Eve Tushnet's Essay: Why Young Adults Return Home Again

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Eve Tushnet wrote "You Can Go Home Again" because she wanted the readers to know what it's like to live with your parents again. The title explains a lot about what the reader should expect when reading this essay. She explains in this essay the reasons, why many young adults return back home with their parents after leaving for a certain amount of time. This essay is meant to target young adults that are between the ages of "18-31" (paragraph 3) because these are the ages that typically come back to live with their parents. Many young adults when they turn 18 want to conquer the world alone and feel they do not need their parents anymore, but many young adults still need their parents financial help even after they turn 18.
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She explains in her essay another reason why they return home "an immature loser" (Paragraph 4) because many young adults do not want to become adults and grow up. In Tushnet's essay, she states "more men than women live with mom and/ or dad" (Paragraph 3) because men typically marry later than women. Also, some young adults are lazy and just want their parents to take care of them financially. There are several reasons why some young adults return back home with their parents and she lists some of the reasons why she thinks they return …show more content…
Eve Tushnet created an essay that many individuals can relate too because many young adults leave their parents home and then come back again. Tushnet is persuading the audience that many young adults leave their parents home and come back again. She is also trying to persuade the reader that many young adults try to achieve all their goals before they have kids and get married. She was being very respectful when explaining the types of people that move back in with their parents. Tushnet builds her own positive ethos and adds good details in her essay by explaining why so many young adults return back to their parents home. Tushnet was not trying to ridicule anybody when explaining the young adults in her essay. She had a very serious in her tone of voice when explaining each category in her essay. This essay was a very interesting to read because it is something that many young adults can relate to when reading this

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