1. Coming of Age
Unit 6

2. How can literature help us understand what it means to grow up?
Essential Question
How can literature help us understand what it means to grow up?

3. Coming of Age stories have a young protagonist.
In General…
Coming of Age stories have a young protagonist.
Protagonist is
immature and/or youthful.
Protagonist grows up at the end of the story.
Beginning
End
Protagonist is faced with a difficult situation, obstacle, or choice.

4. The protagonist makes a decision, usually a symbolic one, that
shapes his/her character.

5. The character always grows up
Spoiler Alert!
The character always grows up
in the end.

6. Circle of Life