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Harsh Generation
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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Harsh Generation, often stylized in all lowercase letters ("harsh generation") is the debut novel of Damien Blake, published through E. Whipple Publishing House and Amazon in 2021. It is an unnerving glimpse into teen life in the early stage of The New '10s, particularly within alternative subcultures.Largely plotless, the narrative is told entirely through stream-of-consciousness style, and follows the life of a nameless protagonist, roughly corresponding to the span of a year. Initially, the chapters are dedicated to the night-time debauchery of the teen protagonist and his circle of friends, alongside his girlfriend Jane, who suffers from an unspecified mental illness. The story grows increasingly darker and more bizarre, with the characters degenerating into abject nihilism, self-abuse, and drug addiction.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })The novel is notable primarily for the relentless pessimism with which it treats its sensitive subject matter, and for the haunting apathy the characters exhibit in response to the traumatic events they witness.The e-book version was released exclusively through Amazon Kindle on May 2021. | |
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Unreliable Narrator | |
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Unreliable Narrator: Most certainly. There are entire chapters that are implied to be nothing more than drug-induced hallucinations. | |
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Break the Haughty | |
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Break the Haughty: The protagonist starts off as arrogant, but by the end of the novel he has been reduced to a shell of a person. | |
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Cluster F-Bomb | |
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Cluster F-Bomb: Everyone peppers their dialogue with extreme crassness to appear edgier. | |
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Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism | |
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Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism: Firmly lodged in the farthest end of the cynical side, with no looking back. | |
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Costume Porn | |
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Costume Porn: The clothing descriptions and fashion aesthetic are worthy of American Psycho and My Immortal respectively. | |
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Manic Pixie Dream Girl | |
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Manic Pixie Dream Girl: Deconstructed viciously. Hope is initially presented as this archetype, but as the story goes on she becomes more unhinged. | |
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Butt-Monkey | |
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Butt-Monkey: Markus is treated like shit by everyone around him, primarily his "friends." In contrast to other characters, he is depicted as somewhat naive, but still comes off as a pretty horrible person. He pretty much disappears from the story following his break-up with Catherine. | |
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PostModernism | |
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Postmodernism: Unreliable antihero? Check. Conflicting, dreamlike narrative? Check. The protagonist casually penning his memoir, which has the same title as the novel itself, crossed-out passages, and the story being a constant cycle? Check, check, check. | |
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Downer Ending | |
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Downer Ending: The narrator has a mental breakdown lasting months, engaging in extremely self-destructive behaviour and driving away most of his peers, who are as vapid and miserable as he is. Hope is all but stated to be a figment of his imagination, although this is left up to the reader. Worse still, the structure of the novel implies the story will just be repeated... | |
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Seinfeldian Conversation | |
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Seinfeldian Conversation: The cast spends around one-third of the novel discussing inane topics ad nauseam, such as hang-out spots and teenage drama. | |
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Madden Into Misanthropy | |
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Madden Into Misanthropy: The point of the story, really. | |
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Bookends | |
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Book Ends: The novel's last sentence is the initial part of the opening one, which starts with its latter part, signifying the characters are trapped in a perpetual cycle of abuse. | |
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Names to Run Away from Really Fast | |
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Names to Run Away From Really Fast: Nero. He is an elusive figure that only appears twice throughout the novel's 400-page run, and both times he manages to be as unsettling as possible. One interpretation is that he is the physical embodiment of evil. | |
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Unconventional Formatting | |
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Unconventional Formatting: The book features crossed-out sections, idiosyncrating punctuation, and sentences that stop abruptly. | |
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Gainax Ending | |
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Gainax Ending: The novel ends midsentence, and none of the various subplots have been resolved. | |
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Meta Fiction | |
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Meta Fiction: Midway through the novel, the protagonist begins writing an autobiographical novel, curiously also titled Harsh Generation. He mentions in passing that he probably won't come around to finishing it, hinting at the recursive nature of the narrative. | |
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Adults Are Useless | |
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Adults Are Useless: There's not a single responsible adult around. Every named character is a minor left unsupervised to their own devices. | |
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Small Reference Pools | |
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Small Reference Pools: Averted. The novel includes a hurricane of references to music acts, films, video games, and fashion brands, all ranging from the relatively mainstream to the wildly obscure. | |
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Hard Truth Aesop | |
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Hard Truth Aesop: A person can go through extreme, traumatic events, without learning any moral lessons in the process, or improving themselves in any way. | |
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Mind Screw | |
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Mind Screw: The narrative gradually turns disorganised, blending hallucinations with real-life events. The characters occasionally offer odd comments about being fictional entities. The final chapters of the book are mostly incoherent vignettes. | |
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Fan Disservice | |
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Fan Disservice: The sexual exploits of the protagonist are described in extreme detail, but they are too sad, creepy, or non-consensual (or all of the above) to provide genuine Fanservice. | |
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Shout-Out | |
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Shout-Out: See Small Reference Pools. The novel's title is a tribute to an album by industrial act Grendel. This is confirmed by the narrator himself, when he begins working on the novel-within-the-novel, which bears the same title. There are entire pages that consist of nothing more than lists of whatever latest entertainment the characters have consumed. While these are explicit references, there are numerous subtler ones, particularly to works of literature. | |
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No Name Given | |
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No Name Given: We never find out the protagonist's name. A common theme is that he is interrupted everytime he attempts to introduce himself. | |
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The Fourth Wall Will Not Protect You | |
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The Fourth Wall Will Not Protect You: At pivotal points, the narrator will address the reader directly. | |
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Hate Sink | |
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Hate Sink: Nathan seems to get a lot of hate for being perverted, crass, pretentious, and dumb as a bag of bricks. | |
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No Ending | |
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No Ending: The novel forms a perfect circle, in that the first and last lines form a complete sentence, indicating the characters are trapped in a perpetual cycle of abuse. | |
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Dark and Troubled Past | |
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Dark and Troubled Past: The three main girlfriends (Jane, Sonia, Hope) are all heavily implied to have one. | |
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