Word: adulthoods
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...change in him was unmistakable. He had been an indifferent student, a bit of a troublemaker in a mischievous, harmless sort of way. But after 9/11, after he had joined the Marines, he had grown up in a hurry. In this conversation with his mother, he would acknowledge adulthood...
...slow-witted older brother Gao Weiguo (Feng Li), whose parents favor him as unabashedly as his co-workers mistreat him; and Gao Weiqiang (Lu Yulai), the dreamy narrator whose life is overshadowed by his two older siblings. All three characters?played by first-time actors?hover between childhood and adulthood. The Gaos march to their own time, refusing?or just failing?to follow the prescribed paths toward maturity. Weihong struggles to break free of social norms, while her brothers just struggle. Peacock chronicles their thwarted attempts?some touching, some depraved?to take control of their own lives...
...first placement should be the last placement,” said Pecora. “The average age a person leaves home is 25. People are taking longer to reach adulthood, finish school and have children. Given that backdrop, why would we expect that someone who has faced the challenges of the welfare system to be fully self-sufficient by age eighteen...
Barlow’s recent transition to fatherhood, then, may represent a broader shift, as more people acknowledge his vast influence on the ’90s music scene while he and the fans he played for age on into gray adulthood. No amount of production technology will strip Barlow of his underground edge, as he continues to put his ass on the line, show after show...
...thesis, what we’re doing this summer, or what to wear to the next House formal, let alone what turns our lives will take after we leave Cambridge. But this weekend I started to see parts of my mom in myself—and realized that adulthood and all it represents isn’t all too distant from where we stand...