Coming Of Age In Lazarillo De Tormes, The Awakening

Everyone that has ever lived and will ever live has or will go through this time period in their life and that is the time of “coming of age”. However, we must begin to ask ourselves what does that even truly mean? If every individual in the world must go through this change or this time of growth then what truly is this time of change and what does it actually mean for me? Through all of the novels we have already read in class there seems to be a large overarching theme for a few of the books that is more than just the coming of age story. These books begin to ask the question of whose life is it anyway and why do these other individuals in my life matter so much to my coming of age story. Through the use of Lazarillo de Tormes, The Awakening and Brave New World plan on showing the connection between what it means to truly come of age within our world and how this coming of age truly answers the question of who am I as well as whose life is it anyway. These questions of whose life is it actually as well as the question of what does this mean in relation to the rest of the world was brought to me within the book Lazarillo de Tormes. Lazarillo grew up in the perfect situation to write about for a novel about coming of age. His life was surrounded by such hate and unpleasantness he
What makes others happy in life will not always make you happy as well. When you are going through this coming of age time period within your life you must decide that if the life you are living is for you. If you are not living a life that you are truly happy in then you have the power to change it now. These novels allow us to look back at something and realize that change in your life is possible as long as you are living for yourself you will also find happiness. When you are happy in your life you can begin to show others how to become happy and spread that happiness in their