Believing In Belief Just like childhood does not last forever, one’s worldview is not static. Coming of age can be defined as an alteration of a person’s worldview; it is the withdrawal from one’s previous friends because their worldview has changed from theirs, and a psychological realization that one’s view of the world has changed. However, for many people, it might be challenging to accept that the people around them are developing beliefs and values different from oneself’s, thus one might even feel the need to fit into that worldview in order to maintain relationships with others. In Mary Karr’s memoir Cherry, it is evident that one must not conform to other people’s idea, and rather embrace one’s own worldview and stand by it emphatically. Through her memoir, Karr demonstrates that people must accept their beliefs for what they are. It is clear in the text where Karr presents a biking scene where Karr bikes around topless(47). She shows that she does not wish to conform to normality by presenting her …show more content…
It is shown that during the course of high school, she has learned how to smoke marijuana and regularly engages in a sexual relationship with Phil(184). By this point, Karr has “stopped going to drill team practice unless [she came] sotted out of [her] gourd”(184). She then makes a bold move of “quitting the drill team at the start of [her] junior year,” emphasizing that she did not really enjoy going to drill team practices and preferred to stay with her friends and smok marijuana(185). Karr felt that being a part of the drill team really fit her personality, but she thought that having sex with Phil and “smoking pot” suited her lifestyle and worldview more appropriately.