Robin's Feeling's on Voyage

1. What I think Robin was feeling was, when he made his decision to sail around the world, was a sense of emptiness that he felt sailing around the world could, somehow, get rid of. Whether or not this is possible today is purely circumstantial. The task itself is possible, anyone could go sailing around the world. Advances in today's technology and boat structure, along with a better understanding of weather, have made this so. However, I doubt that the vast majority of parents or guardians who have teenagers, would allow their child to sail around the world, especially alone.

2. A coming of age ritual that differs from the type I celebrate, but still contains likeliness to, a sweet sixteen for example, is a quinceneara. A quinceneara is a Mexican coming of age ritual. Coming of age is simply a phrase used to indicate someone growing older in life and reaching a certain point within their life. Quincenearas celebrate a young girl becoming a woman at the age of fifteen. Where as sweet sixteens celebrate a the same thing, with the exception of the age, which ,at sixteen, differs from fifteen. These particular rituals are alike as well, for they both celebrate a young woman's coming of age. These rituals would differ if one were to celebrate a young man's coming of age.