Thursday, May 19, 2011
Tyler-A Nerd?
Why is Tyler identified as a nerd? At the beginning of the book, I assumed it was just because he was smart. And my assumptions were, what i thought at the time, confirmed, when the book stated that Tyler was in all AP classes and calculus. But then those assumptions were shot down soon after when I found out that he was struggling in every single one. So then I fell back on the thought that he had been previously more focused on his studies and therefore did better in school. I thought it was just his reputation as a "nerd" that still labeled him as one. However, as the story progressed, it seemed to me that Tyler was not the super-intelligent type. When it counted, moral? Yes. But not genius. So why did the author choose that particular word to describe Tyler in the bullies' eyes? What, exactly, is a nerd if not an intelligent, anti-social type? Or did Anderson simply use nerd out of context?
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A nerd is someone who would hang around with his smart friends and would be rejected by almost everyone "normal". If somebody was very antisocial, I would call them anti-social, not a nerd. And nerds don't nessesarily have to be smart. And most smart people aren't nerds. One more thing I have to add... I would describe a nerd as someone who goes to a social event but does nothing social there. Instead they just walk around looking for something to do... the kind of people who are extremely shy. That's all just MY opinion.
ReplyDeleteI don't think Extremely shy people are nerds, just extremely shy. Most stereotypes are based off media so it is hard to said what any stereotypes truly are
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