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2010 novel by John Green and David Levithan

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Author	John Green and David Levithan
Encompass creative person	Rodrigo Corral[ citation needed ]
Land	United States
Language	English
Genre	Immature developed problem novel[1]
Publisher	the Penguin Group
Publication date	Apr 6, 2010
Media blazon	Impress (hardback, paperback)
Pages	310
ISBN	978-0-525-42158-0
OCLC	277118356
LC Grade	PZ7.G8233 Wil 2010

Will Grayson, Will Grayson is a novel by John Green and David Levithan, published in April 2010 by Dutton Juvenile. The book'due south narrative is divided evenly betwixt ii boys named Volition Grayson, with Green having written all of the chapters for i and Levithan having written the capacity for the other, presented in an alternating chapter way. One boy is referred to with a capitalized alphabetic character at the offset of his name, while the other is referred to in all lower case letters.^{[2] [3]} The novel debuted on The New York Times children'south best-seller list after its release and remained there for iii weeks. It was the first LGBT-themed young developed novel to make information technology to that list.^{[iv] [v] [6]}

Collaboration [edit]

In designing the plot for the volume, the 2 authors decided to dissever information technology evenly in half. John Green wrote all the odd-numbered capacity (capitalized Will Grayson) while David Levithan wrote all the even-numbered chapters (lower case will grayson). This also held truthful for the main characters' names, with Levithan choosing the given proper name and Green the surname.^[7] The simply plot they decided on together was the fact that the two characters would meet at some point in the novel and that their coming together would have a tremendous effect on their lives. After this decision, they separately wrote the offset chapter for their half and then shared them with each other. Subsequently sharing, they then "knew immediately information technology was going to work", every bit stated by Levithan.^{[8] [9]}

Construction [edit]

The story is told from ii different perspectives, through both Volition Grayson one and Volition Grayson 2. When reading the odd-numbered capacity, the reader sees loftier school through the optics of a heterosexual teenager, Will Grayson ane, who by and large believes in shutting up. When reading the even-numbered chapters, the reader sees high school through the eyes of a depressed gay teenager, Will Grayson 2. Though at that place are ii dissever characters speaking, the story remains the same from start to end. As the story progresses, the perspectives do, however, alloy together into one clear and cohesive storyline, rather than two separate plot lines, within the same high school story, told by two different characters.

At the get-go of the story, it is clear to distinguish between ii completely unlike voices between the capacity; the reader is able to decipher when Will Grayson 1 is taking center stage when he talks about the girl that he's been crushing on, Jane Turner. Will Grayson 1's chapters are told with proper punctuation and capitalization, whereas Will Grayson 2's chapters are filled with more vulgarity, though Volition Grayson 1 is just as vulgar and crude as Will Grayson 2 is. Will Grayson 2's chapters are filled with little graphic symbol scripts of both casual and digital conversations that he has with his mom, his friend Maura (who is also attracted to him both platonically and romantically), and his crush, at the beginning of the story, Isaac, who goes past the alias of boundbydad via instant messaging.

Every bit the story progresses, the stories of Will Grayson i and Will Grayson 2 become entangled, conveying strong themes of young dearest, teen angst and rebellion, and self-discovery throughout the volume until the ending scene.

Dialogue [edit]

With the story'due south strongest focus being the musical about Tiny Cooper, Tiny Dancer, the capacity that are enumerated for Will Grayson 2 all follow a written dialogue that echoes that of a script, with graphic symbol names preceding a colon before their dialogue is written in the text. The conversations before Volition Grayson 2 meets Will Grayson one echo that of a chatroom instant message, with usernames and special nicknames for the characters preceding each of the conversation pieces. The text is written this fashion to help the reading audience relate to the happenings of the story better, by familiarizing the style that each clamper of dialogue is received.

Synopsis [edit]

The novel follows two boys who both take the proper name Volition Grayson. The first Will, whose POV always has correct capitalization, is described equally trying to live his life without being noticed. This is complicated by the fact that his best friend, Tiny Cooper, described as "the earth's largest person who is really, really gay" and "the world'southward gayest person who is really, really big", is non the type to become around unnoticed. Tiny is too throughout the novel trying to create an autobiographical musical, which further draws attention to himself and everyone around him.

