Coming Of Age: Similarities And Differences
COMING OF AGE IS THE TRANSITION FROM OUR ADOLESCENCE TO ADULTHOOD. DURING THIS TIME WE FACE MANY CHALLENGES AND CHANGES. IT SOMETHING WE ALL GO THROUGH AT SOME POINT IN TIME. IN SOCIETY COMING OF AGE CAN BE SEEN AS A LEGAL CONVENTION OR A PART OF A RITUAL OR RELIGIOUS CEREMONY. IN MOVIES OR STORIES IT IS USUALLY POTRAYED BY A CHARACTERS DEVELOPMENT OF LEARNING A LIFE LESSON OR RESPONSIBILITY.
AS WE COME OF AGE WE ARE FACED WITH MANY ISSUES. ONE OF THEM IS RELATIONSHIPS. THEY ARE MAJOR PART OF GROWING UP, WHETHER IT IS WITH FAMILY, PEERS OR THE OPPOSITE SEX. THESE ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR LIVES AS WE ARE NOT ONLY DEALING WITH RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHERS BUT ALSO WITH OURSELVES.
MY SELECTED CHARACTERS ARE XAVIER FROM THE BOOK “TOUCH ME”AND THOMAS FROM THE MOVIE “THE BLACK BALLOON”. THEY BOTH …show more content…
IT SHOWS THOMAS’S MATURITY AND ACCEPTING HIS BROTHER. HE REALISES THAT CHARLIE AND HIM ARE FAMILY AND ITS ALWYAYS GONNA BE THAT WAY. IT WAS THOMAS’S COMING OF AGE EXPERINCE. IT IS SHOWN THROUGH THE DIALOGUE AND FACIAL EXPRESSIONS USED BY THOMAS. THE DIALOGUE THAT WAS USED WAS THOMAS TALKNG ABOUT HOW THEY USE TO DO THE SAME THING WHEN THEY WERE YOUNGER AND THE FACIAL EXPRESSIONS WERE SHOWING THAT THOMAS WAS ACTUALLY HAPPY TO BE SPENDING TIME WITH CHARLIE.
IN THE NOVEL “TOUCH ME” WE SEE THE CHARACTER XAVIER, A REGULAR TEENAGE BOY WHO WANTS TO BE ACCEPTED AND FIT IN WITH HIS PEERS. THIS ALL STARTS TO CHANGE ONCE HE MEETS A GIRL NAMED NUALA AND BEFRIENDS ARE BOYS NAMED ALEX. XAVIERS VEIWS ON LIFE START TO CHANGE AND HE BEGINS TO MATURE AS HIS RELATIONSHIPS WITH THESE PEOPLE DEVELOP. XAVEIR REALISES THAT THERE IS A LOT MORE TO LIFE THEN FOOTBALL AND TRYING TO FIT IN. HE OVERCOMES THE EXPECTATIONS HIS PEERS HAVE ON HIM AND DOES THE RIGHT THING BY HIMSELF. WE SEE IN THE NOVEL THE IMPORTANCE OF RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHERS BUT ALSO ACCPETING THE RELATIONSHIP WITH
AS WE COME OF AGE WE ARE FACED WITH MANY ISSUES. ONE OF THEM IS RELATIONSHIPS. THEY ARE MAJOR PART OF GROWING UP, WHETHER IT IS WITH FAMILY, PEERS OR THE OPPOSITE SEX. THESE ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR LIVES AS WE ARE NOT ONLY DEALING WITH RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHERS BUT ALSO WITH OURSELVES.
MY SELECTED CHARACTERS ARE XAVIER FROM THE BOOK “TOUCH ME”AND THOMAS FROM THE MOVIE “THE BLACK BALLOON”. THEY BOTH …show more content…
IT SHOWS THOMAS’S MATURITY AND ACCEPTING HIS BROTHER. HE REALISES THAT CHARLIE AND HIM ARE FAMILY AND ITS ALWYAYS GONNA BE THAT WAY. IT WAS THOMAS’S COMING OF AGE EXPERINCE. IT IS SHOWN THROUGH THE DIALOGUE AND FACIAL EXPRESSIONS USED BY THOMAS. THE DIALOGUE THAT WAS USED WAS THOMAS TALKNG ABOUT HOW THEY USE TO DO THE SAME THING WHEN THEY WERE YOUNGER AND THE FACIAL EXPRESSIONS WERE SHOWING THAT THOMAS WAS ACTUALLY HAPPY TO BE SPENDING TIME WITH CHARLIE.
IN THE NOVEL “TOUCH ME” WE SEE THE CHARACTER XAVIER, A REGULAR TEENAGE BOY WHO WANTS TO BE ACCEPTED AND FIT IN WITH HIS PEERS. THIS ALL STARTS TO CHANGE ONCE HE MEETS A GIRL NAMED NUALA AND BEFRIENDS ARE BOYS NAMED ALEX. XAVIERS VEIWS ON LIFE START TO CHANGE AND HE BEGINS TO MATURE AS HIS RELATIONSHIPS WITH THESE PEOPLE DEVELOP. XAVEIR REALISES THAT THERE IS A LOT MORE TO LIFE THEN FOOTBALL AND TRYING TO FIT IN. HE OVERCOMES THE EXPECTATIONS HIS PEERS HAVE ON HIM AND DOES THE RIGHT THING BY HIMSELF. WE SEE IN THE NOVEL THE IMPORTANCE OF RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHERS BUT ALSO ACCPETING THE RELATIONSHIP WITH