Coming Of Age By Wes Anderson Essay

As if growing up wasn't turbulent enough, Anne Moody grew up during a crucial time in American History. It was during this time that race and civil rights took center stage in her home state of Mississippi. Young women face many physical and emotional changes during their teenage years, regardless of when and where they grew up. However, for Anne Moody, and other young black women, there was the instability in race relations to deal with as well.

It is only natural for teenagers to struggle with their sense of identity. One of the biggest challenges one faces during their “coming of age” is trying to discover various parts of themselves. I will be exploring the idea of how family and friends can socially influence an individual’s identity and affect the process of finding one’s true sense of belonging. I will be exploring this idea through the four texts; The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, Divergent by Veronica Roth, The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky and The Catcher in The Rye by J.D. Salinger.

     Childhood is a time where children learn about the world around themselves. They see and experience many factors that influence their everyday lives, which help them grow stronger when they become adults. In 'Girl'; by Jamaica Kincaid and 'The Lesson'; by Toni Cade Bambara the characters within the stories learn valuable lesson with help them grow to become better individuals. In 'The Lesson'; the character of Sugar undergoes a realization that society does not treat everyone equally, that not every individual has the same opportunity and equality that they should have. In 'Girl'; the main character learns that she must be perceived as a woman and not as a slut, her mother brings to her

the most part. These years in a persons life have often been referred to as emerging adulthood.

Summative - Write a literary analysis that develops an original thesis about the Coming of Age genre. Be sure to incorporate at least three stories.

If society was asked what defines “coming of age,” what would it say? Some would say people come of age when they act more mature, think grown up thoughts, or do certain actions. This quote by someone unknown helps form an explanation of what coming of age is: “Maturity doesn’t mean age; it means sensitivity, manners, and how you react.” In the literature piece “The First Part Last,” the author Angela Johnson writes about two teenagers, Bobby and Nia, who struggle with the difficulties of teen pregnancy. Throughout the book, they both face many hardships that put their relationship, patience, and responsibility to the test. With the help of a red balloon, a basketball, and family pictures in a doctor’s office, Bobby comes of age after paying attention to these symbols and signs throughout the novel.

Most of the time, becoming an adult is planned. There are religious ceremonies, the gaining of a driver’s license, and other forms of new responsibility to signify the coming of age. Sometimes though maturity comes at you like a freight train. It comes at you in the blink of an eye and there is no stopping it once it hits you. You are forced to grow up and take on new responsibilities that you thought you wouldn’t have to take on until many years later. It's up to you though to decide what to do from there. You can either try and run away from the problems you have come to face or you can take the train head on and conquer what has been presented to you. I decided to face the train.

Coming of age often begins with a traumatic experience, but sometimes the trials that surround it can be worse than the initial event. Jonathan Franzen addresses this through his short story “Agreeable”. “Agreeable” is a coming of age story, and the symbolic features of a coming of age story progress the readers towards this theme. His protagonist, Patty, is a perfect example of this. She experiences rape.

Middle adulthood is a complex time period that requires a multidimensional outlook to understand all of the processes and changes that are taking place. The many changes during middle adulthood include physical, cognitive and social differences. Many of these changes create significant stress and it is important to understand ways of coping with the anxiety. Many of these coping mechanisms include mindfulness and cultivating a sense of self-efficacy and mastery (pg. 482). There are many changes during middle adulthood that may require stress management techniques and interventions.

Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations is widely regarded to be his most autobiographical work. The coming of age story follows a young boy, Pip, and his desire to become part of high society in London, along with winning over the heart of a girl he can never be with, Estella. Dickens’ charming style of writing brings the reader right into Pip’s mind, and at points the novel can be highly amusing. However, it is clear through Dickens’ settings and descriptions, as well as Pip’s thoughts and actions, that he had a cynical, generally pessimistic view of life.

"Middle age is when your classmates are so old and wrinkled and bald, they don’t recognize you". -Bennett Cerf     

The Catcher in the Rye Novel by J. D. Salinger was very intriguing and showed real aspects of growing up. The novels whole plot and message is what drew me back to this novel its reality and honesty about the life of a teenager and the obstacles and emotions we go through as a result of them. This books genre is Literary realism, and Coming-of-age. The story’s theme focuses on alienation and teenage anxiety which seemed to really capture this ages adolescents. Holden Caulfield the main character struggles with life as he deals with the multiple problems pertaining to innocence, inclusiveness, identity, loss, and connection.

b. What are some common cancers that are most prevalent by age? For example, which cancers are more prevalent in children? Adolescents? Early adulthood? Late adulthood? Elderly?

the plot revolves. The film opens as the camera glasses are turned on and two men in their early

Having a child as man protagonist of a film with mature themes allows the audience to see situations from an unusual point-of-view. Since children have such an abstract train of thought, their perceptions of the world may force us to reevaluate how we judge a situation. In Jonathan Dayton’s film Little Miss Sunshine, we will examine the lives of 7-year-old Olive and 15-year-old Dwayne. The film follows the adventures of a dysfunctional family as they make an impromptu road trip from Albuquerque, New Mexico to Redondo Beach, California. This is so young Olive can compete in the Little Miss Sunshine beauty pageant. Though not every family member is as eager as Olive, they all embark on the journey as to make her happy. The family of 6, including caring Mother Sheryl, stressed out Father Richard, eccentric Grandfather Edwin, suicidal Uncle Frank and, moody teenager Dwayne, pile into an old Volkswagen van. Though almost anything than can go wrong does, the once distant family’s bond was strengthened as they worked together to help their young daughter achieve her dream. The goal of this paper is to critically analyze the film Little Miss Sunshine using developmental psychology as a lens. In doing this, I will discuss how the characters display meaningful adult-child relationships as well as the capacities of children and their ability to self regulate.