One Day When We Were Ylung

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One Day When We Were Young The transition from child to teenager can be really difficult, because there are many expectations from friends, family, teachers and the society. The most surprising about growing up, from child to adult is the interest in the opposite sex. The opposite sex isn’t ugly and disgusting anymore. Suddenly they are sweet and look hot, and they begin to interests you. The develop can be really confusing. The short story, One day when we were young, written by Vincet Banville and published in 2001, takes place in Summer 1955, In Ireland. We are following a boy who is called Mickey, and his to friends Cecil and Joey. They have a triumvirate, called the three Mesquiteers. They is getting older, and is starting to look at girls in other ways, than they did before. We are following Mickey from “the little boy”, to a boy who is getting older. His too friends Cecil and Joey is also growing, but faster than Mickey. Mickey is a 13 years old boy, who is struggling with the transformation from child to teenager. He is small for his age, but he have the control over his friends, Cecil and Joey, and he is intelligence. Mickey is the leader in the group the three Mesquiteers . It could be because he is the oldest brother of two siblings, Sean and Nelly, and he has to develop into a leading, and protective person. Mickey seems childish in the beginning of the story, because he thought the girls were playing with dolls, and that’s not what girls are doing these days. He is also the one, the guys ask for advice and questions. Both things are shown in line 32-34 in the following quotation: “They are probably talking about girl things… like…. Like…”“Like what, Mickey?” Joey asked“Well, dolls for a start” The conclusion is that he was a child in the beginning, and later develops and became a teenager. In the beginning is his ignorance clear. He don’t

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