Modern American Adolescents have difficulty maturing because of many different issues. Experiences that concern the adolescents of today are the same as those a century past. Abuse, dependency, and confusion of identity are only a handful of common issues teens need help with. The film Good Will Hunting, the short story “Her First Ball”, and the poem “The City” are just a few great sources to draw conclusions from. Good Will Hunting gives a character that cannot come to terms with who he is because of the brutal abuse he received from his foster parent. Katherine Mansfield and her short story “Her First ball” teaches that to live in a dream, create an alternate identity, is to ignore the fundamental truth of our identity. C.P. Cava
The concept of a person being trapped by their past is neither a new nor a difficult concept to comprehend. “The City” seems to suggest that everyone has disturbing memories which haunt them through time. In the poem, these memories have manifested themselves as places in the character’s life. As places take on meaning for the poem’s character they also take on a familiarity that reminds him of where he has moved from. Perpetually, it is true what the poem’s character was told,” you will find no new lands, you will find no other seas.”
In the short story “Her First Ball”, the character Leila has recently moved to the city. One of her most notable experiences appears to be her first trip to the Ball. To her, going to this da
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