Assignment 2

I have carefully read the two articles. The contradiction between these two articles'

argument point lies in whether authors should give some teenagers premature contact with

bloody scenes depicting the novel. Secondly, the argument is based on whether pubescent

experiences is likely to produce this kind of story. The first article's influence points out that

letting children contact such items during adolescence will affect their development. “As a child,

I read because books–violent and not, blasphemous and not, terrifying and not–were the most

loving and trustworthy things in my life" (Alexie para. 9). The quote underpins the fact that

regardless of the book's nature, children might read them because they are lonely or to find

lovely moments in them that they enjoy. While Gurdon is concerned with allowing young people

to read these materials, Alexie thinks it offers them an opportunity to think of how to avoid

horrifying experiences within society.

However, another author said earlier reading these works will help children to avoid

some potential risk by teaching them how to avoid the experience of grief. Parents should offer

psychological comfort if a child has experienced these gothic scenes, helping them get through

these things. “I can’t speak for other writers, but I think I wrote my YA novel as a way of

speaking to my younger, irredeemable self “ (Alexie para. 5). After reading the article, I began to

realize that his method of writing is compelling. The author cited the example of a book that

makes the piece more accurate and appealing. In readers' response to compare that lousy voice of

the outside world to those only through various reasons. All kinds of analysis and conclusion,

more to believe and accept, this kind of writing method more deepened my interest in reading his

article. Let people feel in the scene, more conducive to the reader to understand and accept his

point of view.
 I think teenagers should be allowed to read some books with bloody violence and

realism. These books tell another teen's grief narrative by describing their inner activity, both

justified and bad. “Reading about homicide doesn't turn a man into a murderer; reading about

cheating on exams won't make a kid break the honour code” (Gurdon para. 4). The quote

supports the fact that grim readings are not designed to cause adverse effects on the child's life

but challenge them on why they should avoid these behaviours. The author manages to show that

everyone has a dark side. And within such an appropriate book, the writer can help teenagers to

better understand their own heart, more directly in the face of the dark side of his heart.

Teenagers have to experience hostile and rebellious moments, but many teens fail to undergo this

stage successfully. If you can let them see others' experience and their inner thoughts, it may help

them better prevent harm. It could teach them how to cope with bad things that happen to them

and prevent them from falling because they can't help it or are psychologically difficult to accept

it.

An appropriate amount of reading of such books will not have a tremendous negative

impact. Still, it will play a positive role in guiding teenagers to become mature, making them

understand how to protect themselves more quickly, and make them cherish the ideal

environment better to make more efforts in all fields of life. This is seen through the claim that

“If you think it matters what is inside a young person's mind, surely it is of consequence what he

reads” (Gurdon, para. 6). But equally, everything has two sides, and if a teenager reads a lot of

these books with bloody scenes, it may also have adverse and negative effects.

However, parents are needed to regulate how their children read materials with disturbing

scenes to ensure it is adversely impacting their lives. This is supported by Jewell Stoddard, who

argues that many authors "are used to videogames and TV and violent movies, and they love that
stuff. So they think that every 12-year-old is going to love that stuff and not be affected by it.

And I don't think that's possible." If there is a limit for teenagers to read these books, it will have

a good effect, but if it goes beyond a fixed number, things will become complicated and harmful.
Works Cited

Alexie, Sherman. “Why the best kid’s books are written in blood.” Wall Street Journal, 2011.

Available at http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2011/06/09/why-the-best-kids-books-are-

written-in-blood/

Meghan, Cox Gurdon. “Darkness too visible.” The Wall Street Journal, 2011. Available at

https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303657404576357622592697038