Monday, February 25, 2008
Teenage Wasteland
By far my favorite story so far has been Teenage Wasteland by a long shot. This was actually a story that I could relate to. The story had to have taken place during the latter part of the 1960s or the early 1970s since they were listening to Baba O' Reily by The Who. The parents were also mad about their child listening to rock music which also hints when the story was taking place. This was a story that I could relate to because it was of a kid who was around our age. The problem with the story is that the parents and the tutor couldn't find the balance between having fun and having trust and cracking down to get school work done. At the beginning I thought that the tutor was doing the kid good by giving him a place to go so that he could have fun and also get his school work done. It really seemed like everything was going great, but then all of a sudden the kid's grades start to slip again. This revealed what the tutor was all about. He said that the parents, particularyly the mother, were being way to controlling. I think that the tutor was on a mission to free teenage kids from their parents who are too controlling. Eventually the tutor actually led to the kid's downfall. The kid failed his classes and pretty much hated the world. Finally, he left after school one day and never came back.
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I think that the tutor was no good for any of the pupils. He basically did cause the eventual downfall of all his pupils. Donny would have continued to hate his school and family but probably would not have gotten the courage to run away for good without the tutor. I think that his tutor basically helped Donny break the control that his parents had over him. I dislike the tutor for that reason because Donny's parents were paying the tutor to improve Donny's grades, not give him his independence. I was able to relate to Donny to an extent. I think that all parents are too controlling, but I cannot see how he can not try in school. School is the one thing that I strive to succeed in. It bothers me if I do not keep my good grades up, but that is the result of the constant pressure I receive from my parents. Also, I liked the story because it was named after an awesome song. The Who is a great band, and "Baba O'Reilly" is a sweet song.
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