Literature Analysis Questions for "The Carrie Diaries"

GENERAL
         
         The Plot of the story is related more to the life of a teenager. The author hit exactly every little detail of what a teenage girl faces in high school. The narrator is dramatic and confused about life. She doesn't make the best decisions and comitts various mistakes. She cries about it and complains, but in the end she learns how to let it go. The narrative fulfills the author's purpose by explaining that, a girl is always a diva as a teenager, as much as she doesn't want to admitt it. The central topic, or theme, is that many teens get persuaded into doing drugs and end up going through with it. Peer pressure is a huge thing in high school as well as bullying. The young teenager lives through all of that. She's a little of everything from crazy to druggy.

CHARACTERIZATION

         Direct characterization is shown when she personaly demonstrates her personality ehen going to the party. At the same time it showed inderect characterization when she decided to go to the bar after the party and be spontanious. The author is always focused on a character so the syntax doesn't change much. The story is told by the protagonist herself. There are a few occasions when the story does become a little more intense then usual, but besides that it doesnt really change. The main character is dynamic because towards the end she learns various things about life she didn't know before. She realized  that because certain things didn't go the way she wanted them to, it wasn't hte end of the world. The character learned who her true friends were and whome she could no longer trust after they had shown their true colors. After reading the book I felt as if I had met an actual person. It felt like I was actually in the story knowing everything they were talking about. I was able to connect with some of the conflicts that occured in the story as well. The part that stood out to me most were the true friends. I realized that yes, it's very true that you can't trust every single one of your high school friends because it's high school. People change after a while and they may turn and stab you in hte back. I've seen it happen with others so it makes everyhring seem even more real.