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Date Submitted: 09/04/2010 06:44 PM
We live in a society that consists of crazy dyed hair, increasing eating disorders and the complexity of a teenage life. Lollipops turn into cigarettes. The innocent ones turn into sluts. Homework goes in the trash. Mobile phones are being used in class. Detention becomes suspension. Soda becomes vodka. Bikes become cars. Kisses turn into sex. We remember when getting high meant swinging on the playground? When protection meant wearing a helmet? When the worst thing you could get from boys were cooties? It was a time when dad’s shoulders were the highest place on earth and mum was your hero? And your worst enemies were your siblings. Race issues were about who ran the fastest and war was only a card game. And the only drug you knew was cough medicine and wearing a skirt didn’t make you a slut. It was a time when the most pain you felt was when you skinned your knees, and goodbyes only meant until tomorrow? But we couldn’t wait to grow up.
When I was confronted to write this piece for The Age I thought why? What significance does it have to the views of society today? What is it going to change? I’m just another author who is trying to make a living from the love and passion of writing. But this time opposed to all my other books, I felt a real connection towards my writing. I figured I loved it so why question it?
I was inspired to write my book Doppelganger because to be honest when I was young, I was always one of those rowdy kids who were constantly in the teacher’s bad books and a regular in detention. I was a drug crazed alcoholic obsessed teenager who drove like a maniac and leered at every girl in a hundred mile radius. Being a teenager, I wanted to escape responsibility, escape from the pressure of becoming an adult; I was always looking for any chance to run away. This is where I came up with the idea of a parallel universe. It was a dream come true in a harsh reality that was full of responsibilities that I wasn’t willing to take.
As soon as I got...