Every day, parents have a fear of their kids and teens going down a “slippery slope”. This slope may include drinking, smoking, taking drugs, and even running away in the extreme situations. Today, the world is facing the extreme problem of millions of teens running . Going down the dangerous path often causes a troubled kid to be formed. Sadly, like millions of teens today, Donny from “Teenage Wasteland” by Anne Taylor falls down his own slope. Donny is a troubled, immature delinquent who heads down his slippery slope being irresponsible, untrustworthy, and indifferent, leading to his runaway.
A problematic delinquent, Donny is a childish teen who won’t up to his own responsibilities. To begin with, when Donny gets caught with beers and cigarettes, …show more content…
For example, when his parents question him about homework, his parents never know whether he's lying, causing them to say “ ‘But he tells us he doesn’t have any homework or he did it all in study hall. How are we to know what to believe?’ ” (2), when talking to Donny's principal. Donny doesn’t prioritize homework as being something important, which shows that he doesn’t care about school. Donny not prioritizing homework as something important shows that he can’t be trusted to do because of his lack of interest. Donny is too prideful of how his peers see him get over this unliked activity. Secondly, his teachers don't trust him to listen in school and study for test telling Donny in class “ ‘Hadn’t you better be listening instead of talking?’ ‘That’s okay, Miss Evans, he says. I have a tutor now.’ ” (5). Having a tutor allows Donny to have a sudden belief that he doesn’t have to work hard anymore. That’s not the reality. Having a tutor means you need to be more trustworthy to do your work along with your teacher assigned work. Unable to push himself to get better and persevere because of lack of interest, Donny is unable to be trusted to do his work is another key component leading to his …show more content…
For instance, Donny has no concern for the other kids in class being, “noisy, lazy, disruptive; always fooling around with his friends,”(2) as said by the principal of the school. Donny can’t think about how others are because he’s too self-centered, which is the cause of being indifferent. He believes that the world revolves around him like he is the sun in our solar system and everything revolves around him. Furthermore, after going to a new school Donny doesn't seem concerned to tell anyone when he leaves as his mother stated "The first week in June, during final exams, Donny vanished. He simply didn't come home one afternoon, and no one at school remembered seeing him.” (8). Donny ,whose only concern is himself, doesn’t think that his disappearance will impact others in any way. The word “vanished” is very key showing that it was as if he disappeared off the face of the earth. As a result, Donny being indifferent,which is the final component of his downfall, shows his inability to care about others and only focus on
A problematic delinquent, Donny is a childish teen who won’t up to his own responsibilities. To begin with, when Donny gets caught with beers and cigarettes, …show more content…
For example, when his parents question him about homework, his parents never know whether he's lying, causing them to say “ ‘But he tells us he doesn’t have any homework or he did it all in study hall. How are we to know what to believe?’ ” (2), when talking to Donny's principal. Donny doesn’t prioritize homework as being something important, which shows that he doesn’t care about school. Donny not prioritizing homework as something important shows that he can’t be trusted to do because of his lack of interest. Donny is too prideful of how his peers see him get over this unliked activity. Secondly, his teachers don't trust him to listen in school and study for test telling Donny in class “ ‘Hadn’t you better be listening instead of talking?’ ‘That’s okay, Miss Evans, he says. I have a tutor now.’ ” (5). Having a tutor allows Donny to have a sudden belief that he doesn’t have to work hard anymore. That’s not the reality. Having a tutor means you need to be more trustworthy to do your work along with your teacher assigned work. Unable to push himself to get better and persevere because of lack of interest, Donny is unable to be trusted to do his work is another key component leading to his …show more content…
For instance, Donny has no concern for the other kids in class being, “noisy, lazy, disruptive; always fooling around with his friends,”(2) as said by the principal of the school. Donny can’t think about how others are because he’s too self-centered, which is the cause of being indifferent. He believes that the world revolves around him like he is the sun in our solar system and everything revolves around him. Furthermore, after going to a new school Donny doesn't seem concerned to tell anyone when he leaves as his mother stated "The first week in June, during final exams, Donny vanished. He simply didn't come home one afternoon, and no one at school remembered seeing him.” (8). Donny ,whose only concern is himself, doesn’t think that his disappearance will impact others in any way. The word “vanished” is very key showing that it was as if he disappeared off the face of the earth. As a result, Donny being indifferent,which is the final component of his downfall, shows his inability to care about others and only focus on