![]() ![]() Those are only two examples out of the plethora that exists within the literary canon and popular media. We see this in a plethora of stories from literary classics such as A Separate Peace by John Knowles to films such as Dead Poets Society. Throughout their contained school experience they will be victims of violence and also perpetrators, in service of achieving “true masculinity”. Often times the coming of age story is intertwined with the schoolboy narrative, where young boys are shipped off to boarding school as playful adolescents and complete their education as respectable men. ![]() Most, if not all, people will experience the transition from childhood to adulthood and the loss of innocence that comes with that. The coming of age narrative is very popular among audiences, and for good reason.
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