Category: Coming of Age

Introduction to Esperanza’s Journey on Mango Street The novel, The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros is a coming of age story of a young Mexican-American girl named Esperanza Cordero. The story describes the events in Esperanzas life over a span of a year, in which she moves to a house on Mango Street.…

Harper Lee makes use of the childrens changing perception of Boo Radley to bring the two parts of the novel together, establishing the overall theme of coming of age. In the first part of the novel, Jem and Scout gullibly trust wild neighborhood gossip about Boo, believing him to be a vicious lunatic, who stabbed…

In the heart of America’s sweeping plains and towering mountain ranges, the quintessential coming of age story finds its roots. It is a tale of transformation, a voyage from innocence to experience, laden with emotion, trials, tribulations, and profound insights. This essay seeks to explore the unique features of the American coming of age experience,…

In this bildungsroman novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, written by Mark Haddon, the author creates the protagonist, also known as Christopher John Francis Boone to encounter many difficult family life situations, which force him to mature throughout the story. From the beginning to the end of the novel, Christopher experiences…

This book is about a teenager named Charlie who is about to start his first day of high school after dealing with the suicide of his only and closest friend. To deal with the anxiety, Charlie begins to write letters to a stranger his heard is nice and can trust. He meets two friends named…

Popular culture is everywhere, from adolescents to adulthood. Popular culture impacts us and lives on through different forms of media, memory and nostalgia. However, it is important to note that culture making is a social process: all meanings of self, of social relations, all the discourses and texts that play such important cultural roles can…

Bob Richards wisely stated, It may sound strange, but many champions are made by setbacks. This means that although you may fail at something, how you come back up determines your strength. This quote relates to people with autism because many people with autism struggle with everyday occurrences and tasks. Autism is a brain-related development…

The movie Smoke Signals tells the story of relationships between two main characters Victor Joseph and his friend Thomas. Thomas has a special relationship with victors father, Arnold, who accidently killed his parents, but saved him from burning house. And this was the main reason why Thomas saw Arnold as father and idealized him. However,…

Science played a major role in Pis survival during his journey. Life of Pi is a book written by Yann Martel which was based on a sixteen-year-old boy by the name of Piscine Molitor Patel. The main themes of this book are belief, science, and religion, telling a story of survival and coming of age.…

Charlotte Bronte’s classic, Jane Eyre, is a ‘coming of age’ story. The main character, Jane, travels from the innocence of childhood through the maturity of adulthood. During this journey, Jane goes through the battle of education vs. containment, where she attempts to learn about herself and about the world. She must constantly battle a containment…