Pop-fiction
Pop-fiction captures the modern relationship and holds it up for scrutiny.It is what causes it to become pop-fiction because the relationships itexplores come with all of the modern societal beliefs which throughouthistory have changed with the whims and desires of those who live in itstime. Current pop-fiction works often address the very real insecurity ofwomen where men are concerned. It is an interesting phenomenon because thelast four decades have been devoted to females becoming equal in th
e world,yet, pop-fiction often illustrates the same old insecurities that have beenaround since the dawn of time. "I'll never forget the day I found out my girlfriend weighed more than Idid(Weiner pg 1). Pop-fiction cuts to the quick and exposes the root of relationship issues,regardless of the other things that may be going on in society. This book and other pop-fiction works serve as reminders that society hasmuch work to do before men and women are truly equal. " With that one sentence and the following reaction of theprotagonist the reader comes to understand that regardless of how far womenhave come in society they are still insecure in the most basic sense. In this book the protagonist is aseemingly capable, professionally fulfilled and intelligent woman, but thevery first page takes her back generations. One of the most classic examples of pop-fiction and its ability toundress the insecurity of today's females in relationships with men is thebook Good In Bed by Jennifer Weiner. Pop-fiction allows the reader to take a clear hard look at the reality andtruth of human relationships by putting it in modern day settings, usingmodern day slang so that it feels real, and three dimensional. This pop-fiction book also illustrates the fact that societally, men stillview women as objects. This is evidenced by the statement from her ex-boyfriend in his column that "Loving a larger woman is an act ofcourage(Weiner pg)".
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