Category: Coming of Age

Science played a major role in Pis survival during his journey. Life of Pi is a book written by Yann Martel which was based on a sixteen-year-old boy by the name of Piscine Molitor Patel. The main themes of this book are belief, science, and religion, telling a story of survival and coming of age.…

The movie Smoke Signals tells the story of relationships between two main characters Victor Joseph and his friend Thomas. Thomas has a special relationship with victors father, Arnold, who accidently killed his parents, but saved him from burning house. And this was the main reason why Thomas saw Arnold as father and idealized him. However,…

Introduction to ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ and Its Coming-of-Age Theme Shot in black and white, this movie is a beautiful visual. To Kill a Mockingbird is a masterpiece everybody should see. Not only is To Kill a Mockingbird an essential film in American cinema, but it also helps show the impact film can have on…

Stephen Chbosky, the director of the film The Perks of Being a Wallflower, and Becky Albertalli, the author of Love Simon teaches the audience the process of coming of age. Chboskys film follows Charlies journey as he enters his first year of high school and encounters his first experiences with relationships, drugs and alcohol, bullying,…

During 1930s America, and 1960s Australia, African-Americans and Aboriginals are highly excluded and thought very low in all societies. In the film and novel, the characters question their conventional thinking of what is right and wrong as they navigate small-town morality, racism, and hypocrisy. Harper Lees novel, To Kill a Mockingbird (TKAM), and Rachel Perkins…

Introduction to Characters and Setting The book I chose to do for this Coming of Age presentation is To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Now, I know we all have read to kill a Mockingbird and you all know the story of each character, the literary devices, and the themes as well. We also…

Science played a major role in Pis survival during his journey. Life of Pi is a book written by Yann Martel which was based on a sixteen-year-old boy by the name of Piscine Molitor Patel. The main themes of this book are belief, science, and religion, telling a story of survival and coming of age.…

The movie Smoke Signals tells the story of relationships between two main characters Victor Joseph and his friend Thomas. Thomas has a special relationship with victors father, Arnold, who accidently killed his parents, but saved him from burning house. And this was the main reason why Thomas saw Arnold as father and idealized him. However,…

Introduction to ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ and Its Coming-of-Age Theme Shot in black and white, this movie is a beautiful visual. To Kill a Mockingbird is a masterpiece everybody should see. Not only is To Kill a Mockingbird an essential film in American cinema, but it also helps show the impact film can have on…

Stephen Chbosky, the director of the film The Perks of Being a Wallflower, and Becky Albertalli, the author of Love Simon teaches the audience the process of coming of age. Chboskys film follows Charlies journey as he enters his first year of high school and encounters his first experiences with relationships, drugs and alcohol, bullying,…