Gordy's Depiction Of Coming-Of-Age In A Film

In lecture four you describe coming-of-age as and I quote “coming-of-age seems to be a moment in which characters begin the transition from childhood to adolescence the change in status is accompanied by change in perspective”, which can also be viewed as the young person and/or character in the stories we’ve read seeing the world in a different light. I think we can clearly see in the film stand by me the coming-of-age of the boys when they found the body and they are confronted by the older group of boys the bullies if you will and Gordy ends up standing up for the other boys to protect them. I think this is a very poignant moment in the film and that it shows Gordy in a different light, no longer is he the scared little boy he is now the