Maturity

Going from three feet, to four feet, to five feet, things change because you are getting older and wiser. When you become mature you make better decisions such as knowing when to do my school work because school is the only way people can become successful in life. Maturity is not on just one aspect, it comes in three ways. In the next three paragraphs I will the changes that I have gone through to become more responsible.
One of the three things that can show some signs of manhood is going through puberty. I might still be short, but my voice is a lot deeper. I saw a video the other day when I was in fifth grade and I sounded like a girl, but now when my aunt calls my house, they mistake me for my dad.
Another thing that could help me prove my maturity is what happens to me in society. My mom always told me not to talk to strangers growing up, but now I make better decisions on who to talk to. I can pretty much decide on who is a weirdo and who is not. The other day on my way home from school, some guy started to talk to me about sports and I held a responsible conversation with him.
The last way to prove my maturity will come from an emotional state of mind. I am a lot smarter then what I used to be because I make a lot better decisions. A couple of years ago, my mom became diagnosed with a kidney disease and that was a turning point in my life. Another person that I know who went through a turning point in their life is Lizabeth from the story " Marigold" by Eugenia Collier. She changed her ways when she saw her father cry, she felt his pain and thats when she no longer thought as a little girl.
In Conclusion, I know that I am very mature that not only am I in summer, but I have been there so long that I have sun burn. I am fully mature and I know how to act and will not make bad decisions. I can now say that I am a man.

The Whipping

Did you grow up knowing what it feels like to get beat by your parents? To get a smack in the face for a slipped curse or just doing something dumb, well the poem " The Whipping" will let you experience that feeling. This poem is very good. I liked it for the following three reasons.
The first thing that I liked about the poem " The Whipping" by Robert Hayden had to be that I liked the descriptions it used to talk about the poem like when it says " rainy weather, against a tree, and a stick breaking in the women’s hands. " They are all great ways to describe the setting.
The second thing that I liked while reading the poem, it had to be the vocabulary. The vocabulary in the " The Whipping" could not of been better because of the similes that used like " His tears are like rainy weather." What I mean by this is that when you use similes, it really helps the reader picture what you are reading.
The last thing that I liked about the poem was that I could connect it to my personal life. When I got hit growing up, I did not like to get hit just like the boy from " The Whipping." When the boy got hit, a quote appeared that said " My head gripped in bony vised of knees, the writhing struggle to wrench free, the blows, the fears worse than blows that hateful." I could really connect this poem to my personal life because I knew what the boy experienced.
When I closed the book, I walked away with the knowledge that others got beat too. One of the quotes from the poem said
"My head gripped in bony vise of knees, the writhing struggle to wrench free, the blows, the fear worse then blows that hateful." That quote really stuck with me. The simile that the author used amazed me, and the poem had a remarkable connection with my personal life. So when you read this poem, I want you to walk away with the same feeling that I had