YOUNG ADULT

FICTION EXCERPT
Group 1
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 Objective/s:
1. Familiarize oneself with young adult fiction and the nature and elements of
narrative fiction.

2. Write a close reading analysis and critical interpretation of literary texts

applying a reading approach

3. Create/ perform a creative adaptation of the studied literary texts using

ICT
Over view
Although the socio-political landscape of the
world has a lot to offer as a
subject for writing at the turn of the 21st
century, writers at this period still wrote
about human concerns quite representative of
the earlier generations, even drawing
topics from the classical works and western
mythology
 About Me

An example of this is Rick

Riordan’s young adult fiction like Percy
Jackson. Most of the works in this era are
greatly influenced by the coming of age
stories such as The Catcher in the Rye.
who's Rick Riordan?
Richard Russell Riordan Jr. is an American
author, best known for writing the Percy
Jackson & the Olympians series. Riordan's
books have been translated into forty-two
languages and sold more than thirty million
copies in the United States.
Percy Jackson
SUMMARY OF PERCY JACKSON

Percy Jackson is a 12-year-old boy who

struggles with ADHD and dyslexia. He
finds himself at Camp Half-Blood, where
he learns that his father is Poseidon,
god of the seas. He is brave and loyal
and after years of questioning his
identity, he finally begins to understand
his place in the world.
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Besides, literary works in this century are

characterized by the same literary styles
and techniques of early years. Ian Mc Ewan’s
Atonement is reminiscent of Elizabeth
Bowen’s works
Ian McEwan:

Ian Russell McEwan is a British novelist and

screenwriter. In 2008, The Times featured
him on its list of "The 50 greatest British
writers since 1945" and The Daily Telegraph
ranked him number 19 in its list of the "100
most powerful people in British culture".
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Besides, literary works in this century are

characterized by the same literary styles
and techniques of early years. Ian Mc Ewan’s
Atonement is reminiscent of Elizabeth
Bowen’s works
Elizabeth Bowen
Elizabeth Bowen CBE was an Irish-British
novelist and short story writer notable for
her books about the "big house" of Irish
landed Protestants as well as her fiction
about life in wartime London. In 1958, she
was nominated for the Nobel Prize in
Literature by Russian-American linguist
Roman Jakobson.
Narrative fictions
written during the half of the century for young
adults are not really meant for teen agers as far
as its form and content is concerned.
It was only lately when there came about a need to
have a genre specifically for young adults
ages 12-18.
This type of writing is generally called young
adult fiction. It served as a transition readings
from childhood to the more mature genre for
adults.
Writings under young adult fiction extensively
deal with teenage subjects like
love, friendship, adventure, fantasy and
mythology. Though such writings are
dubbed as for young adults, they are a
lso well loved and read by the adults.
In this module (1), you will learn more about one of
the stories that has piqued the imagination of young
readers today. Also, you will discover what makes a
story exciting and meaningful. As an outset, you
may develop heightened appreciation and better
understanding in your reading journey
Writings under young adult fiction extensively
deal with teenage subjects like
love, friendship, adventure, fantasy and
mythology. Though such writings are
dubbed as for young adults, they are a
lso well loved and read by the adults.
 NARRATIVE ELEMENTS EXPLAINED

The purpose of this resource is to assist in the critical reading of

narratives, and to help students explore how
the effect is created and meaning is made. Fiction is best
understood by breaking down and discussing terms
common to most stories, be they novels, short fiction, movies, TV
shows, etc. These terms include: plot, characters, point of view,
setting, theme, conflict, and style.
NARRATIVE ELEMENTS EXPLAINED

Understanding how these elements work helps us better analyze

narratives and to determine meanings. Seven main elements of
fiction are defined below followed by a sample of questions to help
readers uncover meaning of a given narrative.
NARRATIVE ELEMENTS EXPLAINED
we have 7 Narrative Elements:
Theme
 THEME
Theme is perhaps the most important literary concept because it is the
overarching idea that the writer of the story wants to reader to
understand. All other literary concepts are used to create theme.
The theme is the author’s commentary on a subject. For example, in
Shakespeare’s Othello, one of the major themes is how easily human
perception can be manipulated when powerful emotions are at play. To
determine the theme, examine other literary elements of the story
NARRATIVE ELEMENTS EXPLAINED
we have 7 Narrative Elements:
Theme
Plot
 PLOT

