39,327
edits
m (Dai-Guard moved page Moon Crash Series (Literature) to Moon Crash Series: Remove TVT Namespaces from title) |
m (Mass update links) |
||
Line 1:
{{work}}
''[[Life As We Knew It]]'' is a [[Speculative Fiction]] teen novel by Susan Beth Pfeffer, told from the point of view of a teenage girl named Miranda Evans in the form of her diary, which she begins writing in [[Next Sunday AD|May of an unspecified year]]. Initially, things are normal, and Miranda is looking forward to the upcoming prom and her dad and stepmother have told her that they want her to be the godmother of the child they are expecting. Everyone is eagerly anticipating an interesting astronomical event: an incoming meteor that is supposed to crash into the moon. Miranda just looks at it as another excuse for extra homework assignments. However, most people are looking at it as a once in a lifetime chance to see an event like this. Miranda's mother has even baked cookies in honor of the occasion. But no one anticipates the moon being knocked closer in orbit to the earth and the havoc it causes. The climate is drastically altered, the coastal areas are hit with tsunamis, the supermarkets are closing as food runs short, the price of gas has risen to over ten dollars, electricity is no longer a guarantee, and the lists of the dead are expanding. It's [[The End of the World
The author of this series says she was inspired to write the first book in the Moon Crash Series, ''Life As We Knew It'', by watching [[Meteor]]. She says "it got [her] thinking about how the people who have the most to lose if [[The End of the World
=== This series includes the following tropes ===
Line 14:
* [[Author Filibuster]]: It's apparent that the author is anti-Bush and hates Fox News.
* [[Birth-Death Juxtaposition]]
* {{spoiler|[[Bittersweet Ending]]}}: [[The End of the World
* [[Bratty Teenage Daughter]]: Miranda, the 16 year old heroine, starts out as this, but of course [[The Apocalypse Brings Out the Best In People|the apocalypse brings out the best in her]].
* [[The Caretaker]]: After {{spoiler|[[The Plague]] hits, Miranda is the only member of her family who doesn't get sick}} and goes to great lengths to ensure {{spoiler|her family's}} survival.
Line 20:
* [[Colony Drop]]: Subverted. Earth itself suffers no direct impact.
* [[Cool Old Lady]]: Mrs. Nesbitt
* [[Coming of Age Story]]: Miranda starts out as a [[Bratty Teenage Daughter]] who is mainly concerned about herself and then [[The End of the World
* [[Corrupt Church]]- Miranda's former best friend, Megan, turns to God after their friend dies (before the book starts). The church tells her not to eat and she {{spoiler|dies of starvation}}. It is also revealed that the priest at said church was {{spoiler|taking food from his church members}}.
* [[Crazy Prepared]]: The sheer amount of stuff they got really comes in handy when things get rough in the winter.
Line 30:
* [[Hollywood Atheist]]: Miranda
* [[Irony]]: In one of Miranda's dreams, she sees an old teacher of hers, who tells her "don't be careless" as he always told them when doing schoolwork... before he died running a red light.
* [[Married to
* [[No Periods, Period]]: Averted. Miranda's mother tells Mrs. Nesbitt to get lots of Tampax for herself and Miranda. Miranda also makes note in her diary of having her period when she gets it. [[spoiler:Miranda also doesn't get it for quite a while when their food supplies run particularly low, [[Fridge Brilliance|and this is most likely a hint as to how badly she is starved]].
* [[Nobody Poops]]: Averted. One of the major concerns is how to deal with everyone's bodily wastes.
Line 37:
* [[Religion of Evil]]
* [[Scavenger World]]: the United States is on its way to becoming like this.
* [[Sinister Minister]]: Reverend Marshall is unquestionably corrupt. As [[The End of the World
* [[Snowed In]]
* [[Teen Pregnancy]]: Laura is very worried about this happening to Miranda and does not want this to happen to her. Justified as Miranda having a baby would mean a threat to the whole family's survival.
Line 44:
* [[Tough Love]]: Laura shows this toward all of her children, making very little effort to soften the reality of the apocalyptic scenario around them.
* [[Trauma Conga Line]]: Little by little, Miranda's life gets worse.
* [[Visit
=== Tropes in ''The Dead and the Gone'': ===
|