Jesse Tafel Driver’s Ed, Caroline B. Cooney, Published January 1st 1996 by Laurel Leaf For this semester of How Writer’s Read I had chosen the young adult novel Driver’s Ed. I was suggested to read this book about a year ago by my younger brother who had just finished high school. He is well aware [...]
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Driver’s Ed Blog 4
In Caroline Cooney’s young adult novel Driver’s Ed, Cooney plays with the relationship between writer, narrator and audience. As discussed in blog 2, the genre of young adult fiction opens itself to interesting opportunities for the experienced reader. While works of adult fiction play with multiple levels of complexity in both narrative and subtext, young [...]
Driver’s Ed Blog #3
Driver's Ed by Caroline B. Cooney explores abstract contrasts like life versus death, love versus disappointment, normalcy versus unfamiliarity, childhood versus adulthood. But one recurring opposition that seems to be the most prevalent is freedom vs responsibility. In fact, it is a controlling value-- as discussed in blog one. In the book, Remy, Morgan, and their [...]
Driver’s Ed- Blog 2
Source Driver’s Ed is a young adult work of speculative fiction written by Caroline B. Cooney and follows the story of several students in a driver's education class. The spotlight mostly focuses on Remy Marland and Morgan Campbell, two students that have to come to terms with living the choice they made to help someone steal a [...]
Driver’s Ed Blog #1
Driver's Ed is the story of high school student, Remy Marland, who wants nothing else but to receive her driver's license. Remy is yearning for that piece of laminated paper because it is a symbol of freedom as a young adult. Remy wanting her driver's license is really her wanting freedom from the child life. [...]
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