week 5 post b

This week I finished by book, and I would like to talk about the conclusion. Throughout the book, many deaths occur of innocent people. However, even though some of these deaths are described in more detail then a book designed for children, it is barely a step up. For example, in the beginning of the book, when Mia's father dies by being beaten, his corpse is described as "Nang and captain Josephs had been dead for some time. They may have been killed as early as the day before, when Nick was on the island"(111). This scene would not have appeared in a child's book, however for a young adult my age, this lack of imagery is unnecessary. My A.P. world text book gives pictures of actual paintings of morbid scenes with the details. The fact that a textbook is giving more information about death without going into much detail is making me consider if this book shouldn't be labeled as teen fiction.
The ending of the book is also like the ending of a children's book in the sense that everyone lives happily ever after and none of the main characters who were portrayed as protagonists are killed in the end when realistically half of them would be dead. So this book is labled under teen fiction, however, the definition of a teenager is too broad in my opinion because someone my age would fine this book childish, where as a 13 year old who is technically a teenager would fine it well done.