Coming Of Age In 'Road Not Taken And The Reunion'

If wearing bullet ants as gloves or having a party for someone's sixteenth birthday, can be considered coming of age. Both have transformed in a way to come of age. One was subtle while the other one was extreme; however, at the end of the day there are many other ways to come of age. In the poem, “the Road Not Taken,” the short story, “The Reunion,” and the novel, The Summer I Turned Pretty the authors show how characters come of age psychologically and emotionally when their actions and decisions force them to become a better person.

In the poem “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost, the main character has to decide between two roads, he/she have eventually did choose a path and resulted the best decision. First, the narrator sees a fork

He and his father is having a meeting after three years of his parents being divorced. Once the meeting began, he was happy with his father. The character thoughts, “he was a big, good-looking man, and I was terribly happy to see him again. In other words, the protagonist is filled with joy when he saw his father. The quote relates because he had not seen his father in a long time. When he has seen his father, the dad was good-looking. His expectation of his dad was him being handsome. During their date, his father became drunk and disrespectful to the waiters. After their reunion, Charlie has exchanged goodbyes and never seen his father again. The character said, “‘goodbye, Daddy,’ I said and I went down the stairs and got my train, and that was the last time I saw my father.” The quote is saying that after the meeting he has not seen his father. This revolves around the claim because he finds out about his dad’s poor drinking habits has not what he expected. The author, John Cheever, suggests that expectations does not always reach their expectations. John Cheever has developed coming of age by comparing expectations to his dad to the reality of his father’s terrible actions. One other way of people coming age is when a character discovers an emotional

Belly has just found out that Conrad and Jeremiah’s parents are getting a divorce. Conrad has made an insensitive joke and angered Jeremiah, however, Conrad left without getting into an altercation. Belly has comforted him by, “I grabbed his hand and squeezed it. He was really hurting.” (p 166) Belly grab Jeremiah’s hands and squeeze to make him feel comfortable because she could tell that he was hurting by the divorce. Since the Fischer’s family is crumbling apart from the divorce, she knows that she can not stop the divorce however comfort her friends. Another way, she has helped found out about Susannah’s illness. The boys eventually got into a fight. The fight was about their mom getting breast cancer again. For a couple of days, Belly stayed in her bed with the news, until her mother told her to get out of bed. Belly thought, “her words made sense. If Susannah needs me, then that was something that I could do.” (p 258) Her mother’s motherly words made sense for her to get up and help Susannah. This relates because she is going to assist Susannah with anything. Belly loves her dearly and helping Susannah this way was the best option. In addition, to why she had matured was when Conrad was in need of comforting. Belly came to see Conrad once more before summer was