Eleanor and Park

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Perhaps one of the most revolutionary romance stories of our times, Eleanor and Park is not the average stereotypical story of love and romance. Instead, it portrays the truth about love which is that love, in its very essence is one of the most difficult and complex emotions (Odean 2013). It also portrays that suffering and brutality are avid aspects of our lives that we have to find a way to live and cope with (Rowell 2015). It is also a depiction of the inconvenient truth that at times we have to escape our so-called loved ones because they cause us the most pain.
Rainbow Rowell is the author of Eleanor and Park. This was Rowell’s first novel as a young adult. It follows the stories of two people who are considerably imperfect but end up wildly in love with each other (Osborn 2016). Park is from a Korean family. He is friendly but has tendencies of awkwardness when he is in social gatherings (Boyd & Pennell, 2015; De Groot, 2013). These are attributed to his race, taste in music and love for comic books. His father believes he should be athletic and take up taekwondo, but he is not as enthused about the sport (Azwari 2016). Eleanor, or “Big Red” as she is popularly referred to throughout the book because of her size and flaming red hair, on the other hand, comes from a broken family CITATION Gre13 l 1033 (Green, 2013). Eleanor’s step-father; Richie, is an alcoholic and abusive. Their biggest obstacle is the world that will only not allow them to be together because of their glaring differences.

References
Azwari, R. (2016). Book Review Of Eleanor And Park Written By Rainbow Rowell (Doctoral dissertation, Diponegoro University).
Boyd, A., & Pennell, S. (2015). Batteries, Big Red, and Busses: Using Critical Theory to Read for Social Class in Eleanor & Park. Study and Scrutiny: Research on Young Adult Literature, 1(1), 95-124.
De Groot, J. (2013). Eleanor & Park by R. Rowell. The Deakin Review of Children’s Literature, 3(2)
BIBLIOGRAPHY Green, J. (2013, March 8). Two Against the World:‘Eleanor & Park,’ by Rainbow Rowell. Retrieved from NYTimes: https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/10/books/review/eleanor-park-by-rainbow-rowell.html

Odean, K. (2013). WHO SAYS LOVE IS EASY? Teacher Librarian, Volume 41 Issue2, p.36.
Osborn, Katelyn (2016) “Eleanor and Park,” Children’s Book and Media Review: Volume. 37, Issue. 2
Rowell, R. (2015). Eleanor and Park. St. Martin’s Press. New York