The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night Coming Of Age

Finding oneself and their place in the world is one of the most challenging things one can overcome. Coming of age is a process that every young person experiences. It involves finding one’s identity by experiencing and handling many situations and the emotions accompanying them. As one comes of age, their perception of their parents shifts dramatically, and one also begins to experience love and crushes. As one goes through this process, they also change to become more mature. In the book The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon, the main character, Christopher, experiences a change in perception of his parents. In Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, Juliet experiences love and romantic crushes. Throughout adolescence, one’s

And the man said, ‘Single or return?’ And I said, ‘What does Single or return mean?’ And he said, ‘Do you want to go one way, or do you want to go and come back?’ And I said, ‘I want to stay there when I get there.’ And he said, ‘For how long?’ And I said, ‘Until I go to university.’ And he said, ‘Single, then,’” (Haddon, 153) This quote shows that Christopher relie This proves that he realized how much he depended on his father and this led to his perception changing. In the book, Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Juliet, one of the main characters, goes through coming of age by experiencing love. At the beginning of Romeo and Juliet, Juliet was immature and an obedient daughter. She would do what her parents would ask and would obey them. Because of experiencing love, she started questioning her parents and doing what she wanted instead. A specific event where Juliet experienced love was when she met Romeo. She knew immediately that she liked him, and she believed it was love at first sight. Juliet becomes much more mature when she realizes that love isn’t as simple as she had imagined. Juliet decides to drink a potion to trick her parents into believing that she is