Individual Assignment for Seminar on Literature course. It's not finished. Sorry for unmentioned credits.

1. THE INSIGNIFICANCE OF THE NATURE OF AGE IN
BENJAMIN BUTTON’S CHARACTER AS REFLECTED IN
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
Hilga Clararissa AS.
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2. Background of the Study
• In many aspects in life, people always associate
maturity with old age. When someone is old enough
then he is said to a grown up, meaning that he is
mature. However, as the era of modern age continues,
we can not simply tell the behavior of being an adult is
determined by the age. This aspect of adultness can
not be seen merely from his age, but also the changing
of mind set from a childhood to a gentleman. Thus, it is
interesting to observe how people is old yet not
mature enough and also the opposite, young but
responsible enough to be a full grown. In that case, I
would like to reveal the insignificance of the nature of
age in Benjamin Button’s character as reflected in The
Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

3. • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a short story written
by F. Scott Fitzgerald and first published in Colliers Magazine
during 1921. It was subsequently anthologized in his book,
Tales of the Jazz Age, which occasionally is published as The
Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Other Jazz Age Stories.
• The story is about a man who is born old and ages backwards.
• The story explores the way that age dictates identity; how old
we are has quite a bit to do with who we are. Furthermore, it
also reveals that not just where physical appearance is
concerned.
• "Benjamin Button" reminds us that age is not, after all, just a
number.
• In "Benjamin Button" it is abundantly clear that our physical
age determined our character.

4. Problems of the Study
• What does "The Curious Case of Benjamin
Button" teach us about the nature of age?
• How is the insignificance of the nature of age
reflected in Benjamin Button’s character?

5. Purpose of the Study
• To reveal the lesson of the nature of age in
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
• To describe the insignificance of the nature of
age reflected in Benjamin Button’s character.

6. REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
• Definition of Adultness