Anesha's Blog

     I believe you can separate people's personal lives vs what they do for a living. Just like Ayishat Akanbi was saying famous people shouldn't be put above people that aren't because they may not be a good person. They can do bag things and they should still be punished for what they do. Also she made a good statement about if someone said anything homophobic another person would cancel them. The person cancelling them has probably said bad things before but since they are on a higher platform they will be more exposed.       According to the author windows are a child's way of seeing the outside world through books and stories and mirrors are a child's way of seeing themselves in the outside world. We need both windows and mirrors because it shows different perspectives. If the person that is reading a story about something bad and they see themselves through the mirror they would know that doing bad things are not something they would do, or if th...

In the reading "Darkness to Visible" Meghan Gurdon's view is that she wants a young adult book that doesn't contain anything too dark and in the reading "why the best books are written in blood" Sherman writes books for teenagers to help them stand up for themselves and fight their battles.  When Sherman was younger he had to deal with mental illness and abuse and he remembers what that feels like. He wants his readers to feel informed and create ideas for young adults to cope with it. He would get handwritten letters from young adults that loved his book. Over the years dark novels became more normal. Meghan feels that when young adults read dark books and are feeling sad they may get the wrong idea and harm themselves.   I agree with Sherman Alexie because he relates to young adults' lives. By writing about addiction and mental illness in his book "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" he can raise awareness about problems that peo...