I woke up early on the material day I had set for my hunting experience as a young boy. Having tried hunting before as a young boy, I feared going through another experience of falling off from a tree and not getting hurt. I was sure to remain objective this time and hunt for what I wanted and not go on a tree climbing expedition like I did last. At my tender age of 9, I was sure to remain focused on hunting baby monkeys for the purpose of domesticating them. I pitied the baby monkeys because we were going to snatch them from their moms and family and bring them to our home for “better care” away from the cold. This was a childish thought but very interesting for me as a child. With a strapping on my body, I was indeed sure that what I needed was to hunt down the baby monkey, who I pitied a lot. There was no turning back from the expedition, even despite falling off from a tree from my first hunting trip. There were many myths and stories told to us about the dangers of going hunting as children or alone. None of these stories would put me down since we had to bring home the new guest. I was teased and received so many discouragements form my friends (Strauch, B. 2007). Having read a book, Northeast Philly Girls, the character Eunice was prepared to benefit from the living standards that her cousin Terri gave. A number of things made her fascinated and also encountered new experience. She was somehow determined to comprehend the lives of the people of high social class, and interacts with the locals. Therefore just like Eunice, I had the determination to be successful by not only making it to the forest to hunt, but to also bring home the baby monkey, which was my objective, notwithstanding the lack of experience whatsoever on my part. The eagerness to transition from boyhood to manhood was doubtful. I believed that my success in this hunting expedition was going to be a test to see if I had transitioned into being a man. I was