Analysis Of Sacrifice In Stepdaughters, By Max Apple

Almost every group or society has some sort of initiation or advancement in place that changes their roles within. Most of these rites of passage will occur during the teenage years or their adolescent life. For some, a streamlined, painless transition is all that is unnecessary. However, many times major sacrifice is going to be in order for the individual to move on. Max Apple explores the struggles his character must go through to achieve her own initiation. In “Stepdaughters,” by Apple, Stephanie must figure out who she is even through the face of opposition: her mother, Helen. The choices Stephanie makes are what will eventually define her as a person, as well as dictate the life she lives as she makes them. Stephanie is a 15 year old