Coming Of Age Novel The Golden Age By Joan London

Exams are coming up soon in a couple of weeks and every students are doing whatever it takes to get an ideal Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR). Studying in Melbourne or Britain, educational styles should be completely different from Asia countries. However, high schools are forgetting the focus on academic and scholarly achievement. The opinion piece: “Schools need academic achievement, Chinese style” in The Age by Christopher Bantick contends that Australian schools should learn from the Chinese as they only focus on their academic achievements. He uses a condescending and questioning tone to address his audiences who are secondary students, especially Year 23 students. In contrast, Paul Cock's letter to the editor in response to Bantick's

Reading coming of age stories are always interesting and at times nastolgic. Coming of age stories typically include a young protagonist forced to make a grown decision which is a transition to their first move into adulthood. In a sense, these stories show the protagonist shifting from innocence to gaining experiences. The two coming of age stories that we read in class were “A White Heron” by Sarah Orne Jewett and “The Man Who Was Almost A Man” by Richard Wright. Both being coming of age stories, they have similar features but were different in the sense that one protagonist seemed to have made a shift into adulthood whereas one did not.

If society was asked what defines “coming of age,” what would it say? Some would say people come of age when they act more mature, think grown up thoughts, or do certain actions. This quote by someone unknown helps form an explanation of what coming of age is: “Maturity doesn’t mean age; it means sensitivity, manners, and how you react.” In the literature piece “The First Part Last,” the author Angela Johnson writes about two teenagers, Bobby and Nia, who struggle with the difficulties of teen pregnancy. Throughout the book, they both face many hardships that put their relationship, patience, and responsibility to the test. With the help of a red balloon, a basketball, and family pictures in a doctor’s office, Bobby comes of age after paying attention to these symbols and signs throughout the novel.

Based on most ethnic principles and values in early settlers, they were alike, but in a unique way they were different. In both primary and secondary sources, each author has the same type of writing style. In “The Coming of Age in the Dawnland”, Charles C. Mann is referring to analyzation by introducing the readers to Tisquantum the “friendly Indian”and the experiences of traveling to Dawnland and interacting with the Native Americans. Another primary source, “Of Plymouth Plantation”, written by William Bradford, was an American Literature based story to inform the reader about the travels and beliefs of the Puritans and the Pilgrims. Last source is the, “Suppressed Speech Of Wamsutta (Frank B.) James, Wampanoag”. This speech is also to inform the reader about what the Wampanoags went through and what kind of lifestyle they were living from one of their own men's perspective.Each of these villages, families, and individuals all had to go through the same struggles, hardships, and brutal conditions. So, let’s get into what beliefs, ways, and religions each one of these groups had to go through.

Adolescence, when brought into the adult world have many questions, concerns and inexperience. In the coming of age stories “The Grave”, “The Intruder”, and “Through the Tunnel”, each protagonist experiences a moment that involves transitioning into the adult world. The reason for coming of age stories is to give different examples of how one must become an adult. Details in coming of age stories are what lets the reader understand the adult world the character perceives it as. Coming of age stories select specific details to indicate certain imagery to enhance symbols that involve the character experiencing the adult world.

     Childhood is a time where children learn about the world around themselves. They see and experience many factors that influence their everyday lives, which help them grow stronger when they become adults. In 'Girl'; by Jamaica Kincaid and 'The Lesson'; by Toni Cade Bambara the characters within the stories learn valuable lesson with help them grow to become better individuals. In 'The Lesson'; the character of Sugar undergoes a realization that society does not treat everyone equally, that not every individual has the same opportunity and equality that they should have. In 'Girl'; the main character learns that she must be perceived as a woman and not as a slut, her mother brings to her

age it is also one of the worlds most popular and beloved themes in literature.

