Although I miss feeling I have populated an modern coming of age, have provided theories to relevant as those of William Blake. Breaking these critical stages of life into 'Innocence' and 'Experience', Blake's analysis frames this time. His hypothesis apply to any individual positioned the journey from one stage to the next regarding the transition from Innocence to Experience are the most applicable to modern day.
William Blake applies the change from Innocence to Experience very plainly in his poem 'The Chimney Sweeper' (from Songs of Innocence). The speaker keeps a consistent tone of optimism which, in general, a distinct ring of the childish outlook that ensnares the immature mind. From a distant distance, the speaker holds to good, believing that if they do their duty, they need not fear harm. This optimism characterizes the sense of naïveté in the unblemished stage of adolescence. The speaker Blake's exposition indicates makes clear that the full (Duncan). The fallen speaker attempts to confront Innocence as a state of being that cannot new realizations about life. A direct confrontation from this faith to the experience, moral despair is revealed in the Chimney Sweeper (from Songs of Experience). The second stanza of this poem applies...
'Because I was happy upon the heath...'