Rite of passage-brandt 10

As turner discusses rites of passage, my mind immediatley shifted to the tribe we discussed in class with young boys who were forced to yank the hooks free from thier bodies. However, after i pondered the concept more closely i thought of similar situations more familiar in our area. Although not neccessarily located in a sacred place, many young men in the newpot news area are forced into intiations and rites of pasages into gangs and they too experience the all three stages turner describes. ALthough a very sad prospect, rites of passages are not always spiritual journeys but rather ones of intense pain and suffering.