There is a time when one goes from a child to a full grown adult. There’s no more barbie dolls and monster trucks; it is now all about being responsible and growing up. It seems to all happen so fast, and tables turn as faster than one might think. Now, it is all about figuring life out and changing mindset from childhood to adulthood. In the poem, “Quinceanera” by Judith Ortiz Cofer, she goes through the changes of this young lady to an adult. The first line in the poem says, “My dolls have been put away like dead.” This is the first part of moving on to a different lifestyle. Once all of the toys are put away, becoming a true adult is just right around the corner. The putting away of the toys is the last memory of a child. It is sad because …show more content…
Cofer goes through talking about things that it is time to give up, and she states things that fifteen year olds are expected to do. At fifteen years old, it should be middle school crush’s and makeup. It should not be figuring out a new life and giving up everything from the past. The innocence of a child is most definitely lost in this poem. The girl is getting ready for a big day and getting all fancied up. She is rather nervous as from the last two lines she says, “I am wound like the guts of a clock, waiting for each hour to release me,” (Cofer 24). A fifteen year old should not have to endure things like that at such a young age. It all goes back to losing the innocence of childhood. Growing up through life’s journey is definitely a challenging time. While growing up there are many challenges, for example, what friends to be around, college to attend, soulmate to look for, how many children, and many others. All of these examples help one to grow into the adult that they will become or have become. In various cultures, one is required to “grow up” at numerous ages, all depending on where one grows up. Knowledge is the key factor in growing up. Becoming a wiser being that is fit for society. In every single aspect of life, a person gains knowledge from it. It does not matter if it is getting heart broken or losing a job, there is always some kind of knowledge that is gained
As the first poem in the book it sums up the primary focus of the works in its exploration of loss, grieving, and recovery. The questions posed about the nature of God become recurring themes in the following sections, especially One and Four. The symbolism includes the image of earthly possessions sprawled out like gangly dolls, a reference possibly meant to bring about a sense of nostalgia which this poem does quite well. The final lines cement the message that this is about loss and life, the idea that once something is lost, it can no longer belong to anyone anymore brings a sense...
All birthdays are special. Birthdays celebrate life and the passing of time. In a young Mexican girl life, there is no birthday more important then her quinceañera. The quinceañera is a celebration of a girl’s journey into womanhood. The story of my fifteenth birthday is contributed for a better understanding of how special it is to celebrate a girl’s transformation into a lady, and how it differs from any other birthday she celebrates.
Growing up is one of the most important stages of human life. It is the part when humans reach maturity, become adults, and attain full growth. Also, it means one more thing. It means understanding more about the society. Harper Lee's, To Kill A Mocking Bird, shows the different ways of growing up. There are three characters who go through the process of growing up, Scout mentally grows up, Jem goes through a mental growing up that every adolescent will go through and aunt Alexandra also goes through a mental growing up.
In her famous short story, “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been,” Joyce Carol Oates shows the transition from childhood to adulthood through her character Connie. Each person experiences this transition in their own way and time. For some it is leaving home for the first time to go to college, for others it might be having to step up to a leadership position. No matter what, this transition affects everyone; it just happens to everyone differently. Oates describes Connie's unfortunate coming of age in a much more violent and unexpected way than the typical coming of age story for a fifteen year old girl.
Standing in the front of the mirror every day, people see themselves gradually become an adult from a little boy or a little girl. In “Childhood Dreams”, Jennifer Yee describes a story that her father and she used to spend a lot of happy time in the amusement park together, riding carousels and so on, but now she felt lost and uncertain about her life. The reason why the author felt she was smothered by the real world was probably because she found out that as growing older, life became more complex, and she did not have as much time as she used to have to enjoy life in the childhood, and therefore felt quite depressed about the way she was.
Marita Bonner starts her short essay by describing the joys and innocence of youth. She depicts the carefree fancies of a cheerful and intelligent child. She compares the feelings of such abandonment and gaiety to that of a kitten in a field of catnip. Where the future is opened to endless opportunities and filled with all the dream and promises that only a youth can know. There are so many things in the world to see, learn, and experience that your mind in split into many directions of interest. This is a memorable time in life filled with bliss and lack of hardships.
