Rites Of Passage In The Bridge And Barrio Boy

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A transition from one life stage to the next can be a difficult or challenging time. We all go through a transitional phase. A rite-of-passage is this period in time. The most common rite-of-passage in the transition from childhood to adulthood, but that is not the only rite-of-passage a person can have. Whether a transition of age or transition of lifestyle, any transition can be hard. Most books have rite of passage. In “the Bridge” and “Barrio Boy,” the both have stories of kids going through a traumatic rite of passage in their lives. In “the Bridge,” an eighteen year old boy is about to be sent away to work for his uncle. He has just graduated from secondary school, and does not want to be sent away to Siberia. The rite of passage in

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