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    real world and this is when shit gets real. college is like a weird bridge between childhood and adulthood. It's that next step to becoming independent adult. First apartment, first job, first paycheck, and even insignificant things like the first meal you cook for yourself, first real-world date, etc. Suddenly, you're not a kid anymore. you'll go from your simple part-time job to a real career in a matter of four or five years (and pay taxes, too). At some point, you'll look at the adults around

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    When a young person grows up to be an adult, there is some question about whether that they are truly grown up into society. In the article, “what is the Age of Responsibility” some argue that adulthood is scared and should have a celebration to commemorate the transformation. This is accepted by many and is embedded into culture and religion. However, there is right that government put above the citizens to keep them in check. the age that the government set is in a range instead of having one set

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    Coming Of Age Essay

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    young adult through maturity which is called puberty. A child who grows older and turns into a young adult is often referred as “Coming Of Age.” Although, coming of age is an important twist in other people’s life where they tend to run into challenging courses into becoming better adults. This essay will talk more about what a person have to go through while they are coming of age which include challenges, choices and responsibility. First, going through

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    child becomes an adult? Are people officially adults when they turn eighteen or twenty-one? Do we become adults when we graduate from school, get a job, get married, or have children of our own? Record your thoughts about adulthood. Make sure your section includes a description of what it means to be an adult and how a person can know that he or she is no longer a child, but an adult. I will become an adult when I start paying all of my bills on my own with no help. I become an adult when I truly understand

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    from analyzing, they would rather memorize and duplicate an authority figures state of mind. Abstract concepts are not as welcomed as actual facts and statistics. The next way of thinking would be the dialectical way of thinking. For an individual adult, this style of thinking shifts more towards analytical reasoning in order to obtain knowledge, information, and the truth from questions and conflicts. This process of reasoning and relishing in contradictory concepts ultimately aids in the development

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    Caulfield is being pressured into growing up even though he doesn’t feel ready, to lead an adult life. He is still struggling socially and mourning for his deceased brother whose death turned Holden upside down and into a negative, hopeless person from a young age, which causes him to be distracted, indifferent and to flunk every school he goes to. Therefore, Holden Caulfield seems to be dealing with a world that is forcing him to change his ways and grow up because of his age while he struggles with

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    in New York with his school fencing team when everyone is mad at him for leaving the equipment in Subway. His hat symbolizes his desire to be unique and different than the people around him. It is a hat that symbolizes his isolation from the phony world and loneliness. He does not have the confidence to wear the hat it public or interact with people, but he still wants companionship. When he is walking out of the corridor he “put his Red Hunting Hat on, and turned the peak around to the back, the

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    however, many adults reminisce about their childhoods. As a child, the thought is that growing up cannot come soon enough; one cannot appreciate the blissful innocence of childhood until it has passed. The novel The Catcher in the Rye explores the complex and often incomprehensible transition to adulthood through the experiences of the protagonist, Holden Caulfield. J.D. Salinger uses the character of Holden to express the challenges teenagers must overcome to adapt and succeed in an adult society. Holden

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    Grow Up? Not So Fast

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    is becoming more common and usual. “Twixters” who are from 18 to 25 and even beyond have become separate life stage. In other words, they are trapped between adolescence and adulthood. Twixters do not want to grow up too fast and step into the adult world. Some of the sociologists believed that it is a chance to let the young generation to choose their life style and search their goal. However, some of the economist believed that the cultural machinery used to turn kids into grownups has broken down

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    Holden Essay

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    Holden Caulfield, the narrator and the main character of The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, is a young adult, who, at first seems to simply describes his four day adventure in New York City after bring expelled from his forth school. However, at the same time he narrates more; through his many experiences, which he describes in the book, we can see the themes of the work. The theme that definitely stands out is the loss of innocence. Holden portrays himself as an individual, who does not want

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