o that their own family and their future family would survive.The many responsibilities that the children were responsible for were usually tasks such as cutting wood, cooking, cleaning, and tending to any animals that the family may own. The boy in this poem has taken on so many responsibilities as a young child, that he is forced to mature into an older man in order to provide and keep his family alive. “Call it a day, I wish they might have said to please a boy by giving him the half hour that a boy counts so much when saved from work,” explains Frost. He shows here that this boy worked all day to provide for his family, and in order to get a little extra time to himself he worked extra hard. Not only did the young boys have jobs in the family but the young girls did also. Frost supports this idea by saying, “ His sister stood beside them in her apron to tell them ‘Supper.’” This shows that the young girl has cooked for the family and is taking responsibility of making sure everyone gets nourished. Not only does this represent the idea that children are expected to grow at a young age, but it also creates a contrasting view with today’s teens.Although Frost’s poem presents the idea of children working at a young age and then being expected to mature earlier in life, it is also able to compare to present day teenagers and how they are growing up at a very young age. Even though Frost’s poem “Out, Out—“ shows how children were working at young age, today’s children are growing up in a much different sense. Now they are having babies in their early teens, using drugs, and dropping out of school. After having a baby, using drugs, or dropping out of school, these teens face the real world and they are expected to grow up and mature for the ability to take on the responsibilities as an adult. These responsibilities are also the fault of the teenager but back whe...
