Coming Of Age In Literature: Themes In The Age Of Miracles

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Coming of age is a theme where the character shows growth from youth into adulthood. This theme normally has the sub theme’s that help the character makes these strides and steps into adulthood which would include struggle and pain, isolation, love and sacrifice. This stage in life is one of the most important and most popular themes in literature The coming of age theme will almost always show struggle and pain through out the story. You can see some great examples of this in the book Peace like a river. There are some major parts in the story line that make this story dramatic and sad. The beginning of the book you start out with two boys being bully’s and harassing other students. Well, the brother didn’t like this and ended up luring …show more content…

It does this by giving the the support and the direction that they need to grow up and accept what was going on in their lives. Through out the book The Age Of Miracles you see this between Julia and Seth. They start out the book not really knowing each other but each one dealing with their own set of problems. Seth had to deal with the fact that his mom was sick with cancer and was going to die, and Julia had to deal with her parents fighting and her father cheating on her mother. Not to mention the slowing had also happened to the were dealing with the possibility of the world ending. This is a lot for a kid to deal with on their own. That’s why sometimes it is important for the coming of age theme to have someone to support and grow along with the character so they could both learn together. You can see this when Seth and Julia start to hang out. They both slowly start to understand what is going on and that life isn’t going to go back to how it used to be. Not only that but they give each other the support when they deal with their personal issues. This leads the characters both to support and lean on each other which lead to the acceptance that the world is now a new and strange place and they may or may not live in it much longer. But over all it gives the characters the strength to grow up and become a more confident adult within

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