In the essay, "Next Door", the author writes about the story of an eight year old boy who is not at all matured for his age to make decisions but when his parents leave him alone at the house he was able to make mature decisions which shows that he was growing up. Paul, an eight year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard was left alone in the house. His parents and Paul live …showed first 75 words of 1870 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1870 total…which smelled in the air and were wondering how it came into his pocket. at the end we can see that Paul's parents specially her mother still thinks that Paul is not matured and a little boy "Little boys pockets," but we can see in the entire story that Paul decision are matured one and he had really grew up. sources: short fiction Classic and Contemporary (6th Edition) (Paperback) by Charles H. Bohner, Lyman Grant