Essay Archive - The Theme of Coming of Age in Literature
The Theme of Coming of Age in Literature
There comes a time is each person's life when they reach the point
where they are no longer children, but adults. The transition from a child
into a young adult is often referred to as the "coming of age," or growing
up. The time when this transition occurs is different in everyone, since
everyone is an individual and no two people are alike. Certain children
reach this stage through a tragic, painful event which affects them to such
extent that they are completely changed. Other children reach this time by
simply grow....
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