Part one of term paper
In the book, Dandelion Wine, Ray Bradbury uses the character, Douglas, as a model of himself and to portray the feelings he once felt. While all of this seems great, he manages to entangle a haunting past that every one person in Green Town, Illinois must learn to let go of. No matter how old we are, a piece of our past stays with us forev ...

Part two of term paper
... the first day of the rest of our lives. No one ever sees when this wall will cross his path. No one knows the very moment they reach the other side of it. This wall is not seen, but adapted into each and every one of us. It’s called an initiation into maturity. Ray Bradbury, through Doug, shows a young boy entering the difficult task of growing old. He shows Douglas realizing how life can really be and it’s no longer sugarcoated for him. He makes Doug realize that all eternity is a cycl ...