Everybody rite of passage is to leave home and return at some point in their life. In the text “Departure” and “Up the Coolly” it explains how the characters of each story goes on a journey, either to come home or going away, that builds up mystery and tension in each story. In Sherwood Anderson, short story “Departure” the narrator builds up mystery by emphasizing the events leading up to George Willard’s journey. According to the story, “…been awake thinking of the journey he was about take and wondering what he would find at the end of his journey” (Anderson 2). This shows that the narrator is trying to give mystery on the events that might take place on his adventure. Secondly in Hamlin Garland story “Up the Coolly” the narrator builds
