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Stereotyped Teen

Stereotyped Teen. Adapted from a poem by Kakashi Gurl. Stereotyped Teen. Type: This poem is a Dramatic Monologue – It’s a first person narrator who addresses an invisible recipient. Setting: No specific setting is given. Theme:

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Stereotyped Teen

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  1. Stereotyped Teen Adapted from a poem by KakashiGurl

  2. Stereotyped Teen • Type: This poem is a Dramatic Monologue – It’s a first person narrator who addresses an invisible recipient. • Setting: No specific setting is given. • Theme: Never judge a person by their appearance, hobbies, likes or dislikes – everyone is different and these things do not define you.

  3. Tone: The tone is one of defiance. The speaker is proud of who he/she is and their convey this throughout the poem. In stanza 11 the tone turns adamant – she refuses to be just another stereotyped teen. • Style: Informal; makes use of slang words to fit into the description of a Stereotyped Teen. • The poet uses a lot of typical stereotypes throughout the poem (especially stanza 1 – 4) to express how easily people form an opinion based on certain things people wear or do.

  4. Analysis – Stanzas 1, 2, 3 • Line 1: hood – cap of a hooded sweater • Line 2: gangster – part of a ‘bad’ group • Line 3: board – skateboard • Line 6: jock – athletes who tend to abuse their popularity gained by their sport; the ‘main’ people of a group • Line 8: rest of the lot – everyone else • Line 10: geek – a person viewed as someone who is not generally athletic and big on video games and the Internet

  5. Analysis – Stanzas 4, 5, 6, 7 • Line 14: I am a scene – someone who stands out or is viewed as a spectacle (dramatic, like an actor) • Line 17 – 28: different contrasts are made; cheerleaders aren’t seen as people who’d wear black, skateboarders aren’t seen as people with academic aspirations, girls shouldn’t like rap music, home cooks shouldn’t like or wear ripped clothing and athletes aren’t supposed to be actors as well. The poet does this to show the reader that stereotypes are without merit and should therefore be disregarded as false beliefs. Who says a cheerleader can’t wear all black clothes, or an athlete can’t be an actor as well – stereotypes are there to be broken.

  6. Analysis – Stanzas 7 - 11 • Lines 27, 37, 41, 43: Words are written in CAPITALS to emphasise them and to make them stand out. • Line 44: These words stand on their own and in Italics to emphasise what the poem is about as well as to express the poet’s feelings about how teens are being treated for being different.

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