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Thesis: Being on your own is never as fun as it seems. On a hot…

- - - - being grown up
        
        what is growing up?
        
        losing your innocent
        
        learning you are wrong
        
        realizing nothing is black and white
        
        pain
      - being "older" as a kid
      - teenager
- - - - learning ahead with textbooks on math and english
      - brainstorm flashcards
  - - - not academically intelligent / inclined
      - more interested in sports
      - they don't want to do what their parents plan
      - they like different things but are afraid to admit or say
- - - - ranch style houses
      - middle class to lower middle class homes
      - one floor two floor style houses
      - central jersey
      - lots of trees and plants
      - typical american dream with the lawn and flag
      - occasional barking dogs and stray cats
  - - - american flag
      - angel statues
      - gnomes
      - deer statues
      - garden arches and benches
      - kooky mailboxes
      - throwaway beds and couches and chair
      - garage sales in the summer
- - - - cops
      - stranger danger
      - neighborhood watch
      - the Older Kids
    - - steal a car
      - get into a fight with the Older Kids
      - run into something dangerous
  - - - wonderland
      - a weird suburbia
      - walking houses
      - ghosts
      - magical realism