Kylie Woodrum "Rites of Passage"

Turner explains the term rites of passage by describing the phases that people go through when they are experiencing a rite of passage. The first stage is separation in which the individual is symbolically separated from the group. The second stage is limen or margin in which the individual is between dimensions and is in a liminal state where they are uncertain if they will make it to the other side. The third stage is aggregation in which the individual makes it to the other side and returns to their normal routines of life. People go through rites of passages everyday. Some experiences are more symbolic than others, but each rite of passage is important because it represents the growth of the individual. People who are going through rites of passages think of what is to come in the future once they have reached the other side. I see it as a dreamland where they imagine how their lives will turn out once they have succeeded.