When growing up you did not have to worry about a lot of things such as bills, money, or even a job; so when the time comes for some people to grow up and make their own decisions, they do not know where to begin. If someone was to ask them “what are you going to do now,” they would not know how to respond to that question because it is something that is hard for them to talk about. As some kids begin to grow up they start thinking about what they want to do when they get older, but other kids do not; so as adults it can be difficult for them to speak on because they never thought about it. I believe that when deciding what your next step in life is going to be will be hard because you do not want to make the wrong choice. It can be also hard to speak on because there maybe someone that is looking up to you or maybe there is someone judging you. That next step can also make or break you. If you do not succeed in what you are trying to do, it can be even more difficult to talk to someone about, because you have put all of your hard work into
In a typical family, there are parents that expected to hear things when their teenager is rebelling against them: slamming the door, shouting at each other, and protests on what they could do or what they should not do. Their little baby is growing up, testing their wings of adulthood; they are not the small child that wanted their mommy to read a book to them or to kiss their hurts away and most probably, they are thinking that anything that their parents told them are certainly could not be right. The poem talks about a conflict between the author and her son when he was in his adolescence. In the first stanza, a misunderstanding about a math problem turns into a family argument that shows the classic rift between the generation of the parent and the teenager. Despite the misunderstandings between the parent and child, there is a loving bond between them. The imagery, contrasting tones, connotative diction, and symbolism in the poem reflect these two sides of the relationship.
Imagine a world where everyone never learned or grew from the experiences they had. No matter if you are an adult or a child, learning and growing is an essential part to the world. Bad decisions would be around every corner for people and mistakes that were once made, would never be fixed. History would repeat itself infinitely. The most important thing about growing up is learning and growing from mistakes you have already made.
Teenagers are often burdened with the pressure of adulthood as they have to make good choices for themselves and others. It is very difficult to do the right thing as doing the opposite thing seems more appealing and easier. In William Stafford’s poem, “Fifteen”, the narrator of the poem is a fifteen year old male who finds a motorcycle off the road. He admires the motorcycle and how appealing it looks but finds himself in a predicament: Find the owner of the motorcycle or take it for himself? In this poem, Stafford uses imagery, juxtaposition, characterization to argue that doing the right thing may be difficult, but it is the best option.
The speaker 's state of mind still remains that of a child 's; however, he has now had to endure the death of his beloved and he has become akin to a child who has had his favorite toy taken away. The world has now lost all of the beauty it once had when Annabel Lee was still with him. The rest of the world has become pale in comparison, “The moon never beams, without bringing me dreams of the beautiful Annabel Lee;” the moon is now just a circle in the sky; it is a pale substitution of the light that Annabel once brought into his life. The shiny, bright, “Stars never rise, but I feel the bright eyes of the beautiful Annabel Lee;” have only become a simple part of the night sky now that they are no longer able to sparkle and be reflected in Annabel 's eyes. Annabel has been taken away from him and he refuses to see the world around him, instead focusing on the sole fact that she is no longer there. The speaker no longer seems to find any beauty in the world, his idolization of Annabel has caused him to focus on only her and not of himself or any other object. He continues to cling to Annabel and the life that he wished they could have had together instead of moving on and finding something else to devote his time to. He “[lies] down by the side of [his] darling” as the poem draws to a close, never moving on with his life or growing
The poem recreates and examines the moment of the child's confrontation with the fact that life is not what it seems. The experience transforms the boy's perception of the world. No longer is it a place for unquestioning sensuous delight. It is a dynamic world of uncertainty. The success of the poem derives from the effective way Haney builds up a totally convincing account of a childhood experience that deals with the excitement, pain and confusion of growing up.
In conclusion, the poem helps you to realize and accept that just like birth is natural, death is a natural process in life. No matter what, death is inevitable. But instead of holding on to the sad memories, you can use the happier memories to cope and deal with the loss of a loved one or family pet. However, you are able to be at peace with the fact that you loved them until the end.
Though people see adulthood and childhood more different than alike, we never stop growing, no matter the age. We never stop learning. We always have rules to follow through life. There is an
In the poetry of William Blake and William Wordsworth, this difference between children and adults and their respective states of mind is articulated and developed. As a person ages, they move undeniably from childhood to adulthood, and their mentality moves with them. On the backs of Blake and Wordsworth, the reader is taken along this journey.