that he is‚ inevitably‚ not normal as he comes from a different planet. With his true origin in mind‚ Clark starts to use his powers to do what is right and for the good of others. Clark’s indirect characterization is elicited through the trope innocence to experience in the first episode of Smallville. In the beginning‚ Clark is unsure of his powers - he is untested. He carelessly uses his powers because he does not understand the
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In S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders‚ the teenagers are faced with extremely mature issues. They are partially to totally scarred from what they experienced. They lost their innocence either by choice of by force. As a result of the dismal situations the characters in The Outsiders experienced‚ they have been robbed of their innocence and will be damaged for the rest of their lives. The reality of the world is very eye-opening and horrifying. Experiencing these realities at a young age can have negative
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Lord of the Flies: Loss of Innocence In the novel Lord of the Flies‚ written by William Golding‚ there is a loss of innocence in all of the boys. In the beginning‚ all of the boys‚ before they crashed onto the island‚ most of the boys were innocent. Since the boys had an absence of civilization and human nature‚ the boy’s behavior became brutal and rude. Throughout the novel‚ many characters gave in to their savage instincts. When Piggy says‚ “What are we? Human? Or animals? Or savages? What’s
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from the crowd and become an outsider. Tim Burton’s films fall under the outcast category. His films are unusually unique. In his films Alice in Wonderland and Edward Scissorhands Burton takes an original idea from his childhood and a common fairytale and pulls out the grim side of the story‚ yet still keeps the film’s child-like feeling. Alice‚ from Alice in Wonderland‚ and Edward from‚ Edward Scissorhands‚ are both characters that are treated as social pariahs and also see the world differently. Tim
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discrimination and racial segregation in the mid 1930’s‚ the time of the great depression. Harper cleverly gets across many themes in the novel such as social class‚ injustice‚ racial segregation and the strong influence on gender. A key theme is the loss of innocence especially to our main characters Jem and scout. Jem slowly loses it over time in the book as he matures into a young man however he is pushed along the way by some of the life experiences he endures. The main one been the point when he is distraught
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of tragic events which were to have a permanent and decisive impact on David and his parents. This chain of events were turn David’s young life and his family upside down forever which was to so quickly lead him out of childhood‚ destroying his innocence and youthful naivety in the process. However‚ David’s shocking revelations lead to his painful gaining
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Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland and Through The Looking-Glass And What She Found There by Lewis Carroll‚ Alice undergoes a kind of awakening or embarkation on a life journey when she enters Wonderland because she learns many things about life there that she would not have in the real world. When Alice meets the Caterpillar‚ the Queen of Hearts‚ and the Mock Turtle‚ she learns a lot about life‚ etiquette‚ and people’s personalities outside of her childish rules and learned manners. Alice matures and learns
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Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland C-uppsats Engelska Termin: Handledare: Examinator: Karlstads universitet 651 88 Karlstad Tfn 054-700 10 00 Fax 054-700 14 60 0 Information@kau.se www.kau.se VT - 11 Åke Bergvall Anna Linzie In the novel Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll‚ the protagonist Alice is a seven year-old girl. She falls down a rabbit-hole chasing a White Rabbit with a waistcoat and ends up in Wonderland‚ a place where logic no longer applies
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positive factor of one’s life; it can lead to the exclusion or segregation of individuals due to barriers that hinder efforts to belong. This is evident in Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible‚ Tim Winton’s short story Neighbours and Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland. It is evident in The Crucible that individuals will go to extreme lengths in order to find a place within their community. This results in what appears to be a sense
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Ponyboy changes a lot from when he is a at home to when he is hiding in a church on a top of a hill with Johnny. Ponyboy grows and matures in this book. Ponyboy grows during this book mentally and physically. In the book Ponyboy Loses his innocence‚ in the beginning of the book Ponyboy was a good student and he followed rules from his older brother Darry. But‚ towards the end of the story Ponyboy started to get himself into bad situations for example‚ he got attacked Socs and during that
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