Bailey Galloway Mrs. Trahan DE English 101 25 August 2014 Outcasts Teenagers are often outcasts, whether it is due to race or mental disorders; these issues that present life challenges often bond readers emotively; in David Sedaris’ “A Plague of Tics,” and Audre Lorde’s “The Fourth of July,” common emotions are produced in their essays even though these two people lead completely different lives. For instance, in John Green’s “The Fault in Our Stars” readers see that the two main characters, Hazel and Gus, are outcasts having to cope with cancer. Naturally, teenagers are already outcasts without the burden of an additional problem. When anyone reads these essays and books, the reader is connected on an emotional level. Though the focus of these two essays involve teenage emotions, anyone can relate as well because an adult may remember a challenging time when they were younger or a young child may be able to understand a teenager’s emotions. Though common emotions of anger and frustration are produced Sedaris and Lorde lead complete different live in different time periods. Sedaris’ “A Plague of Tics” shows his early life experiences dealing with sudden compulsions he cannot control. Whether it is counting his steps, touching things with his nose, smacking his face with a shoe, or licking his teacher’s light switch, Sedaris is dealing with …show more content…
Obsessive-compulsive disorder, OCD, in the mid to late twentieth century was not as widely known as it is now. People were not able to be diagnosed and receive various medications to help them