Summary Of Hanging Fire By Audre Lorde

Everyone who has been through adolescence knows that it is one of the most challenging times of their lives. However, in "Hanging Fire" by Audre Lorde, "Momentum" by Catherine Doty, and "Popularity" by Adam Bagdasarian, the authors think that adolescence is a time that is very hard for adolescents. The authors think that the time of adolescence is a time where children think that the world is ending, and that it is a matter of life and death. They communicate this idea through the use of extended metaphors, repetition, and hyperbole. Overall, the authors agree on one idea, which is that adolescence is a very difficult time. Intense emotions, risk-taking behavior, and the need to belong to a peer group, show this. The first hard experience that adolescents have to go through is

The speaker feels like he needs to belong, but later regrets it. This shows that the speaker is very risk-taking in order to prove to his friends that he belongs there, just as many other adolescents do. Throughout the poem, the author uses an extended metaphor, of connecting the barrel ride with adolescence, the author shows how the narrator tries to earn his friends respect as he goes down this bumpy barrel ride of adolescence. In "Teens' Penchant for Risk-Taking May Help Them Learn Faster" by Erin Ross, he talks about the adolescents and how their brains are different during this time, "The teenage brain has been characterized as a risk-taking machine, looking for quick rewards and thrills instead of acting responsibly"(1). This article proves how the teen brain can be associated with risk taking, which the narrator of the story goes through. The extended metaphor throughout the story shows how adolescence happens and it shows what this experience is like. Finally, the need to belong to a peer group can make adolescents feel like they need to prove something to their