Transitioning from Childhood through Adolescence to Adulthood – Traumas in Literature

Abstract

Age can be both subjective and objective. A hostile environment challenges the phase in which a child grows, resulting in older subjective age. The study draws on evidence from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health and the American Psychological Association to support its questions: Does age change course in the account of hardship? Does this change affect family structure? Can a psychological approach be connected to literature? The safety net of adulthood becomes normalcy to the ubiquitous danger (be it family or society). Starting as a cumbersome effort to protect themselves, it incarnates into a plethora of burdensome sulking. The study focuses on three writers and their characters to support the argument presented.