Indeed, Nate is sent to jail, and the plaintiff seeks to send him to an adult prison rather than juvenile detention. They are particularly eager to blame Nate, the one student with a criminal record, even though it is not violent. The police officers in the novel detain minors without informing them of their rights, accusing them of conspiracy to commit murder without doing basic detective work like investigating the school parking lot accident or questioning Janae. However, some altruistic actors like Officer Lopez and Eli from Until Proven show a ray of hope. This novel is generally cynical about the legal process at all levels, from investigation to sentencing. How does the novel portray police officers and the criminal justice system? How do Officer Lopez and Eli fit into the picture? Although their backgrounds are different, their love ultimately represents the fact that they have more in common than meets in the eye, and when they forge understanding, they are stronger together. The two share some inherited trauma, and both must actively battle stereotypes. Bronwyn is the daughter of a Colombian immigrant, and Nate grew up in poverty with two addicts for parents. In particular, it thinks about the way that minority communities can come together, taking an intersectional approach to oppression.
At the same time, the novel subtly builds on these teen tropes. Their classic good girl/bad boy pairing may on its face seem cliche. In particular, Bronwyn is the class valedictorian while Nate is known for sexual promiscuity and drug dealing. This novel relies on tropes from teen movies like The Breakfast Club, in which students from different social cliques come together in new configurations. Why is this teen movie cliche present in the mystery novel? However, one might also note that by compressing the whole ecosystem of social media into a single app, run by one person, the novel simplifies things by blaming one person, Simon, rather than the culture that allows the app to thrive.ĭiscuss the function of Bronwyn and Nate's romance in the novel. In critiquing this app, the novel suggests that social media and gossip never succeed in portraying a sufficiently complex reality. However, the truths it tells are partial: it states what people have done, but completely obscures the struggles and realities that may have driven them to do it.
Yet everyone follows it, because they’re interested in “the truth” more than in honoring each other’s privacy.
About That is portrayed as a primarily destructive force, exposing information that embarrasses and upsets, even driving some to attempt suicide. While in reality teens use a variety of platforms to spread gossip, in the world of Bayview High, there’s one source for gossip, About That, and one person who runs it, Simon. Discuss the role of the app About That in the novel and the text’s commentary on social media.
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