Coming of Age

One thing that stood out to me was on page 187. “It seemed to him that at the age of ten he was witnessing his own birth. It was not even strange to him. He had experienced it all before, and not merely in dreams.” This expression gives the story a supernatural vibe. He had not ever been to the wilderness to hunt before, yet it was all too natural for him. However, when I look back on my own life and just human nature overall, I notice a similar pattern. When we eventually face things in our culture that may be considered a symbol of status or “adulthood,” we easily adapt to them. For the boy, becoming a hunter was like his gateway to becoming an adult, and whether or not he was aware of it, his internal instinct and determination helped him achieve that. 

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