Adolescence is a happy time as there are no worries or responsibilities. You play with the boys, like one of the boys almost as if you were a boy. You play barbie with the girls and even play dress up as a bride. Only to find yourself many years later walking down the aisle in a dress that costs more than a house down payment. Your childhood friend then, did your ‘bridal makeup’ with her moms used lipstick that had that lipstick scent that only old lipsticks possessed. Now, you have a makeup artist who has the ability to transform you into a whole different person which is its own kind of scary. The start was childhood and the finish was adulthood, but what about the middle What about that turning point in our life that sparked this metamorphosis from little girl to a full grown woman. The gap between adolescence and adulthood is often misunderstood and forgotten, but yet it is such a vital point in our lives that stay with us the remainder of our lives. …show more content…
Grete was shown earlier in the book as a young girl who was talentless and did not know any better and by the end of it she had transformed into this beautiful vibrant woman. Her metamorphosis was ignited from the pressure put on her from her working and taking care of her brother Gregor, the main character of the book who transformed into a pest. Her transition was situational. Like most, certain situations can change the way we see our lives forever. I come from a cultural family who invested time in me learning, speaking and reading Bengali. They thought it was very important to enrich me with culture since I was not born in Bangladesh and it would be easier for me to forget the culture since my entire life was spent away from the homeland. Nonetheless I was still a kid and enjoyed playing with my peers and watching cartoons and doing other kid-like