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Abstract
Due to the rising popularity of the genre, this paper examines a trend in Young Adult Fantasy and Science Fiction of the 2010s to determine its effect. The trend examined is the protagonist struggling with a dual identity. This paper examines three texts closely: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline, The Throne of Glass Series by Sarah J. Maas, and the Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer. This paper finds that these texts use protagonists with a broken sense of identity in order to reassert the need for a unified autonomous identity to maintain mental health and functionality.