Coming Of Age Quotes

Have you ever wondered what it meant when people say “You are coming of age”?

Well, coming of age means becoming stable in life and being aware of how you affect people and experiences around you. Coming of age is finally becoming an adult. Coming of age has many key factors in it such as experiencing love and experiencing loss these are two main parts of coming of age. Though these may sound like little situations they can change perspectives on life. In the novel The Fault in Our Stars by John Green the main character Hazel experiences coming of age by loss. And in the novel Romeo and Juliet written by Shakespeare Juliet comes of age by experiencing love. Experiencing loss helps many people to learn how to live without something they had before which pushes growing up and maturing. The component of

At the beginning of the book, Hazel was very self-centered and naive in the way that she took almost everything for granted especially all that her mom was doing for her. Hazel's mom quit her job just to always be here for Hazel and spent all of her time trying to find treatment just because she loves her daughter. "I'm on a roller coaster that only goes up, my friend." - Hazel Grace Lancaster, The Fault in Our Stars. This quote shows Hazel's immaturity as she is not yet aware of the harsh realities of life and the fact that life is not always a smooth ride. Hazel eventually fell in love and had a boyfriend(Augustus) that she was always with the way she experiences coming of age is when Augustus was diagnosed with cancer again and had a limited amount of time to live and soon after, passed away. The point where Hazel changes is when she notices that Augustus was going to die any day now, so she hung out with him every day and didn't take her time with him for granted anymore. "You don't get to choose if you get hurt in this world... but you do have some say in who