Aaron Hackett Required Text: 4 Turner rite of passage

Turner defines rite of passage has consisting of separation, margin and reaggregation. The factor of time is never addressed in this definition. I believe this is because they can occur over any amount of time depending on the situation. A person might experience all of these things within an hour or a year. For example if a person were hanging out with a group of friends and does something that is not common to the group he is separated. The person would then begin the margin stage where they are lost, no longer a part of the group they thought they were inseparable from. Now free from his past structure, the individual now has the ability to view his position in the group differently and reaffirm himself in the group as a different person. As far as the longer time period of a year, a pilgrimage on the Appalachian Trail is a deliberate separation. Once on the trail it would be impossible to not participate in the liminality imposed by lack of society. Upon returning home, the pilgrim will have learned many things and approach his life differently.