Maturation In Bel Canto And The Storytelling Animal

Bel Canto involves several major themes such as love, language barriers, art (opera, singing, and piano playing), and hopes/dreams. As we seek to develop and improve our society, it can help clarify several ideas. An idea that is shared by both Bel Canto and The Storytelling Animal is the idea of maturation, in terms of gaining new responsibilities and being able to have more freedoms. Roxanne Coss from Bel Canto is a prime example of this idea, as she exemplifies the concept of maturation throughout the novel. In Bel Canto, we see the hostages slowly evolve over time. In the beginning, the hostage situation was described as “what had been a few pockets of careful whispering at first was now a steady hum as people returned from the bathrooms”

Neverland basically is an imaginary place where kids can be kids and do whatever kids do. They are either enjoying stories in their books and videos or creating, in their pretend play, wonder worlds of mommies and babies, princes and princesses, good guys and bad” (6). What Gottschall means here is that all his children do is get lost in a world of play pretend, fun, and happiness. The concept of maturation applies to this, though, when she explains how “It’s different for grownups, of course. We have work to do” (7). She also talks about James Barrie’s 1904 play Peter Pan and how it “suggests that kids have to grow up, and growing up means leaving the pretend space called Neverland behind” (7). Having to grow up does seem to suck. It is also inevitable since everybody will mature at one point in their

As the plot developed in Bel Canto, so did the hostages. Every human undergoes maturation. It can be debated whether or not it is a good thing, and there is no answer set in stone. When we are young, we usually play around, oblivious to what’s going on in the world around us. As we mature, we realize that we cannot do this forever. In today’s world, we must realize that we (as young adults and adults) must mature. In the media recently is the president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte. After making many derogatory claims about both the United States and current president Barack Obama (including name calling, making threats, and endlessly criticizing us by “separating” from the US and becoming friends with China), he is finally starting to realize how big of a mistake he was making by acting childish. This can also be seen as a maturation point. The US has many common stereotypes, some of which include the tendency for Americans to be loud, and rude/disrespectful, arrogant, and insensitive. As a society, it seems that we personally should realize when it is time for us to mature. This would definitely help us improve and develop our society. Wouldn’t it be great to change the impressions of others on you for the better? After all, maturation is necessary to become civilized and professional people. We must use what we are taught, as well as what we have learned ourselves,