Comparing The Truth Is And Challenger Deep

The Truth Is and Challenger Deep are novels that hold many layers but are enjoyablely informative. Both of these novels discuss and illustrate the mental health of teens, with The Truth Is also illustrating internalized racism. Both of the novels are relatively new books and have been published in the past within the last ten years, this also allows for a fresh perspective on mental health and racism. Something that would connect better or more with individuals today. Nonieqa Ramos (The Truth Is) and Neal Shusterman (Challenger Deep) will examine how they illustrate mental health and racism in young adult fiction, with the portrayal of their characters, their impact on readers, and the significance of having such literature. To begin, the portrayal

Neal Shusterman’s novel, Challenger Deep, impacts the reader by giving them a hopeful and empathetic view of mental health conditions, specifically schizophrenia. Their style of writing also provides a way for the reader to understand the perspective of someone with schizophrenia, which allows empathy to be easier to be felt. Young adult fiction allows readers to feel more empathy than other forms of literature would. Amelia G. Spencer argues in their academic article, “Supplementing textbooks with fiction allows the student to connect the dense information taught from the textbook with real life in a less technical and more enjoyable way” (Spencer et al. 154). The 'Standard' of the 'Standard' of the 'Standard' of the 'Standard' of the 'Standard' of the 'Standard' of the 'Standard' of the 'Stand The point that is being made is that fiction can allow for a better understanding of information than a textbook. The way literature is written impacts how the reader understands and goes forward with that information. Thus, using fiction that is a good representation of something, like schizophrenia, would allow readers to connect better with the novel and emphasize

Though, the outcome of this approach by Ramos is that it creates an in-depth understanding and awareness for the reader, especially one that is accurate and well-represented. Ramos' novel also highlights how mental health and race experiences can be different from person to person, or even from what one would expect. In addition, part of this includes the internalized racism that Verdad experiences in the novel and works through unlearning. Ramo gives a different perspective of what racism a person might experience, but something that still holds true and is real. Amelia G. Spencer and the other authors quote in their article, “Contemporary YA realistic literary fiction also encourages decentering. Decentering builds on the assumption that people have different life experiences that impact the lens through which they see the world” (qtd. Barlund & Nomura, 1985). The point of this is that decentering can be given from novels that are accurately represented, and thus give readers more insight into other people's lives. Decentering gives individuals a broader perspective of other people and builds