In the following literature selections, individuals experience rites of passage in various ways: the bass, the river and shelia mant by w. d. wetherell oranges by gary soto i know why the caged bird sings by maya angelou first lesson by philip booth on turning ten by billy collins hanging fire by audre lorde my forbidden face by latifa the scarlet ibis by james hurst my brother's keeper by jay bennett choose at least two of the selections above and write about the rites of passage that individuals in the selection confront. provide evidence by including names of characters as well as specific details from the text to support your claim.

rites of passage are occasions that mark significant moments of a person's life, such as puberty, marriage, having children and death.

in “the bass, the river, and shelia mant,” the fourteen year-old narrator asks a girl out. he takes sheila for a date to the cinema by boat. after sheila says she thinks fishing is stupid, the narrator hides his fishing rod and misses a big bass catch, which he later regrets.

in gary soto's poem "oranges," a twelve year-old boy goes on a first date with a girl. he picks her up at her house and they walk to the drugstore. he buys her a chocolate. finally they hold hands, which they release then in order to unwrap the chocolate and peel the orange.

there is no passage.

d) sarah's natural reaction to being accepted into college suggests that she has no other dreams.