What do you feel is the significance of the title?
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There is a song by Anthony and the Johnsons with that same title, "For Today I am a Boy." Some of the lyrics:
One day I'll grow up, I'll be a beautiful woman.
One day I'll grow up, I'll be a beautiful girl.
One day I'll grow up, I'll be a beautiful woman.
One day I'll grow up, I'll be a beautiful girl.
But for today I am a child, for today I am a boy.
For today I am a child, for today I am a boy.
For today I am a child, for today I am a boy.
One day I'll grow up, I'll feel the power in me.
One day I'll grow up, of this I'm sure.
One day I'll grow up, I know whom within me.
One day I'll grow up, feel it full and pure.
But for today I am a child, for today I am a boy.
For today I am a child, for today I am a boy.
For today I am a child, for today I am a boy.
Read more: Antony And The Johnsons - For Today I Am A Boy Lyrics | MetroLyrics:
http://www.metrolyrics.com/for-today-i-am-a-boy-lyrics-antony-and-the-johnsons.html
Editor's Note: Here's a link to a recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X89Svt0TS8Y
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Kim Fu quotes the song in her epigraph. Thanks, dianec, for the recording link.
Some of us grow into ourselves in a dramatically different way than we were expected. Some of us grow into ourselves in a way that does not veer far from expectations. Either way, today's self is different than tomorrow's, and we can only hope that tomorrow's comes a little closer to our best and most fulfilling.
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Thanks for the lyrics. The epigraph gives the reader a glimpse of the significance. After I completed the story, I think the title is fitting - to me the significance is Peter's dilemma. Peter wants to be a beautiful woman; knows in his heart that he is but for today he is unable to express this gender. There is hope in the song's lyrics.
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