The agonizing experience of growing up is a learning process every human being goes through and eventually from it learns countless valuable lessons that will be passed on for generations. Growing up involves maturing through unforgettable experiences. The short story “Thank You M’am” by Langston Hughes, teaches the lesson of a young boy who comes from a certain kind of background tied in with the experiences of growing up in that specific ilk. The short story “Charles” by Shirley Jackson, offers another idea of growing up in a certain lifestyle and type of family. Growing up is a theme frequently used in books, short stories, and plays because the impact of background, experience, and people of influence can be different for every character.
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Knowing where the child is being raised, is important when asking questions about why, what, or how. Background will teach a person about who the individual is. Experience is also something that the individual will explore and learn from all throughout life. The most important experiences, followed by lessons, come at the age of adolescence. “Thank You M’am” tells the reader that the boy, Roger, is fifteen years old and wants to fit in with the rest of the kids his age that live in his town. For example Roger steals tries to woman's’ purse to buy some blue suede sneakers that Elvis brought into the generation. All the boys in Rogers town would walk around wearing their blue suede shoes, and Roger wanted to fit in. In the short story “Charles”, the character Laurie comes from an average family with a mother and father, but Laurie was a big trouble maker so he made up the character, Charles, to cover all of his guilt when he would come home to his parents every day after school. Personalities are created through background as well as lifestyle, speech, thought, and level of happiness. Each of these aspects of growing up are changed, mostly through experience of …show more content…
Growing up is a rich theme because there is an endless combination for the whole world to explore and learn from. Everything written about growing up could be categorized as experience or maturing, what is growing, and who and where does the person come from. Each category of growing up is different, even if it is told the same way. There are many famous writers who are remembered because of their childhood stories and lessons. Each story should be felt in its own way. The reader should understand the story how they want to. Growing is painful, exciting, and beneficial. All people need to remember
Knowing where the child is being raised, is important when asking questions about why, what, or how. Background will teach a person about who the individual is. Experience is also something that the individual will explore and learn from all throughout life. The most important experiences, followed by lessons, come at the age of adolescence. “Thank You M’am” tells the reader that the boy, Roger, is fifteen years old and wants to fit in with the rest of the kids his age that live in his town. For example Roger steals tries to woman's’ purse to buy some blue suede sneakers that Elvis brought into the generation. All the boys in Rogers town would walk around wearing their blue suede shoes, and Roger wanted to fit in. In the short story “Charles”, the character Laurie comes from an average family with a mother and father, but Laurie was a big trouble maker so he made up the character, Charles, to cover all of his guilt when he would come home to his parents every day after school. Personalities are created through background as well as lifestyle, speech, thought, and level of happiness. Each of these aspects of growing up are changed, mostly through experience of …show more content…
Growing up is a rich theme because there is an endless combination for the whole world to explore and learn from. Everything written about growing up could be categorized as experience or maturing, what is growing, and who and where does the person come from. Each category of growing up is different, even if it is told the same way. There are many famous writers who are remembered because of their childhood stories and lessons. Each story should be felt in its own way. The reader should understand the story how they want to. Growing is painful, exciting, and beneficial. All people need to remember