The premise behind "Love is Like an Apple" is a simple one: youth reporter asks peers what love is, then makes a sound collage. The finished piece, however, provides an insightful look into a not-so-simple issue. I feel like many teens toss the word around without any significance, so I was interested to hear the thoughts and views of these particular young people.
The responses in this piece range from the silly ("the word we use to justify our codependence") to the disillusioned ("everything everyone says is going to be really cheesy"), the vague ("it's a step beyond liking something") to the conventional ("caring unconditionally for someone"). But, ultimately, I was pleased to hear how many people had taken the time to really think about what love meant to them, and at the end of this piece I realized that, like always, my worries about the Youth of Today were pretty much baseless.
This piece would fit very well in a larger magazine about high school issues - or, perhaps, it could be saved for Valentine's Day 2007.
Review of Love is Like an Apple
Emily Raymond
Posted on March 28, 2006 at 05:39 AM
The premise behind "Love is Like an Apple" is a simple one: youth reporter asks peers what love is, then makes a sound collage. The finished piece, however, provides an insightful look into a not-so-simple issue. I feel like many teens toss the word around without any significance, so I was interested to hear the thoughts and views of these particular young people.
The responses in this piece range from the silly ("the word we use to justify our codependence") to the disillusioned ("everything everyone says is going to be really cheesy"), the vague ("it's a step beyond liking something") to the conventional ("caring unconditionally for someone"). But, ultimately, I was pleased to hear how many people had taken the time to really think about what love meant to them, and at the end of this piece I realized that, like always, my worries about the Youth of Today were pretty much baseless.
This piece would fit very well in a larger magazine about high school issues - or, perhaps, it could be saved for Valentine's Day 2007.