Symbolism In Twisted

Imagine. You’re a seventeen-year-old high school senior. The kind of guy who fades into the background as an average student with average looks and an average dysfunctional family. Your name is Tyler Miller. You get busted for pulling what you thought was a funny prank, but to the authorities, you were busted for doing graffiti on the exterior of the school and spent the summer doing outdoor work as a punishment. Learning that perseverance is key to being a successful teenager, Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson explains how an average teenager must choose between transforming himself or giving in to his destructive thoughts. Through his inner thoughts and feelings, comprehensive symbolism, irony and satire.
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Whenever an issue in life would occur, he happens to get stuck in the game. Towards the ending of the book when all of his issues seem to be solved, he completes the game. An example from the novel is “And then a new screen popped up. It gave me a choice. I could become the new Lord of Darkness myself, or I could take a gamble and be reincarnated. I chose wisely.” (250) This is an extremely symbolic part of the novel as the game symbolizes Tyler’s life. The character in the game is Tyler and the Lord of Darkness is his father. It also refers to the choices that Tyler must make in life. He could either continue on living his current life with everything that has happened, or he could make an effort to make a change and try something new, creating what could possibly be one of the best chapters of his life. Another example of symbolism throughout the novel is how Tyler never gave up. No matter what happened, Tyler would stick through it all until the very end. Sure, he had suicidal thoughts along the way, but he made it, didn’t he? Through the times when he was held hostage in the high school office because he was accused of a crime that he didn’t commit, he stuck through it. Tyler did struggle with various events, but he defeats these situations and tried again. He never gave up and kept going. When he got beat up by his dream girl’s older brother, he would keep going through the same situation because he …show more content…
The first example of this satirical work is “Hannah was about to burst with excitement, which would have been disgusting because she would have sprayed blood, guts and glitter in every direction.” This example suggests that people generally think things are going to be a whole lot better than what they really are. The second example of satire is “Did you read last nights assignments?” Say “yes” and get hammered again. Say “no” and the same thing would happen.” This example again, goes into detail of no matter what Tyler says or does, he is going to be accused of doing wrong and starts to believe that he can’t please