Summary Of To Sir John Lade On His Coming Of Age

Coming of age is a momentous time in life. Atime in life where you can either prevail or fail at being successful. Both Johnson’s” To Sir John Lade, on His Coming of Age” and Housman’s “ When I Was One -and - Twenty “ attend to the obstinate yet delicate stage in a young man’s life although they have conflicting arguments. Through the use of imagery, irony, and repetition both sets of literary work emphasizes on advice for life changing approaches.

In “To Sir John Lade, on His Coming of Age” the author uses an “jolly” but mellow tone displayed through the insouciant actions to provide a view of consequences that can be ensued. The author allows the readers to view certain points of these insouciant actions. For example, being to gather