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    Society is filled with corrupt adults‚ which makes it inevitable for the loss of childhood innocence as children enter into the adult world. Some say that society can change and take a turn for the better‚ and though it may not be filled with honest‚ pure hearted people‚ it can be more genuine and more about the heart and less about success and materialistic pursuits. Others say that society cannot change and that it will continue to be corrupt and filled with selfish individuals‚ regardless of

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    many 18 year olds off to fight for their country-when most had never picked up a gun. The question always remains‚ whose war are we fighting? In Tim O’Brien’s short story "The Things They Carried" there are many examples of the psychological loss of innocence of a young soldier. Similarly‚ in Louise Erdrich’s "The Red Convertible‚" the reader becomes acquainted with the effects of war after returning home. In both works the trauma that a young soldier experiences is made painfully real. In essence

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    In "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles‚ it is evident that Finny and Leper undergo the most traumatic experiences from the Class of 1943. Through these experiences‚ both characters lose much of their innocence and naivety. Finny‚ upon learning of the existence of the war and Gene’s moment of hatred‚ learns to accept realities and perceive the world as it is‚ not as the perfect childlike image he wants it to be. However‚ when Leper enlists in the army‚ he quickly begins to have hallucinations because

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    A Loss of Innocence Should Never be Taken Lightly War is a hellish battleground where many lives are taken. In war there is constantly images and events that happen which can change a soldier’s life forever. In the book All Quiet on the Western Front Remarque uses the symbols of boots‚ butterflies and horses to advance the main theme in the novel‚ that war takes young men’s innocence away. When a soldier begins his first training camp or when he kills his first man‚ his boots are there warming

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    I argue that in When You’re Six‚ Nice Rodriguez expresses the rage of the loss of innocence‚ deprivation of basic rights and emotion struggle a six-year old girl goes through‚ for being a butch‚ by using the pronoun‚ you in telling the story to make readers personalize it. In the very beginning‚ the character is represented as an abnormal six year child who knows is a butch and should act and react unique. As illustrated‚ butches are expected to be fearless‚ emotionless‚ strong‚ girls when a girl

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    spans his adult life” (Shmoop Editorial Team). Some of his beliefs were that peace and tranquility should be present in the world. Salinger also sensed that we all once had innocence when we were children. The way Salinger felt he could express this feeling was through his writing and he reflects the loss of peace and innocence in a Perfect Day for Bananafish. When Seymour was spending time with a child named Sybil‚ Seymour was content and had peace.The reader would be able to infer Seymour liked

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    Children and Innocence

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    9. May‚ 2013 Children and Innocence Hold on to your innocence for as long as you can because you never know when it is going to slip away. In the novel The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger the main character‚ Holden Caulfield‚ is revealed through multiple interactions with children. The bitter side as well as the more caring side of Holden is revealed at different moments in the novel. Ever since the death of Holden’s brother Allie‚ he has never been the same and is forced to grow up too fast

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    Innocence and Experience

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    Innocence and Experience What does it mean to “lose” one’s innocence? Some may say innocence is lost when the belief in Santa Claus has vanished or when parents let their children have a sip of their bitterly harsh grape juice. Innocence could be lost along with the loss of pure virginity. That being said‚ is innocence even something that is lost‚ or did it even exist in the first place? A baby is in their mother’s womb; a place where they are sheltered from all the horrors of the world. Once

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    not until we grew older that we began to lose our innocence with every new experience. Growing older means taking responsibility‚ accepting and overcoming life’s hardships and understanding oneself. So as we reach adulthood we begin to question when the conversion from innocence to experience occurs and what causes and marks this coming of age. In the novel They Poured Fire on Us From The Sky‚ the characters and plot prolong the opposition of innocence and experience and show us how they continuously

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    Innocence in a Child

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    the future. This innocence leaves us free to enjoy ourselves as few adults can. The day we fret about the future is the day we leave our childhood behind” (Rothfuss). Young children are full of innocence‚ which is a known fact. When still in childhood innocence they mostly see in black and white. They see everything as either right or wrong. Yet some children have to grow up faster than others. In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ there is a theme of loss of childhood innocence. Jem Finch‚ Scout’s

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