A White Heron Essay A rite of passage is a ritual or ceremonial act associated with a change of status for an individual. During a rite of passage a person goes through three stages. The first stage is separation. In this stage, the person is taken away from their home and familiar surroundings this symbolizes the death of childhood. The second stage is the transition. This stage is a period of testing physically, mentally, or …showed first 75 words of 571 total…

…showed last 75 words of 571 total…child would have given the heron’s secret to the hunter so that they could get the money. Sylvia looked beyond that and thought about what would be morally right. Sylvia has learned that she won’t always have people telling her what she should do and that she needs to make her own decisions even if that means she has to do the opposite of what her friends and family ask her to do.