What Love Is Not
When I was Thirteen, I couldn't wait until I was sixteen so that I could drive. Once I was sixteen I couldn't wait until I was eighteen. I wanted to be considered an adult. When I reached the age of eighteen, I couldn't wait to turn twenty-one. I wanted to be able to drink and gamble, legally. I am now twenty-two years old, and I wish that I could be a child again.
I look back and feel that I grew up too quickly. I think the reason that I grew up so quickly, was due to the fact that I was friends with people who were older than myself. And just like the young boy in the short story "Araby" by James Joyce, I wanted to be accepted by someone older than myself. The young boy from "Araby", wanted to be accepted by an older girl who he thought he loved. Although (in reality) the young boy does not truly love this girl; he becomes deeply obsessed with her. Which would have cost him his childhood; if it weren't for his realization.
Some people live their whole lives and never......
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