Rebellion We often view ourselves not as who we are, but the way others expect us to be, or the way they see us. Unless we are able to break free from our restrictions our development can be prevented from becoming what we want to be. In the story "A Man Who Was Almost a Man", Dave is a young man stuck in between childhood and manhood. He just wants to prove to everyone that …showed first 75 words of 647 total…

…showed last 75 words of 647 total…lt;Tab/>Dave has concluded that they will never respect him and treat him like a man. This is when he knows that he has no choice but to leave and go somewhere others will accept him as a man. Dave gives up his home, his job, his education to be free. He finally realizes that being free means being the person he wants to be not what others want him to be.