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- opposite of utopia
- conditions of human life are extremely bad
- in the near future
- imagination of how the world could be if current problems get worse
- typical characteristics:
•oppression
•control through the state
•restriction of information
•environmental destruction
•loss of individuality and freedom
•extreme class divides
•allegories (stories that criticize current situations)
•war
•pessimistic tone

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Often told in the first person of protagonist's point of view

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• involves a mysterious death or Crime to be solved

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Characters explore and change and integrate

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- Mystery or crime to be solved
- Main detective character sets out to solve a crime
- there is always hidden evidence
- Mystery is realistic in some ways
- Stories in which an investigation is central to the plot

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•puzzle / suspense element
•reader becomes the detective
•story follows from the beginning until it is solved

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Reader and Character share characteristics

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From 12-18 years

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- Reader turns into a detective role
- Suspenseful dialogue
-> e.g. character says one thing but means another
- mysterious mood and setting
-> adjectives and verbs
- clue or piece which might be distracting
-> create suspense and tension
- at the end: satisfying climax and solution
- question like: Who? Why? What? should be clarified
-> could be an „a-ha“ moment

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Topics: friendship, relationships, first love, identity (crisis), specific challanges, violence, family issues

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Comment on what aspects of the genre Our Missing Hearts has

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1) Deals with common topics:
- friendship (Sadie)
- family issues (dad and mom, communication issues)
- self identity (Bird/Noah, finding out his origin)
2) deals with challenges
- no digital devices (hard to access information)
- grows up with just one parent
- is on his own (partial abandonment because of mom, father is not involved much)
- not a lot of friends
3) characters are relatable (age, challenges to overcome)
4) told from protangonist's point of view

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- detective character -> Bird
- hidden evidence -> evidence that Margaret existed -> her books were hidden/destroyed
- realistic -> anti asian hate crime
- crime that is being solved -> Bird looking for his mother

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•puzzle: Bird tries to find his mom, figure out the letter, understand why his mom left
•story follows birds "investigation"
•reader tries to understand why the mom left, what happened -> becomes a "detective"

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the disapperance of the asianamericans is a typical characteristic of a mystery novel.

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- Bad Family situation
- PACT (Control through the State)
- Asian-Books are banned (restriction of information)
- values of the State are forced upon kids /taught in school
- racism
- oppression ( mother has to hide)
- Social class divided (anti-asian)
- Bird has to hide his heritage/roots (loss of Individuality)
- Protests against PACT

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Maturing of young main character
Character growth
-the protagonist will most likely face challenges and experience grief, which will help them mature
-a foolish/immature protagonist
-the protagonists journey starts because of a big emotional loss
-the protagonist will fail along the way
-at one moment the protagonist might have some kind of enlightment
-the protagonist might start off as an outsider, but ends up finding their place in society

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Comment on what aspects of the genre Our Missing Hearts has
-development of Birds character -> flashbacks to his early childhood with his mother and Sadie and him helping his mother in the end
->develops critical thinking towards PACT, at first he questions his mother and her actions then he works together with her
-loss of loved ones -> Sadie and Miu
- mature, critical and independent thinking
- Bird grows throughout the story-> starts acting on his own
-> realization of PACT not being a law to protect everyone in society