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In five pages this controversial 1950s' text is reviewed with comparisons made between U.S. and Samoa adolescence. There are no o...

In four pages this book that concerns 1940s British Columbia and the conflicts that arise from the coming of age is discussed. Th...

sexuality of the individual. However, FGM is far more drastic and damaging than male circumcision. A more appropriate analogy woul...

This face is made clear when the author writes about the remoteness of Uncle Angus cabin from other signs of human civilization. L...

and jockey, till his fine reputation for strength and good character finds him at age seventeen working as a footman to Lady Booby...

the orators, spokesmen and ambassadors of chiefs (Mead 29). In the formal village assembly, each "matai" has his place and repres...

the conditions of life. If he were a young boy with no responsibilities he would have been focused on his environment in a very im...

as well, "Maya is permanently puzzled by the adult world. Her grandmother is extremely religious and strict, the children should b...

with the color of Oz, which is lush and green. In Oz, Dorothy has many adventures, but keeps working to find a way to get back ho...

direct order--never, at least, without long, and sometimes tearful, explanations of the advantages of obedience and the reasons fo...

all her transitions into adulthood. She feels she is special, because of her religion, and is, in many ways, without a strong p...

life of misery which was to befall me" (Defoe). Crusoes defiance of his father relates also to his willfulness toward God, who, ...

cause of death for 5-to-14-year-olds" ("Teen suicide"). Such statistics suggest that depression in childhood and adolescence can b...

This paper analyzes Christian's short story collection, Rain on a Tin Roof. The author focuses on details of Christian's coming o...

the Introduction of "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" Seamus Deane presents the idea that the walk is one of the novels m...

hunter and a brave individual is the most important element of a boy becoming a man. Demonstrating that a person is brave and ab...

we are all but immediately taken to a place where the boy is completely betrayed by that adult world. In the beginning he is proud...

relationship to Updikes story one author notes how, "The theme of A&P has to do with how Americans make choices that affect their ...

author or both; the last suggested interpretation is that "Ulysses is an Ancient Mariner who has never learned his lesson" (Landow...

her better judgment, but she was initially dismissive. Emma prefers living through others instead of living for herself, and her ...

through her father that Ahmed first becomes aware of the conflicting political forces that shape her world, as he is hemmed in on ...

for known facts. However, it is important to realize that bias can - and does - exist even when an author is both qualified and r...

Williams (1992) concurs that in this society, there are generally single gender occupations. Yet, she points out that while many l...

maturation of the American colonies as they journey toward war and independence. The thematic context demonstrates how it is exper...

a stuff house in total darkness; these help to create an atmosphere of unrelieved terror. The murderer, of course, is so unhinged ...

revolved around her. She was, in many ways, experimenting with her sexuality as well, a very significant part in coming of age. Sh...

of this minister, and "his belief in Gods sense of humor and His fondness for neer-do-wells," inspired Sonny, as this fueled the ...

friend have many things they are experiencing, one of the most important being the changes they are facing in junior high school w...

She further notes how her mother worked every day and he stayed home and she was "ashamed of him for that and, in a deeper way, fo...

funny. The boys arrive at Uranyas beach shack, which is "straight out of Fellini," on their bicycles (Young). One boy ventures for...