Darkness Too Visible Response

     The article, "Darkness Too Visible," by Megan Cox Gurdon is about how young adult books are too dark and inappropriate for teenagers. The beginning of the article is about Amy Freeman and how she was looking for a book for her daughter but, found all these 'dark' books. Then MCG, Megan Cox Gurdon, talks about ‘dark’ books and how they affect teenagers and what we, the people, can do to help. MCG ends with a counter claim to throw us off. Megan Cox Gurdon is trying to sway readers into thinking about banned books and how the ‘darkness’ in them affects YA’s.

     The author, Megan Cox Gurden, uses different crafts to support and elaborate on her opinion. For example, in the beginning of the article the author uses a narrative about Amy Freeman to show all the horrifying topics YA books hold. Although the author shows Amy Freeman’s perspective about YA books, she did not include Ms. Freeman’s 13 year old daughter’s perspective. The author compares the older generation to the younger generation instead of asking young adults about their opinions on books. MCG also uses repetition of the word ‘dark’ to make readers feel like YA topics are terrible, horrifying topics that even adults cannot read.

     In conclusion, I don’t agree with MCG’s opinion about YA books. One reason why is because YA books can show the struggles average teens face but with a different spin. Another reason is YA books not only show a problem with their world it shows problems with the real world. For example, in Harry Potter, Harry’s world struggles with classism like our world struggles with racism. YA books also show us how to overcome problems in many different ways and shows us what can happen in the real world. These are only some reasons why I disagree with Megan Cox Gurdon.