Question

Why Teens Find The End Of The World So Appealing
Elissa Nadworny

PART B: Which TWO details from the text best support the answer to Part A?

A. "Even though the flyer advertises this book as dystopian, there's some dissent around that" (Paragraph 5)
B. "Teenagers are cynical, adds Aaron Yost, 16. And they should be: 'To be fair, they were born into a world that their parents kind of really messed up.'" (Paragraph 11)
C. "Teen readers themselves are characters in a strange land. Rules don't make sense. School doesn't always make sense. And they don't have a ton of power." (Paragraph 13)
D. "'The hallmark of moving from childhood to adulthood is that you start to recognize that things aren't black and white'" (Paragraph 17)
E. "So dystopian novels fit right in, they have all that sadness plus big, emotional ideas: justice, fairness, loyalty and mortality." (Paragraph 20)
F. "As the brain develops, so does executive functioning. Teens start to understand argument, logical reasoning and hypotheticals." (Paragraph 22)

Answer 1

C and F

- C shows teens identify with dystopian worlds (rules don't make sense; they feel powerless).
- F explains they are developing the cognitive ability to understand hypotheticals and complex arguments, so they can engage with dystopian themes.