Love for Childhood (based on Catcher in the Rye)
Childhood is one of the greatest times of our lives, just as Holden believes. Taking that road towards adolescence is a huge step in one's life. However, determining an exact time in which this jump is made is impossible since this process is a series of steps that lead you from one state to the other. For instance, one by one I lose my childish tendencies and as I lost each one, I became that much more mature, and that much closer to becoming a young man. Then, there was the first step into Lawrence, and the first walk down the hall of Falmouth High School, both of these occurrences made me think deeper into the fact that I wasn't exactly a little kid anymore. Finally, one of the most recent happenings that diminished the youngster within was the achievement of receiving my license. Put these all together and it seems to be clear that "child" isn't exactly the best word to describe me because of the lack of childish inclinations and the new experiences that prove to be the stepping stones towards developing into a man.I probably hadn't realized it at the time, but when I stopped doing those little things that indicate a young child, my childhood was already dissipating. My mom would agree, primarily because one of her favorit
I could just whip down the road alone with the most provocative music blaring and I had every right to do so. Followed by the loss of my "blankie" (a small blanket that was more of a rag than anything), which was another mark of becoming a big boy. I wouldn't have to ask or wait for my mother to give me a ride. Apparently, I was mature enough to do so; I had enough authority to do so, and. I had my license, I had my freedom, I had my transportation, but, in return, I lost something worth far more than all of those combined, I lost my privilege of just messing around, and just being a kid. e lines was, "Stop doing that! You're not a baby/child anymore!" One of the more primitive actions was the sucking of the thumb, which I obviously outgrew a while ago, but it was certainly a sign of growing maturity. I thought about how when I had seen my brother and sister pass through the schools, and then I considered how I had looked up to them as being OLD when they were in Lawrence. Then, when I decided to face my fear of the dark right in the face and conquer it, I was yet another stride closer to becoming who I am today. All of these trends are surely significant signals towards your early days so it is only logical to say once you have prevailed over these obstacles towards adolescence, you indeed lose a touch of your youth. This feeling would definitely stick with me for the following two years as I deemed myself as a teenager, and one who has lost that purity, and that innocence that bonds to childhood. I had flown by childhood without looking back, not looking back until it was already gone and too late to turn back, and this 'ultimate freedom' certainly did not help me in my attempted denial of my loss of childhood. As you progress through life and enter new schools, there is always that feeling of a jump towards adulthood, but no schools have quite the effect that Junior High and High School have. I would then go to the High School, I would become part of a class, I would be graduating here, I would be making decisions for colleges, and most of all, this would be the place where I become a genuine adult.
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Falmouth School,
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closer becoming,
towards adolescence,
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