All he wanted was to grow up. He wanted respect, to have a voice and be listened to, and to be on his own. In the film “Boyhood,” Mason Evans shares his life through his lenses. He deals with emotional issues, abusive parents, complications with love and relationships, and finding his place in life. He yearns to grow up and he misses out on his childhood. Similarly, in Sandra Cisneros’s short story “Eleven,” Rachel, an eleven year old desperately wants to be 102 to get out of a hostile situation. Rachel believes that society is rejecting her and she wants to grow up and get out of her adolescent years. Sandra Cisneros utilizes similes, repetition, and imagery to reveal a young girl’s youth and innocence while coming to age. Cisneros employs
