A Tribe Apart Review
After reading the book A Tribe Apart, I was able to notice many similarities between what the adolescents in the book were going through and what we have read in Santrock and heard in lecture. In Chapter 2 and 8 we meet Jessica Jones, a thirteen-year-old girl who has recently gone through some dramatic changes at home, as well as growing up in general. Jessica is a typical teenage girl, very active in activities, has friends, has goals for her self and so on. At the beginning of the chapter she says "her mother has finally stopped lecturing her on how she ought to use her desk for homework." This is evident in the theory of Parent-Adolescent Conflict. According to Santrock, "much of the conflict involves the everyday events of family life, such as keeping a bedroom clean, dressing neatly, getting home at a certain time, not talking on the phone forever, and so on." (Santrock, 159) This would explain the constant arguments about her messy room, grades, and so on. Since her older sister has recently had a baby there have been some major changes in the household. Jessica feels that her sister and her don't really talk anymore, because her sister is too busy. According to Santrock, "both younger a
(Santrock, 445) Fortunately Jessica was not rape, but I t was a close call and it was something she regretted doing. Overall, Jessica is a typical teenage girl who is growing up. While they encourage her to be independent, they also place limits on her actions by setting curfews and a have a genuine concern for her well-being. "The Crew," Jessica's close group of friends (Annie, Rachel, Susan, Mitch, and Brian) is a clique of friends. Because the students don't know the information about those subjects they might be more prone to participate in them. However, due to its controversial nature, she was not allowed to present her speech at the assembly. The two boys are juniors and seniors in high school while the girls are just in eighth grade. It is associated with adolescent's socially incompetent behavior, especially a lack of self control. " She describes it as the seventh graders are still walking around in a daze, and the eighth graders walk around, full of them selves. She explains about the speech she is going to give for her class, which is about teenage pregnancy. "The mental and behavioral effects of alcohol include reduced inhibition and impaired judgment," is an example of what alcohol could do to a person, and what it probably did to Jessica. Jessica's friends serve all of these functions to her, they hang out together (companionship), they support her when she needs help (physical support), and so on. In Chapter 8 Jessica goes through many changes involving herself, her peers, and her parents. This can best be seen when her parents feel uneasy when the kids change locations of where they are going to, but on the other hand they trust that they brought her up right and taught her right from wrong, so they give her some independence. She begins to hang out more with Rachel at her house, which starts to bring more problems about.
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