Part one of term paper
Becoming a man could not always be pinned down to a certain age. A boy becomes a man when there arises a need. In Flight, Pepe is forced into manhood too soon. When Pepe is sent to town by his mother to perform his first "labor", it does not seem like it is such a big thing to ask. Yes, Pepe is proud, because this is the first time Mama has e ...

Part two of term paper
... him to go and is proud of him. Pepe is allowed to ride in his father's saddle, put "the hat band on the hat... and wear the green hankerchief." Pepe leaves with his shoulders and back straight and a promise to return soon. Pepe nor Mama realizes how all their lives will change in the next few hours. Pepe returns home deep in the early morning hours ofthe next day and he has gotten everything his mother asked for and more. He has entangled himself in trouble. His knife, which his dead father ha ...