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The graphic novel “Blankets” takes us through the early life of Craig Thompson. Craig lives with his mother, father, and little brother Phil in Wisconsin.Throughout the novel we following the development of Craig’s life all the struggles and discoveries he experiences over his life. We go from seeing Craig's difficulties in school to his turmoil at home. Through his father's assertive upbringing to the sexual relations of a babysitter. In the book we do not only get to see what happened in Craig's life, but the internal struggle he faced as well. We get to go through all of this with Craig through the struggles of his first love Rena to his to trying to find out what his purpose in the world is? Over the course of the book we see key development stages from piaget's theory that Craig enters into as he is experiencing things for the first time. The book seems to start in the middle childhood developmental stage of Craigs life. Craig shares the bed …show more content…

Craig is now coming to the time where he needs to decide what direction to go in his life. Arnet states that “emerging adulthood is a period for identity exploration in the area of love, work, and worldviews.”(473) This is where I am going to address how Craigs christian religion was forced upon Craig. Craig never got to experience that maybe his religious values were different. Craig was unsure of if he even wanted to be a christian let alone go to christian school. Art school he was told was just a temptation and for the sick minded. Craig and Rena lost touch when he entered the emerging adulthood stage and maybe that was because Rena had a heavier load on her shoulders. Her mother and father relied often on her to take care of her brother and sister and often times was used as a playing piece in the divorce. Rena’s sister also often had Rena watch her child as well. Rena and Craig both had difficult lives, but in completely different

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