Compare the theme of a young person growing up in two or more literary works you have studied

Growing up is a current issue nowadays with children and youngsters seeming to enter the adult world earlier and earlier and having to take on the responsibilities of adults. When does a child become an adult? For many the right answer is that it has nothing to do with age; it is determined by the behaviour. In this essay I will not go into the issue of when a child turns into an adult but …

…other novels, growing up is the conclusion, the solution. Alex starts dreaming of a son and chooses that over his new gang. Rob gets Laura back and puts his fears of losing her some day aside. In the end, no matter how badly the characters tried to resist it, they all grew up. It marked a start of a new era for them, and it seems like it was a good thing in the end.