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A 3 page paper which examines coming of age in The Secret Lion by Albert Alvaro Rios and Doe Season by David Kaplan. The paper compares the two stories which are different in terms of the gender of the main character and the narration. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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a time when children begin to see things as adults. It is a time when innocence and magic is seemingly lost in the mind of a child. Sometimes it can
be a very traumatic stage in ones life and sometimes it can be a new sort of magical stage. In two short stories, The Secret Lion by Albert Alvaro Rios
and Doe Season by David Kaplan, the characters come of age in different ways, yet they are also characters who lose something precious in their coming of age. The following
paper offers a comparative analysis of the two stories. Coming of Age in Two Short Stories One of the most powerful differences in the two stories involves the
fact that Rios story is told from a first person perspective while Kaplans is told from the perspective of an outsider. This essentially creates a different feel when reading the
stories. But, at the same time one can well see that the stories present similar elements that speak of the sadness of losing ones childhood. And, another difference in the
two, which should be considered, is that Rios story is that of a boy and Kaplans is the story of a girl. In Rios work the boy and his
friend have many things they are experiencing, one of the most important being the changes they are facing in junior high school which is a time when children truly turn
towards the world of adulthood. The story begins: "I was twelve and in junior high school and something happened that we didnt have a name for, but it was there
nonetheless like a lion, and roaring, roaring that way the biggest things do. Everything changed. Just that" (Rios 201). This symbolic use of a lion represents all that is powerful
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