Plot is the structure of the narrative as it moves

through time. Most narratives (but not all) follow
this traditional plot structure. It consists of the
exposition (introduction of setting and characters),
rising action (events that build conflict for the
protagonist), climax (tension of conflict reaches
highest, most intense point), falling action (the
events following the climax), and denouement (the
resolution of on flict)
NARRATIVE ELEMENTS EXPLAINED
we have 7 Narrative Elements:
Theme
Plot
Characters
 CHARACTERS
Characters are the people involved in the narrative. The process by
which a writer creates a character is called characterization. The main
or central character, often considered the hero, is called the
protagonist. The main character who opposes the protagonist is the
antagonist, sometimes considered the villain. Literary analysis of
characters often focuses on whether or not and to what extent a
character changes throughout the story.
NARRATIVE ELEMENTS EXPLAINED
we have 7 Narrative Elements:
Theme
Plot
Characters
Conflict
 CONFLICT
Conflict refers to the issue or problem characters in a story are confronted
by. The narrative is structured around how the characters face the conflict.
The four general types of conflicts are:
1) person vs. person (a couple going through a divorce);
2) person vs. self (protagonist wrestling with depression);
3) person vs. nature (protagonist trying to survive a natural disaster); and 4)
person vs. society (protagonist fighting for civil rights).
The interaction of character and conflict creates the central
effect of the story and is the main indicator of meaning.
NARRATIVE ELEMENTS EXPLAINED
we have 7 Narrative Elements:
Theme
Plot
Characters
Conflict
Setting
 SETTING
This element can refer to a time and place the story is
set in. The location can either work symbolically or it
can simply be a backdrop for the story to take place in.
NARRATIVE ELEMENTS EXPLAINED
we have 7 Narrative Elements:
Theme
Plot
Characters
Conflict
Setting
Point Of View
 POINT OF VIEW
Refers to the perspective the story is told from. This
element includes first-person, thirdperson, and third-
person omniscient narrators.
 POINT OF VIEW
First-person narrator: Tells the story from the
perspective of one or several characters with the
word “I” or “we.” The readers, as if from their own
eyes, can envision the characters actions.
 POINT OF VIEW
Third-person limited narrator: Tells the story from an outside perspective from
the perspective of one of the characters (usually the protagonist). The third-
person limited narrator can relate events, thoughts, actions, but is limited to
that single character. For example, if the narration is from the point of view of
the protagonist, the narrator cannot relate events that are happening across
town from where the protagonist is, nor can they relate the interior thoughts
of any other character. Third person limited narration uses the pronouns “he,”
“she,” or “they.
 POINT OF VIEW
Third-person omniscient narrator: Also tells the story from an
outside perspective but this narrator is not limited to actions and
thoughts of one character. This narrator knows all of the in
formation of the story and can relate the events of the story, the
actions and speech of each as well as the interior thoughts of any
character. There are no limits for this narrator.
NARRATIVE ELEMENTS EXPLAINED
we have 7 Narrative Elements:
Theme
Plot
Characters
Conflict
Setting
Point Of View
Style
 STYLE
This element refers to the way the writer uses
language including diction, voice, tone, sentence style,
etc. Paying attention to these details allows the reader
to identify how and why word choice and sentence
style, etc. can help create the effect and meaning of
the story.
NARRATIVE ELEMENTS EXPLAINED
we have 7 Narrative Elements:
Theme
Plot
Characters
Conflict
Setting
Point Of View
Style
SUMMARY OF PERCY JACKSON
Discussion.
One good thing about the young readers now is that they have diversed
choices when it comes to stories of interest.One of them is the Young
Adult (YA) Fiction.
Adventure novels have evolved from the traditional realistic to
supernatural and fantastic subjects..The novel excerpt from Rick Riordan’s
“Son of Poseidon” you are going to read later is one of the best YA stories
that has rekindled young and adult readers’ interest to mythology.
Character/characterization
As we have previously discussed, there are four ways by which characters’
traits are revealed: speech, action, possession, and other characters
testimony.
Another important thing to look out for when studying character traits are
the motives for their actions, if they remain consistent or does conflicting
actions at the course of the story, or if they are flat or dynamic characters.
Last quetion to ask is are they lifelike? Are their motivations and action
plausible in real life or contrived?
Character/characterization
As you read the text below, take down notes about your
observation of the character traits of Percy as a human and
that of a demigod.
 Percy (The Son of Neptune)
Rick Riordan
The snake haired ladies were starting to annoy Percy
They should have died three days ago when he ran over them with
police car in Martinez.
They definitely should have died this morning when he cut off their
heads in Tilden Park. No matter how many time Percy killed them and watched
them crumble to powder, they just kept reforming like large evil du
st bunnies. He couldn’t even seem to outrun them.
 Percy (The Son of Neptune)
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He reached the top of the hill and caught his breath. How long since
he had last killed them? Maybe two hours.
They never seemed to stay dead longer that.
The past few days, he’d hardly slept.
He’d eaten whatever he could scrounge—vending machine Gummi Bears,
stalebagels, even a jack in the Crack burrito, which was new personal low. His
clothes were torn, burned and splattered with monster slime.
 Percy (The Son of Neptune)
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He’d only survived this long because the two snake haired ladies—gorgons,
they called themselves—couldn’t seem to kill him either. Their claws didn’t cut his
skin. Their teeth broke when they tried to bite him. But Percy couldn’t keep going
much longer. Soon he’d collapse from exhaustion, and then –as hard as he was to
kill, he was sure the gorgons would find a
way.
Where to run?
 Percy (The Son of Neptune)
Rick Riordan