The other Will Grayson, whose POV never has capitalization, goes through his life without anything skillful to agree on to besides an online relationship with someone who goes by the name Isaac. Intent on meeting up with Isaac, Will Grayson sets up an come across one dark in Chicago but somewhen finds out that Isaac was invented by a girl named Maura (who is also his peer in his daily schoolhouse life).^[ten] What ensues brings both characters together and changes both of their lives forever in ways they could never have guessed or imagined.^{[2] [xi] [12]}

Characters [edit]

Primary characters [edit]

• Will Grayson 1 : First protagonist of the story. He lives in the Chicago suburb of Evanston, Illinois, domicile to Northwestern University, where his parents want him to attend university. His indicate of view is seen in the odd-numbered capacity, where the entirety of the text shows proper capitalization. He is the get-go, and only, male person straight-identifying member of the Gay Direct Brotherhood. He is a fan of the band Neutral Milk Hotel. Jane Turner is his love interest; Tiny Cooper is his best friend. His character is written by John Light-green.^{[13] [14] [15]}
• Will Grayson 2 : Second protagonist of the story. He lives in the Chicago suburb of Naperville, Illinois. His point of view is seen in the even-numbered chapters, where the entirety of the text is always lowercased. He has a crush on Isaac, a boy that he met online; the two of them communicate via instant messaging, in secrecy, under the pseudonym grayscale and boundbydad. Meets Tiny Cooper through Will Grayson 1. He is peradventure a more than realistic graphic symbol than the typical stock gay grapheme. At least at the beginning of the novel, he is angry, and vulgar. Therefore, he is more relatable to teenagers^{[ commendation needed ]}, particularly LGBT teenagers. Will Grayson two has been diagnosed with depression, taking antidepressants and claiming, early on on, that he is constantly "torn between killing himself and killing everyone around him". He is not close with whatever major grapheme in his school, though he does interact with his not-so-hole-and-corner admirer, Maura.^{[xvi] [17] [18] [nineteen]}

Secondary characters [edit]

• Tiny Cooper : Will Grayson 1's best friend in school. He is described as being a large flamboyant homosexual football role player who runs through dearest interests swiftly. He is the president of the Gay-Straight Alliance at schoolhouse. He is described as "very gay, and very proud".^[xx] He meets Will Grayson 2 through Will Grayson one. Though the book may be titled afterward both Will Graysons, Tiny becomes the primary focus of the story.^{[18] [21]}
• Jane Turner : Friend of Tiny and Will Grayson ane. She is also a member of the Gay-Straight Alliance at school, and adores Neutral Milk Hotel. She is Will Grayson 1'south love interest.
• Maura : A goth girl who is attracted to Volition Grayson ii. She is one of the few people at his schoolhouse with whom he interacts. She is described by Volition Grayson 2 as "unrealistically friendly", because she pays "too much attention" to him when he describes himself as uninteresting. Maura poses as the online love interest of Will Grayson 2, Isaac, to proceeds Will'due south attention, admiration, and further, amore.^{[21] [10]}

Themes [edit]

• Friendship

Friendship plays an interesting function in each of the characters' own personal story. For the majority of his story, Will Grayson 1 and Tiny Cooper take a scattered friendship, with visible cracks from the mistakes that Will has made in his by. Every bit for Will Grayson ii and Maura, their friendship reflects more of a bear upon-and-go human relationship, picking up and leaving off whenever Will decides to consider Maura as his friend. With the blossoming relationship between Jane and Will Grayson ane, soon Will and Tiny begin to drift apart. The role of friendship creates a series of changes, breaks, differences, and conflict throughout each of the protagonists' stories.^{[22] [23] [24]}

• Music

Music is referenced to throughout the story with Neutral Milk Hotel, a band that brings together all of the main characters in the book and becomes entangled in each of their stories. While the music groups, both existent and fictional, do non become characters themselves in the story, the music that they create becomes relevant to each of their personalities. While both obscure Jane and nonchalant Volition Grayson 1 both share a mutual interest with the alternative band Neutral Milk Hotel, Tiny Cooper, the fabulously flamboyant grapheme of the story, fancies large, assuming Broadway-showtunes and music that becomes primary-streamed equally iconic popular culture.^{[25] [26]}

Meet also [edit]

Other novels by John Green

• An Abundance of Katherines
• Looking for Alaska
• Paper Towns
• Allow It Snowfall: Three Holiday Romances
• The Fault in Our Stars
• Turtles All the Way Downwards

Other novels by David Levithan

• Boy Meets Boy
• The Realm of Possibility
• Wide Awake
• The Lover's Dictionary
• Every Day

