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Your answer to the following question should comprise at least 500 words and include textual evidence, in the form of direct quotations and paraphrase, to support your claims. Be sure to use third person and formal academic language. Your response should be double-spaced and conform to the standards of MLA-style citation. A successful essay will have a strong thesis statement and provide ample textual evidence to support its claims.

The coming-of-age story, sometimes referred to as the bildungsroman, or novel of education, is one of the most popular forms of literature. Taking an intersectional approach—e.g. using an analysis of the intersection of racism, classism, sexism and/or some other combination of systems of power—discuss these systems of power in informing your understanding of the role of coming of age in Redefining Realness.

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