COMINGOFAGESTORY
Coming-of-age story
In genre studies, a coming-of-age story is a genre of literature and film that focuses on the growth of a protagonist from youth to adulthood . Coming-of-age stories tend to emphasize dialogue or internal monologue over action, and are often set in the past. The subjects of coming-of-age stories are typically males in their mid teens. Themes of maturation, acculturation, loss of innocence, the acquisition of wisdom, acumen or worldliness are often present.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Coming-of-age story
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