Transition Form Childhood Into Adulthood

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The Transition From Childhood Into Adulthood At any age, a child wants to please their parents and follow in their footsteps. As the child gets older, they are left with the reality that they, too, have to grow and accept who they are. In the two literary pieces- Updike’s “A&P” and Kaplan’s “Doe Season”, the stories focus on the realization of becoming, understanding, and accepting the fact of leaving childhood and entering adulthood. In Kaplan’s “Doe Season”, the protagonist finds herself coming to the realization of who she is and learning to be comfortable in her own skin. The story describes a nine-year-old girl named Andy who takes a hunting trip with her father, Charlie Spoon and Mac. Being the only girl and the youngest, Andy is teased often by Charlie and Mac. They do not believe she can really hunt and will be bad luck as they venture on their hunting trip. As the first day comes to an end, the wind blows through the air sending a sound that reminds Andy of a time at the ocean. The sound sends her into a flashback of the time she and her family took a vacation to the Jersey Shore. During the vacation Andy experiences a quite embarrassing moment when her mother’s top slips off into the ocean. Her mother is so carefree and so comfortable with her body that she does not worry about the top at all. Andy feels humiliation from the experience and associates the sound of the sea as a headache, much like her dread of becoming a “girlie” girl. As the next day approaches Andy goes to fetch firewood and spots a deer. She quickly goes back to camp and tells the men hoping they believe her. When they go and find the deer, Andy’s father let’s her have the shot since she has been the one to spot it. With the other two furious that a girl has the shot and the other members of the group thinking she will probably miss it, Andy takes the gun and shoots the deer. It

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