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Explain how the quote "rite of passage" can apply to present-day adolescents, as well as those who lived lived centuries ago?

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Audio English (2011) defines the term "rite of passage" as the change from one status or developmental stage to another, an adolescent going through the changes that bring him or her into adulthood. In different cultures, such as China and Africa, rituals are performed after death symbolizing the "rite of passage" from this life to the next.

Arnold Van Gennep published Les Rites de Passage in 1909. In his book he explains that his vision of "the ...

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