By Kagusthan Ariaratnam This article was originally published on “The Modern Diplomacy” on March 3, 2019. The influence of family, school, church, and peers mold us into who we are for a life time. This essay will discuss the coming of age (problems of youth) as depicted in Willa Cather’s (1905) Paul’s Case and J.K. Rowling’s (1998) Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets. Paul’s … Continue reading A Prose Fiction: The ‘Coming of Age’ and the Problems of Youth