The author of "Guerrilla Season", Pat Hughes, wants to ask you a question about the book:One criticism I've heard about "GS" is that there's too much violence and too much swearing in a book for young adults. Do you agree?
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51 comments:
I don't agree. I think that the language and the vilance helps to relate what was actualy going on at the time. It also adds character to the book.
wcazach
how did you come up with the charactor for the book?
-WCAHans
No I do not believe in, too much swearing or violence. The human form of communication is a tool used to convey emotions thoughts and feelings, some words, however, are extreme but are there not extreme emotions and as such a more fitting word would be one of radical proportions. Bend the language of mankind to your will till it breaks then once it breaks, rebuild and revolutionize it, reinvent it for the artist behind you so that it may be a better, more effiecent chisel as we all leave our mark on this earth of ours.
I don't agree. People talk like that every day. They did back nthen too. And at least someone tries to stop Matt from cursing.
-WCAjaken IRONMAN
I don't think the language was always necessary but I think that the violence helped give the story substance.
- amy_loves_stellar_kart
I think that now a days most people use valgure language any way and them useing the bad words add drama to the book
WCAkittyman
Well, I don't think there is a problem with either. Whenever swearing did occur, the person who said the word usually was told not to swear. For the violence, the story is about a war! Honestly, the book needed to be as violent as it was to accurately show the reality of the Civil War.
WCAjonathan
I really don't agree with it I think it makes it more really. If you made a book about the Civil War with no violence and no languege it wouldn't be real. That is like saying that noone cussed the whole Civil War and there wasn't any violence. You just can't make a book like that.
~WCAChEy~
Tere is alot of violence and swearing but I think that it is all to help the reader understand the seriousness of it all. I think that if you read this book you need to be mature and understand how serious things are in this time period.
WCAjazz♥
I don't think there is too much violence or swearing. That's how the world was and still IS. If you want to give us a good idea of how it really was, then you did a great job of it! I think they are just trying to protect us of all of the bad things of this world, but the truth, sad but very true, is that we probably have heard all of those words before. Its very sad but in a Christian school even students still say those words.
So in all, I think this is a great book with real facts and truths.
WCADelana
In order for the author to get her point across, I think that the violence and language in Guerrilla Season is necessary. Also, it helps support the facts and details in the book. I think the violence and language clearly get the point across in a positive way. It teaches us about what the times were like and how the situation was back then in the town of Missouri.
-Tater Bear
Personally, I've read books for young adults that have had much more swearing and violence than in Guerrilla Season. I think Guerrilla Season is a more realistic book because its not like kids during the Civil War didn't use that language and didn't get into fights. I really like how this content is used in this book and it keeps me interested.
Toussaint L'Ouverture
I do not agree. Guerrilla Season is fine because with all the description, we can imagine what America was like during the Civil War.
Le Bron
I dont agree at all. If a kid is a 'young adult' they should be able to read this book with maturity and comman sence. I think she does the things she does and say the things say wrote to put infosis of the charaters and the way they would talk.
*WCAKay*
I don't agree with them. Violence and swearing are a part of life. It happens and it makes the story more relateable. If there werent any of those things the story would seem fake. I think that if someone fells that there is to much violence then they need to take a look at the world around them. What happenes in our world is way worse that the violence and cussing in this book. So I personlally think that that kind of stuff helps to make the book more intersting.
- Kay93 -
I feel that you is needed or else that leaves out half the stuff that we might need to know someday.
It also helps us understand more about what was going on in those times, but I do have a problem with the swearing. I fel that if someone cussed, even if they did back then and do now, that those words could have been replaced with better words. I believe that God doesn't want us to curse and use his name in vain, so yes, I do have a problem with the cursing.
WCASami
Although many young readers do believe that this book does have too much violence and foul language, I highly disagree. Like said already, for the book to actually take the plot and set of the war going on it needs to have these aspects to convey its points and the character's feelings. There are many other historical fiction books about the Civil War that have been written. If you have such strong feelings about the negative parts of this particular book then don't read it.
~La Goober
The purpose of this book is to accurately portray the events of the Civil War in Missouri.For this reason I do not believe that the violence and language is too severe for young adults.In my opinion, the language and the violence give credability to the fictional characters' actions.The language and the violence are in the right amount to engage readers and make the story compelling to read.
Hally O'Riley
No, I don't think that there is too much swearing or violence it makes it seem more realistic. I would rather have not as much swearing or voilence, but it does make it seem much more realistic.
K I
I believe that the swearing we hear almost everyday all day. It doesn't bother me. The violence doesn't bother me either because its just teaching what happened a long time ago. So, no the violence and swearing does not bother me.
I think that there is a healthy amount of violence and swearing. This book, I think, is perfectly fine to be read by young adults.
Bullseye
I feel that it is fine to use that sort of language in a book. Most of our society today talks like that. I also feel that it is fine to use violence. Since the violence is related to the Civil War, I think that it is alright.
I don't think it is wrong beause it shows us how poeple spoke and how they acted in that time period. It's also not a big deal beause it is not like we have never heard it before.
Mrs. Ryan Sheckler
I strongly disagree; sure there are kids my age that take the violence and swearing inappropriately but there would be no point in taking it out. Pat Hughes has not used this to hurt young readers but to get her point across. I believe that if the child that is reading the GS is not mature enough to handle a little violence and language then he or she should not be reading the book at all. People today try and act like there kids don’t see and hear these things everyday. But in the real world you are confronted with both violence and obscene language.
~Channing Tatum~
I disagree with that criticism. The violence and swearing shows how people felt and what the time period was like accurately. This gives a greater understanding of what went on during the war.
