![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() They are then in charge of younger children and learn simple tasks including how to make pin-wheels and break open a coconut. They receive a simple education until about the age of five at which point they should, among other things, be housebroken and never address an adult in a standing position. As babies the girls are taken care of by children. She describes the evening as a lighter time when the Samoans dance and wander through the village together.Ĭhapter 3 focuses on what the girls learn as they’re growing up. She begins early in the morning, describing the men going to work, young boys fishing and girls giggling. In chapter 2, Margaret Mead describes a typical day in Samoa. Margaret Mead begins by explaining how difficult it is to study the affects of civilization on adolescents since they cannot be studied and controlled like plants and animals. Chapter 1 acts as an introduction to the book that gets the reader thinking about how each civilization affects the people within it. ![]()
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