but I thought there is no way he could not of conquered it. He had a good fight with it for over a year and a half he beat it once but it came back. They had tried everything, nothing had worked. They continued to try with experimental treatments, but one day I got the news of his death. It hit me hard, before I thought that nothing like that could ever happen to anyone I know. But, when it finally happened to me it changed …show more content…
In our modern day society is Canon relevant anymore. No, it is not for many reasons. Firstly, Canon is just a group of outdated books that have very little meaning to the present day teenager. Yes, the books may be still be used in present day literature classes. But, we should be using modern books that teenagers can relate to without having to dig deep meaning out of inside the text that the author may have not even intended there to be. From source B four of the top ten books taught in private and public schools are Shakespeare; Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Julius Caesar, and Hamlet. If I went around the halls of my school asking if anyone enjoyed reading any of those books, the answer of the majority of the school would say no. The reason why is because it is written in early modern English, and they just can’t relate to books where everyone dies. Yes, they have deeper meaning like Macbeth where it's the fight of responsibility and desire. But, there millions of other books in the world. If you spent some time looking you could easily find books that teach the same exact lessons. but with a relative story that we could all relate and understand. Lastly, stated in source C is that teachers need to make their own decisions. Without this everyone will be reading the same books the same exact way everyone will be brainwashed about these specific things. But, if teachers choose their own books everyone would be able to either debate on a book and perceive them differently. In french class I learned that it’s part of France's culture to argue with each other. During every meal they sit down and debate a topic. They don't get mad at each other when someone disagrees with them. But, they still debate it to learn both sides. If teachers taught books differently than each other then we would be able to have the same general debates about books. This would overall increase our learning because we would learn more then way of looking at the