Young adult, or YA, is a genre of novels that are written about issues relevant to people 13 years old to about their mid-20s. In other words, adolescents or young adults. They’re written in a way that doesn't devalue or minimize problems and experiences young people go through. In this genre, there are many sub-genres that have overlapping themes, such as self-identity, sexuality, family, social issues, etc. Some of these sub-genres include coming-of-age, dystopian, and contemporary romance.

young adult is often referred to as the "coming of age," or growing up. The

In her poem “The Golden Age”, Aphra Behn divides nature from civilization, almost in a biblical sense of Eden and after-Eden. Nature and civilization are separated as a positive and negative experience where love is dishonoured, and sin takes over Earth. Through this before and after division, Behn shows how the fall of mankind led to the oppression of the female sex as woman, associated with love, kept the world pure until man, associated with honour, took over. Thus creating “Pleasure, Nature’s worst Disease” (148). When Nature is overpowered by civilization, gender issues arose. This division of gender issues sets women up to be a tease or object of pleasure rather than an equal lover who is free to her own sexuality. “The Golden Age” presents the fall of natural order with the rise of man.

Many authors start a novel out by conveying the major themes of the story on the first page. Charlotte Brontë is no exception to this with her coming of age story, Jane Eyre. As Jane Eyre is about a young orphan girl growing up and learning to face challenges, common themes throughout this story are social class, the importance of education and finding where you belong. These themes can all be seen as soon as the very first page of the novel, with the way young Jane is treated compared to her cousins, Jane finding solace in reading, and Jane being separated from the rest of her family. Brontë then continues to expand on these themes throughout the novel as Jane grows and matures.

Most of the time, becoming an adult is planned. There are religious ceremonies, the gaining of a driver’s license, and other forms of new responsibility to signify the coming of age. Sometimes though maturity comes at you like a freight train. It comes at you in the blink of an eye and there is no stopping it once it hits you. You are forced to grow up and take on new responsibilities that you thought you wouldn’t have to take on until many years later. It's up to you though to decide what to do from there. You can either try and run away from the problems you have come to face or you can take the train head on and conquer what has been presented to you. I decided to face the train.

This quote helps to sum up the Victorian Era. The Victorian Era is understood to have existed during the rule of Queen Victoria between 1837 to 1901. It was thought to be an exciting period that saw various literary schools and artistic styles along with social and political movements. The period was also described to have led to swift developments and changes from advances in scientific, technological, and medical knowledge. It was reckoned as an era of prosperity and political reform. However, in the modern world, the era has been perceived to have been filled with numerous contradictions. Writers such as Alfred Tennyson, Robert Browning, and Oscar Wilde all help to advance this conclusion. It was also evident due to the existence of social movements that were concerned with promoting public morals after a class system that enforced harsh living conditions were in place. Restraint and dignity coexisted with child labor and prostitution with this transformation in the Victoria Era. The Victorian Age began with great optimism and confidence which resulted in an economic boom besides growing prosperity, hence, the prosperity led to doubt and uncertainty concerning Britain’s position in the globe (Atlick Richard). This essay will focus on proving the

Throughout history there had been periods or eras which are more recognized than others, sometimes recognized due to their attributes, time extension, and contribution to its own culture, I believe that the Victorian period novels influence the life and actions of their own society. By studying the Victorian era and understanding it characteristics we will be able to understand some of their own cultural establishments. Furthermore, to understand about this era, we need to know what influence the author of the Victorian period novels. Pursuing this further, the Victorian Period formally started when Queen Victoria step up to the throne in 1837, by that time Queen Victoria was 18 year old, making her one of the youngest

The novel’s critical approach is reinforced by its historiographic metafictional techniques. Going through the story, the narrator intervenes from time to time to assert his ideas, make a comment or elaborate on a concept or a situation. The twentieth-century impresario acts like an eye-witness who in order to reconstruct the past as it actually was, locates himself in the Victorian Age and accompanies the characters in their daily lives. It is a historical novel because it is the story of a kind discussions of Victorian science, politics, economics, and social custom. It describes both urban and pastoral England. For example, the upper-class people were, during the Victorian era, under moral pressure to make love and that time they were not openly free to make their love. On the contrary the lower-working class people like Sam and Mary were comparatively freer than upper class in their romantic pursuit. And from this example also we can catch a glimpse of historical reality as reflected in The French Lieutenant's Woman. Another from this we come to know a historically significant social reality. The upper titled classes were living a lazy life. They were away from the business and trade. But they used to marry a middle class girl if she has lots of money. Even the middle class family was crazy for the title of the upper class. The reality of the constant expansion in Victorian classes is one brand of historically significant social