Comparing Maturity In Maxine Clair's October Brown And Cherry Bomb

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In “October Brown” and “Cherry Bomb” by Maxine Clair, Irene demonstrates her remarkable transformation from a child who timidly denies the truth, to an adolescent who courageously embraces the abrupt death of her friend. Irene arrives at school early and sees her father walking into the building with October Brown. When she deludes herself into believing that the man is not her father by soliloquizing “My father had to be at work long before I had to be at school; it could not be him,” Irene shows her cowardice of acknowledging and confronting the undesired reality and manifests her fragility and helplessness (15). Despite her initial immaturity, Irene exemplifies her growth by her reaction to Nick’s tragic and sudden death. “[Sitting] awake