Mark Twain (considered one of America's most famous authors)...
Answer:
Stage 1, Infancy:A helpless baby, just crying and throwing up.
Stage 2, Schoolboy:This is where his formal education starts but he is not entirely happy with school. His mother is ambitious for him and has washed his face thoroughly before sending him off to school but he goes very slowly and reluctantly.
Stage 3, Teenager:He’s grown into his late teens and his main interest is girls. He’s likely to make a bit of a fool of himself with them. He is sentimental, sighing and writing poems to girls, making himself a bit ridiculous.
Stage 4, Young man:He’s a bold and fearless soldier – passionate in the causes he’s prepared to fight for and quickly springs into action.
Stage 5, Middle-aged:He regards himself as wise and experienced and doesn’t mind sharing his views and ideas with anyone and likes making speeches. He’s made a name for himself and is prosperous and respected. As a result of his success, he’s become vain. He enjoys the finer things in life, like good food.
Stage 6, Old man:He is old and nothing like his former self – physically or mentally. He looks and behaves like an old man, dresses like one and he has a thin piping voice now. His influence slips away.
Stage 7, Dotage and death:He loses his mind in senility. His hair and teeth fall out and his sight goes. Then he loses everything as he almost sinks into death.
I agree with Shakespeare’s division of life into seven stages as everyone passes from these stages .
