opposite of how one would think. Maturity depends on experiences, good or bad ones. This pushes the human mind to lean over on way or the other. Typically older people have had more experience so more would be mature but, it doesn’t mean age is equivalent to maturity. Joan of Arc was a 13-year-old French girl who through the vision of god won an important battle against the English. She was 13 and more mature than most of the men she leads into battle. Her maturity is something, someone, 4 times her
interpreted in different ways;, being an adult doesn't rely on age or physical maturity., Iit is a form of mental maturity or a certain mind set acquired by adults young and old. Mental maturity is important in being and adult because it determines how oneyou think,how oneyou acts, and the things you do in your life despite your age. Life and also forces people into adulthoo;d, kids that grown up in a rough household will have maturity sparked in them at a young age.Things such as unplanned pregnancy or being
information that makes him leave the community to save the people he loves. As Jonas becomes older, he acknowledges that he is different from his family and the people surrounded by him. Once Jonas got his assignment as the Receiver of Memory, his maturity became inconsistent throughout the novel. Jonas is very mature at the beginning of the novel. For example, he volunteers at many places, plays games, goes to school every day, shares his dreams and feelings, and most importantly follows the rules
we should discuss what maturity is. According to Wikipedia, the definition of maturity is “ a psychological term used to indicate that a person responds to the circumstances or environment in an appropriate and adaptive manner.” This response is generally learned rather than instinctual, and is not determined by one's age. Maturity also encompasses awareness of the correct time and place to behave, knowing when to act with appropriate emotion for the situation. Maturity incorporates personal accountability
they love to goof around but when it comes to difficult situations they are mostly clueless due to lack of maturity and growth. The novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Scout starts as a child who likes to goof around and play with her brother Jem and friend Dill. As the story develops Scout matures as she encounters difficult issues. The issues in the story responsible for her moral maturity are Tom Robinson being accused of rape, The trail of Tom Robinson, and Scout’s realization Boo Radley is
In humans, aging leads to psychological changes which are often referred to as maturity. However, not everyone goes through these changes at the same time, and some people end up being more mature than others. J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye explores this topic by examining the maturity within a diverse set of characters who the main character encounters on his journey throughout New York City. The narrator often evaluates other people’s personalities, and he often comes off as intellectual
In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird, she highlights various ways to convey the difference in maturity between between the adult narrator, Jean Louise Finch, and the child char-acter, Scout. Jim Rohn once said, “Maturity is the ability to reap without apology and not com-plain when things don't go well.” Everything that is being told, is told by the adult Jean in this book. This way you can see two sides of the story. One of them is from a child’s mind and mem-ories of it; then, the other
Romeo, the son of the Montagues, is an immature boy who craves love and is very impulsive in his decisions. Juliet, the daughter of the Capulets, is presented as an obedient, demure girl, however, she possesses a slight sense of rebellion and a maturity that Romeo lacks. These two protagonists meet at a party where they fall in love at first sight, and even after realizing the other’s family, cannot separate. Their ill-fated love will bring about their deaths, but will put an end to their family
the years as a child, the more maturity, responsibility, and independence you gain. Eilis Lacey, the main character in the book Brooklyn, goes from completely depending on her family in Ireland to immigrating and living on her own independently in Brooklyn, New York. Eilis has a strong connection with her family and she struggles when leaving them and living on her own for the first time. She matures and learns to survive on her own in America. Eilis’s newfound maturity leads to more independence from
Maturity is a huge role in today considering these middle schoolers knowing too much. The problem that we face today with maturity is having younger kids (11-14) knowing too much by that age. We've all heard those inappropriate words in school or seeing inappropriate motions. A Sciological professor, Tony Campolo said," I am convinced we don't live in a generation of bad kids. We live in a generation of kids who know too much too soon." From those very words I would have to agree. We know we go