![]() ![]() But who defines these practices and what makes them necessary? In addition to examining powerful social structures that affect character' sexperiences, in this thesis, I am gendering this analysis by examining how the young female protagonists explore their own power through acts of resilience and resistance, and how young female readers respond to this exploration. "We judge our adulthood as well as that of others in reference to institutions and practices, mentalities, worldviews, and sensibilities that are quasi outside of ourself' (Blatterer,2). ![]() ![]() Coming of age presents an opportunity to grow toward adulthood and gain certain power and privileges, while simultaneously losing certain power and privileges. Rebecca Seelinger-Trites further explains that adolescents (in society and in literature) are both powerful and disempowered. The quote above asserts that an analysis of power must be considered when analyzing young adult literature. Without experiences gradations between power and powerlessness, the adolescent cannot grow" (Seelinger-Trites, x). ![]() "Although the primary purpose of the adolescent novel may appear to be a depiction of growth, growth in this genre is inevitably represented as being linked to what the adolescent has learned about power. ![]()
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