SUMMARY
Hine talks of ever since the founding of Massachusetts the work and labor of teens and pre-teens has played a key role in society. the labor of teens was very important as late as the early to mid 20th century. now in the 21st century the labor of a teenager is purposefully limited to less than 6 hours per day.By the 18th century, the new teenagers in the new world were also growing bigger faster than their european counterparts and the reason given to this rapid change in growth is ample nutrition and less environmental stress. He also speaks of the importance of that maturity in the mid 1800s
QUOTE
"Adolescence is, by definition, a dependant state, experienced in one's own household and in institutions intended for people in their teens"(hine 96).
REACTION
This book is really starting to go deeper into where the idea of being a teenager has begun. Now, Thomas Hine is starting to analyze the time period before the civil war (sometime around the 1830s). Now adolescence is starting to take shape, but only for people of higher class. people who were poorer didnt have the luxury of having their children stay in school and get and education. they needed their children to work so they can contribute to the household. round that time being a young person was only limited to people who had the time and money to allow their children to fully develop themselves.
Saturday, April 23, 2011
The Rise and Fall of the American Teenager p.1-56
SUMMARY
Thomas Hine starts off talking about his experience as a teenager writing for his high school newspaper and his feelings of teenage angst growing up in the time when rebellion was the norm. he then transitions into talking about what the expectations of a teenager where compared to what they are in modern times and how modern expectations can sometimes contradict eachother. He also notices that while teenagers in different cultures have diffrent values, their attitudes do not vary dramatically. He also acknowledges and questions adults views on teenagers and why so much pressure is paced upon teens. Hine also touches on the fact that adults/ scientists usually blame a teens behavior on hormones/angst and dont really search for a real reason.
QUOTE
"Young people today seem to be in a world of their own. They go to school with their age mates. they are with them on the job. The existence of this teenage culture, which seems wholly impervious to adult influence, is one of the most contentious aspects of the teenage mystique."(Hine 24)
REACTION
The in depth look at the pressures and behaviors of teenagers is actually kind of interesting. The history of the teenage culture started only some 70 years ago and is a somewhat new idea in American Culture so i would think that it would be expected that their are so many expectations and prejudices placed against teenagers even today.
Thomas Hine starts off talking about his experience as a teenager writing for his high school newspaper and his feelings of teenage angst growing up in the time when rebellion was the norm. he then transitions into talking about what the expectations of a teenager where compared to what they are in modern times and how modern expectations can sometimes contradict eachother. He also notices that while teenagers in different cultures have diffrent values, their attitudes do not vary dramatically. He also acknowledges and questions adults views on teenagers and why so much pressure is paced upon teens. Hine also touches on the fact that adults/ scientists usually blame a teens behavior on hormones/angst and dont really search for a real reason.
QUOTE
"Young people today seem to be in a world of their own. They go to school with their age mates. they are with them on the job. The existence of this teenage culture, which seems wholly impervious to adult influence, is one of the most contentious aspects of the teenage mystique."(Hine 24)
REACTION
The in depth look at the pressures and behaviors of teenagers is actually kind of interesting. The history of the teenage culture started only some 70 years ago and is a somewhat new idea in American Culture so i would think that it would be expected that their are so many expectations and prejudices placed against teenagers even today.
Sunday, January 30, 2011
The Lovely Bones p.1-112
SUMMARY
In the first nine chapters of the book, the main character, Susie Salmon is already dead. She tells the reader about how she died and who murdered her. Her murderer is her family's next door neighbor named George Harvey. She is watching from heaven all the happenigs in her neighborhood in the days after her death. No one suspects Mr. Harvey and Susie wants to be able to communicate with people on earth in order for them to put Mr.Harvey in jail. Her heaven is specialized specifcally for her and everything that comforted her on earth is incorporated in her heaven. After about two days of Susie being missing, her parents decide to call the police to search for her. They find a lead in the cornfield near her home (which is where she was murdered) and find a large amount of her blood in the soil whih leads them to believe that she was killed and is not missing. Meanwile Susie's father is investigating on his own and his snooping leads him to believe that Mr.Harvey had somethng to do with his daughter's dissappearance. About a week after Susie's death, they have her memorial and all of the students from her Jr. High School attend the memorial. Even Mr.Harvey attends but stays unseen. Susie's younger sister Lindsey is sitting next to their gandmother when her grandmother leans over and whispers in her ear that she overheard that their father believes that the man by the door has killed Susie. Lindsey looks over to see Mr.Harvey and they make eye contact;as soon as they make eye contact, she passes out.
QUOTE
"I could not have what I wanted most: Mr.Harvey dead and me living. Heaven wasn't perfect. But I came to believe that if I watced closely, and desired, I might change the lives of those I loved on earth." (Sebold,20)
REACTION
This book is different from other books that I have read because when the book starts, the main character has already died and the narration is almost like a tri-narrative vioice. She is watching over all of her peers on earth and telling how they feel and of her time before she died as well as how she feels after realizing that she has died. Also, its very painful to read this story because we all know who did it and what happened BUT the other characters don't so we have to endure the process of the rest of the characters uncovering the truth.
In the first nine chapters of the book, the main character, Susie Salmon is already dead. She tells the reader about how she died and who murdered her. Her murderer is her family's next door neighbor named George Harvey. She is watching from heaven all the happenigs in her neighborhood in the days after her death. No one suspects Mr. Harvey and Susie wants to be able to communicate with people on earth in order for them to put Mr.Harvey in jail. Her heaven is specialized specifcally for her and everything that comforted her on earth is incorporated in her heaven. After about two days of Susie being missing, her parents decide to call the police to search for her. They find a lead in the cornfield near her home (which is where she was murdered) and find a large amount of her blood in the soil whih leads them to believe that she was killed and is not missing. Meanwile Susie's father is investigating on his own and his snooping leads him to believe that Mr.Harvey had somethng to do with his daughter's dissappearance. About a week after Susie's death, they have her memorial and all of the students from her Jr. High School attend the memorial. Even Mr.Harvey attends but stays unseen. Susie's younger sister Lindsey is sitting next to their gandmother when her grandmother leans over and whispers in her ear that she overheard that their father believes that the man by the door has killed Susie. Lindsey looks over to see Mr.Harvey and they make eye contact;as soon as they make eye contact, she passes out.
QUOTE
"I could not have what I wanted most: Mr.Harvey dead and me living. Heaven wasn't perfect. But I came to believe that if I watced closely, and desired, I might change the lives of those I loved on earth." (Sebold,20)
REACTION
This book is different from other books that I have read because when the book starts, the main character has already died and the narration is almost like a tri-narrative vioice. She is watching over all of her peers on earth and telling how they feel and of her time before she died as well as how she feels after realizing that she has died. Also, its very painful to read this story because we all know who did it and what happened BUT the other characters don't so we have to endure the process of the rest of the characters uncovering the truth.
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