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Growing Up Key Moment By Atiz Berney

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Jalyn Byerly
Grade 11 English
Mrs. Pearn
10 February 2023
Growing Up
I stared at my phone looking down at the text, deciding whether or not to keep the argument going. I decided to apologize and end the conversation, not knowing what would happen in the future between us. Everyone experiences friend loss; I just didn’t think it would be this bad. Whether it is a loss of a close friend or a small acquaintance, friendships come and go, which is a key moment in the coming of age moment. The loss of friendships is shown in the two texts Ortiz Cofer’s, “American History” and Jessica McBirney’s, “Growing Up Key Moments.” Experiencing the loss of a friend is part of the coming of age process because it allows people to learn valuable lessons and to mature. …show more content…

One of her main points was about fading friendships: “Betrayal breaks trust and can cut off a friendship completely; it can take a long time to recover from the hurt it caused. Realizing that not all friends are for life is a huge growing up moment” (McBirney 5 - 6). McBirney is writing about how people take a long time from loss of a friendship, and that they would have to grow up from whatever happened. She also says how people have to learn that they do not need to hold on to everyone, and they can still be happy in life. This allows people to learn about how it might be hard to lose a friendship, but it might be better for the

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