Innocence, By Bonnie Cohen

Innocence Bonnie Cohen does a magnificent job in directing this heart-wrenching film on rape and sexual harassment. The consequences set for hubris sexual predators are less than ideal for the victims in “Audrie and Daisy”. Cohen explains to us the details of this horrendous act in a cacophony way and is also a great example of bildungsroman. Despite her trials, she grows as a person. She lives day by day relying on the support of her family and friends. Daisy continuously hopes that justice will soon be served to the boy who sexual abused her. But, being the grandson of a town official may have an effect on the leniency provided to the oppressor. Daisy feels as if it is her fault as she is the one who is blamed for the act committed by Matthew Barnett. Living in a small town where Daisy and her family felt safe. Everyone in the town knew each other. Daisy had already lost her father, that was her terrible teenage tragedy, nothing else bad was supposed to happen to her. Her family was terribly upset from the loss of Daisy’s father. The whole town knew Daisy and her antagonist. Multiple baby pictures are shown of Daisy throughout her interview. Bringing all of this together, I realize the innocence of Daisy Coleman. The town blamed her for what happened to her. To the town, it was her fault. She did not ask to get raped, she was an innocent child. Analyzing the baby pictures, I come to
Barnett gets no jail time and is capable of living his life with no regrets. Her baby pictures show her innocence and how what happened to her was not her fault. She was helpless and fell victim to sexual harassment. It is unfortunate that her attacker is the grandson of a town official and that no one in her town wants to believe that something this terrible could happen. Although she felt helpless and was blamed for something she had no control over, she grew