Bibliography [edit]

• "Literary Themes of Will Grayson, Will Grayson". ENG347 - Will Grayson, volition grayson. Wordpress.
• "Will Grayson, Will Grayson Themes". Book Rags.
• "Volition Grayson, Volition Grayson by John Green and David Levithan - A Review". The Guardian.
• "Review: Will Grayson, will grayson". Once Upon a Bookcase. Speak.
• Wetta, Molly. "A Guide to YA Novels with LGBTQ Characters". YALSA The Hub. ala.org.
• Miller, Greg. "Catching Up With David Levithan and John Green". OUT.
• Legert, M. "Will Grayson, will grayson". SD13.
• Green 2010, pp. 3–half dozen, viii–21, 35–36, 162–165 harvnb error: no target: CITEREFGreen2010 (assistance)

References [edit]

1. ^ Nigel Krauth (May 8, 2010). "Making a proper name for oneself in the search for self-worth". The Australian . Retrieved November 26, 2011.
2. ^ ^{a b} Sue Corbett (February xv, 2010). "Children's Books: Double Identity". Publishers Weekly . Retrieved Nov 26, 2011.
3. ^ "Where there's a Will ..." The Sydney Morning Herald. May 17, 2010. Retrieved Nov 26, 2011.
4. ^ Green, John. "Will Grayson, Will Grayson". John Green Books.
5. ^ Marjorie Kehe (June 24, 2010). "Gay-themed novels for young readers enter the mainstream". The Christian Science Monitor . Retrieved November 26, 2011.
6. ^ Staff writer (June 23, 2010). "Books With Gay Themes for Young Readers Accept Off". Associated Press. Retrieved November 26, 2011.
7. ^ Miller, Greg. "Communicable Upwards With David Levithan and John Green". OUT.
8. ^ Karen MacPherson (April 30, 2010). "Kids' books: 'Will Grayson, Will Grayson' packs 1-ii punch for teens". The Seattle Times . Retrieved November 27, 2011.
9. ^ David Wiegand (May 12, 2010). "Authors, characters in tandem in 'Volition Grayson'". San Francisco Relate . Retrieved Nov 27, 2011.
10. ^ ^{a b} Green, John. Will Grayson, Will Grayson. Penguin Grouping, 2010, p. 120
11. ^ Staff writer (March 1, 2010). "Children'south Books Reviews". Publishers Weekly . Retrieved November 27, 2011.
12. ^ Legert, One thousand. "Will Grayson, volition grayson". SD13.
13. ^ Light-green, John. Will Grayson, Will Grayson. Penguin Group, 2010, p. 257
14. ^ Green, John. Will Grayson, Will Grayson. Penguin Group, 2010, p. 292
15. ^ Green 2010, p. three-6. sfn mistake: no target: CITEREFGreen2010 (help)
16. ^ Green 2010, p. 35-36. sfn fault: no target: CITEREFGreen2010 (help)
17. ^ Greenish, John. Volition Grayson, Will Grayson. Penguin Group, 2010 p. 149
18. ^ ^{a b} Dark-green, John. Will Grayson, Will Grayson. Penguin Grouping, 2010, p. 215
19. ^ Wetta, Molly. "A Guide to YA Novels with LGBTQ Characters". YALSA The Hub.
20. ^ Light-green 2010, p. 3. sfn error: no target: CITEREFGreen2010 (assist)
21. ^ ^{a b} Green, John. Will Grayson, Volition Grayson. Penguin Group, 2010, p. 247
22. ^ Light-green 2010, p. viii-21. sfn error: no target: CITEREFGreen2010 (aid)
23. ^ Light-green 2010, p. 16-20. sfn error: no target: CITEREFGreen2010 (help)
24. ^ "Will Grayson, Will Grayson Themes". Book Rags.
25. ^ Green 2010, p. 162-165. sfn fault: no target: CITEREFGreen2010 (assistance)
26. ^ "Literary Themes of Will Grayson, volition grayson". ENG347 - Will Grayson, Will Grayson. Wordpress.com.

External links [edit]

• Koster, Rick (2010-04-10). "Doubling upwards: Ii bestselling young adult authors collaborate on a new piece of work". The Day.
• Interesting Reader Society - School Library Journal
• "David Levithan and John Green'southward Will Grayson, Will Grayson" - Symphony Space
• Review on Youth Services Corner

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