He scanned her surroundings. Under different circumstances, he might

have enjoyed the view. To his left, golden hill rolled inland, dotted with lakes,
woods and few herds of cow. To his right, the flatlands of Berkeley and Oakland
merchant west- a vast checkerboard of neighborhoods, with several millions of
people who
LET SUMMARIZE!
 Percy (The Son of Neptune)
Rick Riordan
It was tempting. He could feel the power of the ocean just over the horizon water
always revived him. Salt water was the best. He had discovered that two day s
ago when he had strangled a sea monster in the Carquinez Strait. If he could
reach the bay he might be able to make a last stand. Maybe he could even
drown the gorgons. But the shore was at least two miles away. He’d to cross an
entire city. He hesitated for another reason.
 Percy (The Son of Neptune)
Rick Riordan
The wolf Lupa had taught him to sharpen his senses—to trust the
instinct that had been guiding him south. His morning radar had been tingling
like crazy now. The end of the journey was done almost—right under his feet.
But how could that be there was nothing on the hilltop. The wind changed,
Percy caught the sour scent of reptile. A hundred yards down the slope,
something rustled through the woods—snapping branches, crunching leaves,
hissing.
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Gorgons.

Great. No other way off the hill. He had managed to get himself cornered.

He stared at the stream of cars flowing west to San Francisco and wished
he were in one of them. Then he realized the highway must cut through the hill.
There must be tunnel…right under his feet.
 Percy (The Son of Neptune)
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His internal radar went nuts. He was in the right place just too high up.
He had to check the tunnel. He needed a way down to the highway—fast. He
slung off his backpack. He’d managed to grab a lot of supplies at the Napa
Bargain Mart: s portable GPS. Duct tape, lighter, superglue, water bottle,
camping roll, a comfy panda pillow pet (seen on TV),and a swiss army knife—
pretty much every tool a modern demigod could want. But he had nothing to
serve as a parachute or a sled. That left him two options, jump eighty feet to his
death, or stand and fight. Both options sounded pretty bad.
 Percy (The Son of Neptune)
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He cursed and pulled his pen from his pocket. The pen didn’t look like much,
just a regular cheap ballpoint. But when Percy uncapped it, it grew into a
LET SUMMARIZE!
 Percy (The Son of Neptune)
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Right next to him familiar voice jolted back to the present: “There you are!”
Percy stumbled away from the gorgon, almost falling off the edge of the hill. It
was the smiley one—Beano. Okay, her name wasn’t really Beano.
As near as Percy could figure, he was dyslexic, because words got twisted around
when he tried to read. The first time he had seen the gorgon posing as a Bargain
Mart greeter with a big green button that read: Welcome! My name is Stheno. He
had thought it said beano.
 Percy (The Son of Neptune)
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The most horrible thing about her? She was still holding her big silver platter of
free samples. Crspy Cheese ‘n’ Wieners. Her platter was all dented from all the
times Percy had killed her, but those little samples looked perfectly fine. Stheno
just kept toting them across California so she could offer Percy a snack before she
killed him. Percy didn’t know why she kept doing that, but if he ever needed a suit
of armor, he was going to make it out of Crispy Cheese ‘n’ Wieners. That stuff
was indestructible.
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“Try one?” Stheno offered. Percy fended her off with his sword. “Where’s your
sister?”

“Oh put the sword away.” Stheno chided. “You know by now that even Celestial
bronze can’t kill us for long. Have a Cheese “n” Wiener! They’re on sale this
week., and I’d hate to kill you on an empty stomach.
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“No, you imbecile!” Euryale turned to Percy and bared her fangs.

Except for her hair which, was a nest of coral snakes instead of green vipers, she
looked exactly like her sister. Her Bargain Mart vest, her flowery dress, even her
tusks were decorated with 50% stickers. Her name badge read: Hello! My name is
Die, demigod scum!
“You’ve led us quite a chase, Percy Jackson,” Euryale said. “But now you’re
trapped, and we’ll have our revenge!
LET SUMMARIZE!
THAT'S ALL
thank you!