Coming Of Age In Where Is It Written By Adam Schwartz

“Where Is It Written”, by Adam Schwartz, is a story about a kid who asked his father to fight for his custody, doing so many problems came up. Sam first cut all the connection with her mother because he wanted to know his father better. Then Sam confronted his father about being sick and tired of doing chores for his mother. Finally, Sam and his mother were arguing. Sam criticize his mother making her cry and suffer. Coming of age is an important theme in which a character grows and matures into an adulthood. Sam came of age because when he saw his mother on the sand crying he accepted his mother will never change due to her behavior in Sam’s thirteenth birthday. Sam came of age because he was thinking his mother could change and her behavior just demonstrate the opposite.
To begin, this story takes place in (city or state). The author introduces the protagonist Sam, who is dealing with his mother being a all irresponsible and immature. She falls asleep with a cigarette still burning in her hands, talks for hours and hours with her “patient” sleeping in the couch with her boyfriend. His …show more content…
Sam says on page 98 paragraph 180, “I knew my mother would never change”. Basically, Sam comes of age because he feel his mother will never change and he felt that because of the way she reacted when Phyllis asked Sam to go to the family picture in the living room.This is a significant change because Sam earlier in the story he wanted to get to know his father better and to love him as he loved his mother
In the end, Sam and Sandra get separated and Sam completes his goal and he feels guilty because he wished he could have said something nice about his mother at court when the judge declare that Sam has to go with his father.This story illustrates the importance of a mother listening to his son or daughter. The importance of a mother cooking for a son/daughter or teaching a son/daughter to cook and having time for her son or