Theme Of Guidance In The Color Of Water

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Adolescents Requires Adult Guidance In the books The Color of Water, by James McBride, and the Lord of the Flies, by William Golding, the theme ‘adolescents requires adult guidance’ is displayed by using characterization and through conflict. In the Color of Water, James is an African American boy living in a black community with a white mother. The book James states “Reefer and wine helped me to forget any pain, and as the pain and guilt increased, my problems with drugs increased” (McBride p. 142) This part of the story characterizes how James deals with the problems that he faces in his life. In the Lord of The Flies the author writes “‘Kill the beast! Cut his throat! Spill his blood! Do him in!’ The sticks fell and the mouth of the new