-Lang Chow
I don't agree with those who think that. It will teach someone to act maturely about what they read and to realize when and where this language is appropiate and to not repeat it.
~Hippo Hugger
No, I do not agree but sometimes violence is needed in the book to help make the book flow more. Also, not all of the language is needed but young adults should be mature enough to understand why it is needed.
LaDainian Tomlinson
Even though many people may think that Guerrilla Season has to much swearing, I disagree. I believe that as young adults we all can or at least should be able to handle the amount of swearing in the book. The usage of swearing in the book is also very effective and paints more of a picture in my mind of what is happening in that exact moment.
~ Gumbie Almighty
Too much swearing or violence? Who said that? First of all, it was a war, theres got to be some violence there, I meean most wars have had violence in them, especially the Civil War. Without the violence, it will be as if the author would be portraying false information about the war, in the book. We should all still know that the Civil War had alot of violence. Swearing. Swearing does influence bad thoughts, but also increases tension, suspense, and all other types of emotions in the book and in the reader also. Finally, I don't think that there was too much violence or swearing in the book "GS". - Thank You
- Vinny Yak
I don't think there is to much fighting and bad language in the book, I just think that people need to be mature and not act like little kids!
WCALila_RYRY
i think that it adds to the book, i think that the book would not be as real without it, but i do no like the cussing
- WCAHans
I think that there is NOT too much violence of swearing in the book. The voilence helps readers to understand just ho tense the realtionship between the north and the south was. The swaering, seriously, to all of those who think that there is too much, then just think of how often YOU cuss. I have absoutly no problem with the violence and swearing in the novel.
Faye-Lee
I really don't think that the language is all that bad, I'm Almost positive that every body in our society talks like that. I know people in Temecula talk like that. At least the "older" folks do.
The Violence isn't that bad either, between movies and video games this really isn't that bad.
Mister Awesomeness
i do not agree with the violence and swearing because there is violence and swearing in everything so it is not that bad
IM Awesome
Compared to movies and the world around us this book is almost G rated
IM Awesome
I disagree, because the violence helps us to understand what the war was really like. The swearing is not terribly bad, but i believe that we should be able to act mature if there is swearing.
Mohammad Smith
I do naot agree with that fact, because most of the readers are in middle school and sooner or later we will be hearing and reading swear words and will be seeing more violence as we grow.
-Nashomatic
Everyone uses bad words. This was a time where it was not as bad. I feel that because there is a war going on, that the violence is fine.
Shoe Lace
No, I don't think so. I think that a young adult should be mature enough to handle the violence and all. I also think that it adds to the story content. A story sometimes might depend on it for structure. It builds up the story and adds excitement, drama, adventure, and so on. If you are not mature enough to handle it then you have picked up a book that is wrong for you. I think that if you don't read this book because of its content you will be losing out.
sawyer02
I disagree with the fact that the book has to much violence and swearing. Most of the book is about war and I believe that if the author did not have violence or sweraing in the book then she would have not given us a visual image of the war and how it had a huge affect on the people around them.
~kaylee bear
I disagree with the criticism on the amount of swearing and violence in the book. The swearing just adds to the human form of a 15 year-old boy, it makes all of the characters seem more realistic. If a young adult is not mature enough to handle the mild swearing in this book, than they should not be reading it. The violence is in this book, as well, to make it seem more realistic. This is a book about the Civil War, portraying accurately the horrors and the struggles of the citizens of the U.S. at this time.
Taylor Grey
I disagree, the violence just teaches us how the war was back then. The swearing is just like what we hear everyday, it's no different at all. Since the people that are reading this are young adults the they should be able to handle this stuff like young mature adults. So yes, i disagree.
Bratdoll
I dont agree at all because that was how the war was.This book teaches us what really happened in the war and makes us realize that the war was no game.
Sally Green
I dont think that there is to much violence and sewaring in this book.
WCAtim
No, i don't think that the swearing and violent images in the book are too much, i believe that you were trying to make the book as realistic as possible, and in those times, swearing and violence were an every day occurance.
ping pong
I think that there isn't alot of violence or swearing in the book. The only reason there would be violence is because of the time ere the book took place in. As well as swearing, it was a common thing during the time frame.
~breezy bear
I believe that there is a certain point of to much swearing or violence but, Guerrilla Season does not have to much. Young readers did to know what it felt like in this time period. Young readers need to know that it was hard times and if this book has to much voilence than how would the young readers of this time learn and understand how it felt. There is a perfect amount of violence and swearing, not to much where the young reader begins to use the words, and not to less when the reader does not fully understand what it was like.
William Harrison
I don't think that there is too much swearing in the book. That is probably how most young adults talked back then. I know that most kids these days think they are cool swearing and acting tuff, but that just makes them look stupid. The book isn't that different from everyday life.
alannacanida4694
I disagree. This book takes place during the Civil War and that was a trajec time. So I think they have a right to give the language they use. Also, the fowl language helps readers picture the seen of the event better.
Kobe Bryant24
I don't think that there is a lot off bad language because I've read a couple books that have tons of bad language. This book has some but I think it's because when kids turn into teenagers, they start to cuss and Matt is that right age.
-gymanstics girl
I would have to disagree with the criticism that there is language in the "GS" that should not be there for adults because some of the swearing helps the point come across in the correct way. The language in this book is not to show that it is not a book for children it is to show that when this characters have certain feelings that they will tell you in a certain way that you may not agree with. So i think the language in this book is proper to show how it was when Quantrill really came through and distoryed lawrence.
-LadyJay #2
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