Answer:
The correct answer is A: Being a teenager can be a difficult and confusing time.
Explanation:
"Growing Up" is a short story written by Gary Soto which describes how teenage years can be a difficult and confusing time. In this story, Soto describes a teenage girl who decides she is too old for family vacations. Through the story, the author discusses some very important teenage themes, as for example, growing up, loneliness and isolation, as the girl from the story (Maria) feels that she is old enough to separate from her family.
The story reflects the typical feelings, thoughts, and behaviors of a teenager, which can be explained with the following excerpt: "Her eyes filled with tears. For the first time in years, she hugged a doll, the one her grandmother Lupe had stitched together from rags to old clothes."
She was not ready to grow up yet.
