An Education is about a young person's change.
Coming of age is a young person 's transition from being a child to being an adult .. adult. adult. The certain age at which this transition takes place changes in society , as does the nature of the change .. It can be a simple legal convention or can be part of a ritual or spiritual event , as practiced by many societies .. ritual. ritual. In the past , and in some societies today , such a change is associated with the age of sexual maturity -LRB- early adolescence -RRB- , especially menarche and spermarche .. sexual maturity. sexual maturity. menarche. menarche. spermarche. spermarche. adolescence. adolescence. In others , it is associated with an age of religious responsibility .. Particularly in western societies , modern legal conventions which stipulate points in late adolescence or early adulthood -LRB- most commonly 18-21 when adolescents are generally no longer considered minors and are granted the full rights and responsibilities of an adult -RRB- are the focus of the transition .. adult. adult. adolescence. adolescence. early adulthood. early adulthood. In either case , many cultures retain ceremonies to confirm the coming of age , and significant benefits come with the change .. ceremonies. rite of passage. Coming of age is often a topic of fiction , in the form of a coming-of-age story .. coming-of-age story. coming-of-age story. In written literature , a novel which deals with the psychological and moral growth often associated with coming of age is sometimes called a bildungsroman .. bildungsroman. bildungsroman. Similar stories that are told in film are called coming-of-age films .. coming-of-age films. Coming-of-age film