Coming of age texts teach us that to grow up is to face unexpected and unknown obstacles that prepare us for adulthood. These texts teach us that growing up means taking responsibility and making choices that will change our lives forever. The coming of age novels I’ll Be There and The Giver both explore this idea, showing Jonas and Sam’s transition from childhood to adulthood. The central idea of both these texts is that through this coming of age journey all the experiences, choices, and conflicts the characters face help them transition from childhood to adulthood. In the novel The Giver, Jonas has to make many decisions and faces many challenges that prepare him to make a choice that will change his entire
…show more content…
They are restricted from going to school which results in the boys not having much education. They don’t know what’s going on around them and since they move with Clarence several times a year with a lack of money, food, and clothes their top priority has always being survival. But once they realize that there is more to life than living in their father’s truck and trying to survive the brothers are faced with challenges and decisions they have to make in order to get their lives back on track. The boys meet a girl named Emily and instantly became friends. They had to sneak out in order to hang out with her and this was a huge decision they had to make. And because of choosing to sneak out the boys developed a strong friendship with Emily which led them to meeting Emily’s parents who treats the boys as their own. The brothers came to realize that the lifestyle they had been living wasn’t something they wanted to continue. And before they could make the choice of leaving their father, Clarence found out about Emily. Clarence took Sam and Riddle back on the road, driving them far away. But in spite of Clarence separating the brothers and Emily’s family, the bond only grew. Emily and her family came to the conclusion that the brothers were now a part of their family and they needed to get them back, and after months of contacting the
They are restricted from going to school which results in the boys not having much education. They don’t know what’s going on around them and since they move with Clarence several times a year with a lack of money, food, and clothes their top priority has always being survival. But once they realize that there is more to life than living in their father’s truck and trying to survive the brothers are faced with challenges and decisions they have to make in order to get their lives back on track. The boys meet a girl named Emily and instantly became friends. They had to sneak out in order to hang out with her and this was a huge decision they had to make. And because of choosing to sneak out the boys developed a strong friendship with Emily which led them to meeting Emily’s parents who treats the boys as their own. The brothers came to realize that the lifestyle they had been living wasn’t something they wanted to continue. And before they could make the choice of leaving their father, Clarence found out about Emily. Clarence took Sam and Riddle back on the road, driving them far away. But in spite of Clarence separating the brothers and Emily’s family, the bond only grew. Emily and her family came to the conclusion that the brothers were now a part of their family and they needed to get them back, and after months of contacting the