Likely, one's upbringing and the way they were raised plays a major determining factor on how they will turn out as an individual. Hurt, by Alden Nowlan is a short story in which the protagonist, Stevie, tells his friend Skip on multiple occasions that when he is older, nothing will hurt him. Initially, a person's upbringing can change their morals as, Stevie grows up with nobody to care for him, yet he still turns out as a compassionate individual. However, although Stevie is on the more mature side for children his age, his child like mindset remains visible in some of the choices he makes. Consequently, Stevie depicts on various occasions that he is mature enough to take care of himself and others, as he has adapted to it via his multiple
In life, having your own experiences and behavior corrections is what sets your mindset, being fixed or growth. What you develop as a kid practically follows you and it is there for the rest of your life. This is one of the most important things we’ve talked about in class in my
“Act your age,” a common reprimand we have all heard or been told at one point in our lives. Many people believe that getting older guarantees a higher level of maturity. However, someone’s maturity does not depend on their age, but rather on their environment and mentality. Not all children are raised in a perfect and loving family; some children are forced to “grow up” faster due to difficult family situations. Children are heavily impacted by the environment they were raised in, for it affects people’s mind psychologically, thus causing different levels of maturity in each individual.
Is Maturity based on age or the things you have experienced? In the coming of age novel ¨Bless me Ultima’’ by Rudolfo Anaya, Antonio is a six year old who was born in a small village of Pastura, New Mexico. Antonio is to choose between whether he will be a vaquero or a priest, and throughout the story he witnesses multiple deaths and things a child should not see. Ultima comes into Antonio’s life and takes him along with her to help the people that are cursed, but ultima also teaches him how to make good decisions and help him with life lessons. At the end of the novel, Antonio matures from his childhood to adulthood because he takes on adult responsibilities, he can control his emotions, and he makes moral decisions.
The type of childhood that an individual goes through is critical in determining the type of adult they become. It is very important for parents to take care and protect their children from negative events that affect them significantly. Gacy was
There are times where people are incapable of “growing up” due to an illness that they have, which shows that this quote cannot be considered true for all instances. In those cases, it is beyond the control of the individual to mature and they are actually unable to do so. In most cases though, mental maturation is something that happens when a person wants it to happen and attempts to actually make it happen. There are a lot of times where people do not realize that they have to make an effort to actually grow up and so remain immature for a long period of time. They either do not realize that this could be detrimental to them in the future or simply do not care, but either way, they do not grow up.
The maturation theme is present in almost all great works and social commentaries. In Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, the protagonist Nick Carraway matures throughout the novel to the conclusion that he does not want to be a part of his society. Mark Twain, in his American Realistic novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn utilizes maturation in order to comment on the state of American backwoods society, through Huck’s compassion, Huck’s growth towards his view of the world, and lastly Huck’s acceptance of his responsibility. Just as Nick Carraway, the beginning of the text shows Huck as a care-free happy boy.
Everyone goes through life growing up and maturing. Even though Lee also emphasizes the effects of growing up leading to the loss of innocence and purity of one. In Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, Lee implies that growing up can lead to loss of innocence, especially in troubling times.
Kolton Hinton Mrs.Slagel English 7/8A January 17, 2017 Maturity Maturity Isn?t taught, it is obtained through experiences and mistakes. Gained knowledge from good and bad experiences and mistakes are used to forge our maturity level.
Maturation is the process or act of growing up that everybody goes through to become adults. A way in which I experienced maturation was when I first went to a sleepover camp and I was given the responsibility of taking care of my belongings like an adult. In The Red Pony, by John Steinbeck, a 10 year old boy named Jody learns about life through death and sadness through his many experiences in a small ranch in Salinas, California during the 1930s. In The Red Pony, Steinbeck clearly expresses Jody’s coming of age through [him] becoming more responsible.
Obviously every child has to become an adult at some point. They grow up and experience the hardships of adulthood. Even the children from Lord of the Flies eventually grow up and lose their innocence. In the story of Lord of the Flies, a group of boys are stranded on an island. They all rush to start their own form of government while Ralph is the leader.
Maturity is Key: An analysis of motif in To Kill a Mockingbird Growth in Maturity happens daily in everyone’s life. Maturing is a stage in which emotions develop throughout time while facing obstacles and learning what is morally correct. These traits are prevalent in literature as well. Growth in maturity can help characters develop their persona and portray what is morally correct and incorrect. In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee shows the motif that children grow up throughout time and their perspectives on life alter.
However I do believe, because of the lack of dependability on parents, the maturity will be generalized. My mother has
How “The Outsiders” written by S.E Hinton is coming of age novel During life, people will go through tragic experiences, difficult period of time and pressured by the society around them that eventually their innocence will fade with age. This can be clearly shown in the novel “The Outsiders” (written by S.E Hinton) in which the characters who are living in an area (East side of Oklahoma) full of gang society and violence;….Ponyboy Curtis, Johnny Cade and the rest of his friends and siblings are forced to mature and grow up quicker and earlier than most of the average people due to the traumatic/tragic experiences that they had to face during their everyday conflict between “The Socs” (their rival social group). First of all, before Ponyboy Curtis had met the two girl Socs in the cinema (Sherry Valance and Marcia), he had thought that every person who are a member of their rival’s social group were very wealthy, but very threatening towards The Greasers.
As they go through this stage young people will begin to solve problems more easily and have an appreciation of other people’s views and opinions. However as they are still inexperienced in life a young person may appear immature at times with regards to their ways of thinking and speech. During the Emotional Development stage, a young person will begin to spend less time with their parents and want to spend more time with their friends socialising instead. A young person may also feel conflicted at times, as they will want the affection from parents, however this is usually short lived as the young person will then also reject it when it is given.
