The Cellar Coming Of Age Analysis

I felt lost and unable to express myself to others. Just like Ricky, I closed myself off from everyone around me. I wanted to be alone. After her death, I began to wonder: How could this be possible? Why do bad things happen to good people? Why? Similar to Ricky, I tried to make sense of her death. Andrea and Julio were so young, so naive, and full of life. They had a great amount of life yet to live. However, one day I tried to view the situation differently. Andrea was fearless, like Julio. She “dared to disturb the universe” as the novel quotes. She had lived every moment to the fullest –and I began to take comfort in

There are many stories about kidnapped/kidnapping people. They are all scary and interesting. In the Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano by Olaudah Equiano, or the Narrative of Captivity by Rowlandson. In Olaudah Equiano, Equiano is kidnapped as well as in Native of Captivity a woman (Rowlandson) is captured. In the Interesting Life of O. Equiano The theme Is Africa in the early 1700’s, In Narrative of Captivity the theme is North East, North America. There are many similarities and differences between Narrative of Captivity and The Interesting Life of O. Equiano.

     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

Within the novel innocence is progressively lost through the boys. The boys were placed in a situation where they had no other choice but to grow up, and grow up fast. These boys were put in a very traumatic situation and they had to learn on their own and from each other how to survive and almost create a thriving society all on their own. Slowly they learn that their needs to be a leader, but there are no adults to precede the role of authority. Therefore the children resume power and take the role of authority. All these things make the boys lose their innocence and become very violent. No one is completely innocent and everyone has the ability to turn violent, this is demonstrated in William

In the novel “A Long Way Gone”, there are endless amounts of evidence to be found explaining why this novel is a “coming of age” novel. So, what exactly is “coming of age”? Typically, this is a story that is made up of three different factors: young characters who experience a crisis, absent or negative adult relations, and the incorporation of an epiphany moment. The story of Ishmael Beah could not be an any greater representation of this category of story, because at 12 years old there is no peace that could be described in his childhood simply because peace was absent.

There have been over 60,000 reported abductions worldwide. In most cases, the victims are returned but don’t remember a thing. And in some, the victims are lost forever. The story I’m about to tell you is one of the most bizarre ones ever recorded. So bizarre that it took more than ten years to be able

The Glass Castle shows an infinite amount of themes; however, there are 5 themes that stand out the most. Coming of age, home, possessions, non-conformity, and Turbulence and order. Coming of Age is when a character starts out with little knowledge or maturity and by the end of the novel becomes mature and has moral values. In The Glass Castle Jeanette experiences coming of age. For example, Lori asks Jeanette if she likes moving. Walls writes, “Do you like always moving around?’ Lori asked me. ‘Of course I do!’ I said. ‘Don’t you?’ “Sure’ She said… ‘What do you think would happen if we weren’t always moving around?’ I asked. ‘We’d get caught’” (Walls, 29). In the beginning of the book Jeanette views her life in poverty as an adventure and

Could mild to severe forms abuse be thought of as just another part of growing up? Throughout childhood people are faced with situations of abusive families or school year bullies that could give them this dose of reality at a young age. In Ann-Marie MacDonald’s ‘Fall on Your Knees’ and Richard Wagamese’s ‘Indian Horse’, the characters face different traumas and forms of abuse. The abuse has different effects on the characters: Materia, Francis, Kathleen, and Saul.

Despite the violence and grim that Summer is put through, she never gives up hope of being found. For seven months she is kept in Clover’s cellar, yet she never gives up hope. She is constantly looking for any glimpse of escape. She repeatedly tells the other girls that her family will find them saying “Lewis will find me. He will never give up” (143). Through her character, Preston is able to demonstrate how people can stay strong despite the situations they are put in. Summer shows how hope can get you through any obstacle despite the severity of the situation.

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.

In the book The Cellar Summer is very brave. One night while Summer was out with some friends she was kidnapped. So throughout the book she shows many ways she tries to get free. During that time she struggles to stay strong and not show her weaknesses. On page 130 Clover Summers kidnapper was about to kill another girl until Summer said

They have a hard time finding who they are as a person. Adolescence is a period of time where kids are putting into circumstance that are hard to understand until they go through them hardship themselves. In “Saplings in the Storm” girls were analyzed to give better understanding of girl’s emotion when they are going through adolescence. Stated in the article, “In early adolescence, studies show that girls’ IQ scores drop and their resiliency and optimism and become less curious and inclined to take risks. They lose their assertive, energetic and “tomboyish” personalities and come more deferential, self- critical and depressed” (19). Girls try to fit the social stands of being a “girl” and in the end they bring themselves down mentally. Adults don’t understand the social stand because they aren’t completely the same anymore. In today’s society girls have to grow up so fast. Girls start wearing makeup at a young age, start wearing scandalize clothes, and have sexual encounters early. Having to go through all these mild stones may make it hard to be themselves and have

When a child is forced to make decisions alone at such a young age their innocence is robbed from them and their development is lead down a path which they are not yet ready for. Her actions are a classic example of this and the path which she was lead down was paved with boy after boy.

Second, the society no longer provides young generation with the moral backbone and the financial wherewithal; therefore, it blocked twixsters to grow up (Grossman 1). Parent used to spoil their kids instead of using the corporal punishment nowadays. In the past, parent will hit their children in order to teach their children to obey their rules. However, in the modern society, the social norm is that parent cannot hit their children, it will make things worse. Therefore, parent will give anything whatever the children asked. When the children grown up, they have already taken it for granted and never want to grow up mentally. In the end, they refused to step into the adult world.

Imagine being 6 or 7 years old and being ripped from your mothers grip as some stranger takes you to a different unfamilar place. There are two major types of kidnapping stranger and parental. Today every 40 seconds in the