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Early narratives— The Odyssey (Odysseus as the archetypal heroic boy‑turned‑man) and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer —established a template: curiosity paired with moral testing, culminating in a rite‑of‑passage that affirms social order. Ethan’s heart hammered