Young-adult fiction

Preparing for Adulthood In the essay “Toys” by Ronald Barthes the author talks about how toys that are given to children will help them prepare for their future and adult life. Some of these toys will help them be good citizens and successful adults in the future. However, not only the toys are the ones that are going to help these children but the values that each parent imprints in their daily life will help them as well. What toys are actually important to give to you children? What toys will…

into the world for the first time as an adult and realizing everyone around you isn't treating you equal. This is usually what happens when 18 year olds are now considered adults. Eighteen year olds are trying to become adults, but aren't being treated as adults because parents don't step back, peers don't treat them as adults, and they want to leave the nest. The first reason is that parents don't step back. In the article Mistakes Parents Make That Push Adult Children Away, the author explains…

We are bound to others physically, mentally, and emotionally. From our birth to our death we are told by others when and what to do. This is maintained until we reach a point in our lives when we get the allusion that we are free to do what we want when and how we want, but this is only an allusion. Everyday millions of people reach the different age’s legal standing from turning 18 and turning 16. Most people worship these “monumental” birthdays, but why just so we can begin a career in…

For me, a significant event that showed I was transitioning into adulthood was when I was approached to be the Social Media Chair on my local Relay for Life event. This marked my transition because I was approached by adults as a teenager to do this significant job with other adults without any input or aid from my parents. I was gaining respect in my community and becoming more self reliant.…

Becoming an adult stops being fun after you turn 21, the next year you’ll be out of college and into the real world. But mostly, becoming an adult means being responsible. As we get older, change is inevitable, we become victims of the working class. Many of us have big dreams to be CEOs and CFOs and doctors and lawyers, but dreaming it and living it is different altogether. Not only do we have to manage our personal lives which might be hectic, taking care of your grandmother and a…

pathway A lot of controversies exist about what age a person should be considered a legal adult. An adult is a person who has attained the age of majority or maturity. The age of majority is the legally defined age at which a person is considered an adult, with all the attendant rights and responsibilities of adulthood. The question is: At what age should a person be considered a legal adult? Is it at sixteen (never too early to start paying bills), eighteen (Democrats and…

becoming a legal adult, or moving out. While for others it can mean so much more; this essay will analyze what I think it means to come of age. The three things that tie into coming of age are: responsibility, development and opportunity. This essay will analyze what it means to me to come of age. Coming of age is simply put is transitioning from childhood to adulthood, the growth of a person from childhood to adulthood. How can having responsibility tie into transitioning into an adult?…

Becoming an adult does not require a specific event or situation to occur, it happens when we allow our heart and mind to open. During the events involving Uncle Frank, David himself began to process the situation. This was not only a chance for David to find out what had happened, but a chance for him to grow into an adult. He would have to learn that as an adult there are steps we still have to take and lesson we still need to learn. David was right on the edge of adulthood. He still wanted to…

11. Searching for Super is a science fiction novel by Marion Jensen. This book encompasses a world of futuristic technologies and space and time travel. Searching for Super is a story that follows two families that are composed of superheroes. These families battle against a third family of evil superheroes in a town know as Split Rock. Unfortunately, Bailey and his brother, Benny have lost their superhero powers and are highly determined to regain their powers to be able to fight of the evil…

the production of dystopian literature as well as interest. From popular young adult novels such as The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro to classroom reads such as Animal Farm by George Orwell to Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, people have become…