The Mourn of Leaving Home While Celebrating the Future

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In both, The Female Marine by Cohen and A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett by Crockett, the representation of mobility is portrayed as difficult, exhausting, and tough throughout most of the characters journey. However; the reason and the path of mobility is different for each book. I believe that the phenomenon of leaving home is always sad, but there is place for celebration and positive outcome. Brewer mourns the phenomenon of leaving home because it was a forced escape of reality rather then moving to pursue a dream, whereas, Crockett celebrates his choice of leaving in order to achieve a greater purpose. In the beginning of The Female Marine Brewer feels forced to leave her home, family, and friends behind in order to protect them of her shameful and humiliating acts. She leaves to Boston to reinvent herself, however, mobility was not represented as an easy process. She found herself confronted with obstacles she has not prepared herself for physically or mentally. As she reaches her destination she starts to question her life choices and future. She is faced with “ a miserable fugitive wanderer among strangers; cold; hungry, and without fortitude to solicit a shelter for the approaching night,” clearly she mourns leaving home right away. [62] Having found little to no opportunity to regain respect or her dignity, Brewer went into prostitution which made her mourn her decisions even more. She had embarked on this adventure to gain respect but instead she found herself being more disgusted then ever. Finally she decided to part and embark on a new journey as a marine. This time around as she leaves the brothel, she felt as if mobility and the transaction from a prostitute to a marine was a relief and an excitement. She celebrates the phenomenon rather then mourning. After redeeming her self-respect, she realizes that she “ now more than ever felt a

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