Emerging Adulthood in the Media Study

PURPOSE

The purpose of this assignment
is to apply the concept of emerging adulthood to a specific example, and to
analyze the example in accordance with the five distinctive features of
emerging adulthood as identified by .

STEP 1

Review the module in the text
on Emerging Adulthood. that emerging adults
have five distinctive features, which include exploring their identity,
instability in their lives, a focus on the self, a feeling of being in-between
adolescence and adulthood, and a sense of having an open future with many
possibilities.

STEP 2

Think of a character from a
movie, show, or book that you recently watched or read that illustrates some of
the distinctive features of emerging adulthood. Re-watch a scene from the
movie or show (or re-read a section from the book) that depicts the character
expressing these features.

STEP 3

Write a short paper with your
observations and analysis of . Your paper
should include the following parts:

1. 1. An opening paragraph that introduces the
      concept of emerging adulthood and distinguishes this concept from late
      adolescence and early adulthood.

1. 1. A paragraph that describes in the
      appropriate amount of detail a scene from the movie/show//book that
      includes the character in emerging adulthood. If a clip of the scene
      is available on YouTube, include the URL.

1. A paragraph that analyzes and explains
   how this depiction in the movie/show/book illustrates some of the
   distinctive features of emerging adulthood.
   in the scene to of emerging adulthood.