Wizard of Earthesea always stuck out to me as one of the few coming of age stories in which the main character severely fucks up. He makes a HUGE mistake, owns up to it, and deals with it. Nobody kisses his wound and makes it better, he betters himself. It&#x27;s a story about bootstrapping life and dealing with your problems head on, I&#x27;ve never read another big story that deals with that idea. The base conflict in the book is Ged&#x27;s fault and nobody elses.