Part 1 of Essay
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 f ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... 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 had given him and of which he was so proud, has killed a man in an accident. A man said names to Pepe that he could not allow, and before Pepe knew it, the knife "went almost by itself." Pepe is changed from boy to man with one slip of the wrist. Now Pepe must flee for his life. The author allows a major amount of space in the story for set ....