In many global cultures tribes still use ceremonies for boys to be promoted to men. Now the exact thing the boys must do varies between each tribe or culture. Sometimes it's tribe elders cutting the boys all over to leave scars, performing a circumcision, or even being as simple as walking across some hot coals while carrying someone. No matter what the boys have to do, these ceremonies are still a big deal and help set the boys up for success later.
In the story The Beauty Treatment in a way can relation to these various ceremonies. In this story our main character becomes the victim of an attack where her face gets cut. Before she gets cut she is very beautiful but after it hurts her looks from the scar. Which happens in many cultures where …show more content…
Such as a jewish boy having a bar mitzvah or a latin girl having a quinceanera. Now those two events aren’t painful but still have an impact on their life as a whole. It doesn't even have to be a religious or cultural ceremony. Many families all over the world including here in America have their own ways of kids becoming adults or at least making a big step into adulthood some these can include going on a special camping or hiking trip, killing an animal while hunting or even building something. These events just depend on the family, culture, or religion. Even in some cases people embark on their own journey into adulthood and do what they think is best (McKay 1).
In the story there is a shift in her maturity. It begins to progress as soon as she gets cut, even though initially the progression is very slow. By the end of the story she appears to be more understanding and learns to live with, and embrace the scar. The same thing happens to all the people who go through initiations. They go in young kids, but after the ordeal they are now essentially grown-ups and now have many more responsibilities that they didn't have before. So they start to contribute to their society, which in some cases even means having …show more content…
Physically because her face getting cut and then having a scar means she has lost some of her beauty. Intrapersonally but having a conflict and then realizing she has to move on from it. Her going through this is something young people all over the world face, rites of passage they must go through in order to be functioning members of their society. Many times these ceremonies involve physical scarring or exposing their body to large amounts of stress. After these ceremonies these people can now be considered men or women. Like our character these ordeals they go through causes them to grow up. In some cultures it is believed they die and then get reborn as
In the story The Beauty Treatment in a way can relation to these various ceremonies. In this story our main character becomes the victim of an attack where her face gets cut. Before she gets cut she is very beautiful but after it hurts her looks from the scar. Which happens in many cultures where …show more content…
Such as a jewish boy having a bar mitzvah or a latin girl having a quinceanera. Now those two events aren’t painful but still have an impact on their life as a whole. It doesn't even have to be a religious or cultural ceremony. Many families all over the world including here in America have their own ways of kids becoming adults or at least making a big step into adulthood some these can include going on a special camping or hiking trip, killing an animal while hunting or even building something. These events just depend on the family, culture, or religion. Even in some cases people embark on their own journey into adulthood and do what they think is best (McKay 1).
In the story there is a shift in her maturity. It begins to progress as soon as she gets cut, even though initially the progression is very slow. By the end of the story she appears to be more understanding and learns to live with, and embrace the scar. The same thing happens to all the people who go through initiations. They go in young kids, but after the ordeal they are now essentially grown-ups and now have many more responsibilities that they didn't have before. So they start to contribute to their society, which in some cases even means having …show more content…
Physically because her face getting cut and then having a scar means she has lost some of her beauty. Intrapersonally but having a conflict and then realizing she has to move on from it. Her going through this is something young people all over the world face, rites of passage they must go through in order to be functioning members of their society. Many times these ceremonies involve physical scarring or exposing their body to large amounts of stress. After these ceremonies these people can now be considered men or women. Like our character these ordeals they go through causes them to grow up. In some cultures it is believed they die and then get reborn as