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    Coming of Age: Trip to Israel Yael Naim sang‚” I’m a new soul in this very strange world.” Coming of age is a prodigious part of life; suspicious and ephemerally. of all the experiences in my life‚ the Epstein School 2011 trip to Israel impacted me the most. On this trip‚ I traveled to Israel with my eight grade classmates and got the chance to spend time traveling away from our families‚ and we were given opportunities to demonstrate-self responsibility. During this trip I learned about; responsibility

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    Coming Of Age oral sac I Unit 2 – The Catcher in the Rye I chose “The Catcher in the Rye” authored by Jerome Salinger because I feel it represents coming-of-age thoroughly although with a twist. Holden Caulfield‚ the main character‚ experiences the same feelings and maturing and transitioning perception of society that‚ mostly‚ any 16-year-old would. It focuses around Holden’s insight of adolescence and the way he apprehends people’s behaviour and judgements. Published and based in the 50s‚ the

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    By the end of the novel‚ Holden experiences a coming of age and shows signs that he is ready to enter adulthood. When Holden is sitting on the stairs of Phoebe’s school‚ he sees profanity written in the school. He rubs it off to avoid the children seeing it. He encounters more profanity‚ rubs it off‚ but then realizes that even if he rubs off all the profanity he can‚ there will always be more in the world. This shows Holden’s growth into a mature character. He realizes that he cannot protect children

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    Coming Of Age The day I was completely looking forward to finally came. I was so excited. So ready. But also very nervous. The day I finally got my permit. Ever since I was so little I have always been so amazed with the whole concept of driving‚ how the people the drove did it‚ how big of privileges they had and get. The “super cool” things they got to do and the the places they could go on their own. With or without an adult or kids in the car. I have no idea why I have always been so obsessed

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    Mark Grim Ms. Pratt English 11 CP 11 May 2011 Coming of Age in America What is coming of age? Everyone has different answers to that question. In America it isn’t any different. To some it’s about more tangible things. For others it comes suddenly‚ with traumatic experiences and struggle. Sometimes‚ it’s about self discovery‚ figuring life out‚ and becoming aware of the world around them. By definition‚ in America you’re legally an adult when you turn 18. Although some will say it’s

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    Lastly‚ what helps us to identify if The Catcher in the Rye is a coming of age novel‚ is how Holden’s immature responces turned into mature responces. He always ran away from his problems but then he changed and learned how to take resposibily for his actions and care about his future by making correct actions. Holden was expelled from Pencey Prep for failing all of his classes exept English. His last day being at Pencey was supposed to be Wednesday‚ however‚ Holden couldn’t bring himself to stay

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    Rationale: I chose to examine the coming of age of Kafka through the form of diary containing live events‚ including people who affected his life. I chose the diary format because it was the most effective way to demonstrate Kafka’s thoughts in each important event and how those events affected Kafka. In this diary‚ I only used quotes from the book only when it is necessary‚ such as where the text given would be analyzed with Kafka’s voice. Adding on‚ in order to mimic Kafka’s voice as close as

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    Araby by James Joyce is a coming of age story about a boy who is looking for love. He likes this girl and he decides that he will go to a bazaar in Araby that she cannot attend to try and bring something back for her. Despite his efforts‚ he was met with failure because by the time he got to the bazaar‚ it was closed and he could not purchase anything for the girl. The Boy‚ at the end of the story‚ learns an important lesson about the vanity of life and fleeting feelings for human love that does

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    As a kid or a teenager you tend to play sports such as basketball but as you start to come of age you tend to slowly let those types of things go. A basketball in this story represents growing up and coming of age. One day Bobby’s friends call him and ask him if want’s to go to the court and play some basketball after Bobby just put feather down for a nap. Bobby goes ahead and says sure not thinking about Feather so he hurries and grabs his basketball and goes out the door. He starts walking towards

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    knocks me out is a book that‚ when you’re all done reading it‚ you wish the the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it.” -pg. 18 J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye is coming to age story with an unhappy ending that captured the adoration of people across the decades from 1951‚ when it was first published‚ to the present. While Holden himself is an unlikable protagonist‚ he is a relatable one. He doesn’t want to grow up‚ no

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