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    them and the people who would purchase toys from such a store that would sell a toy sail boat for over a thousand dollars. The theme of this story is very similar to the lesson Miss Moore is trying to teach the children. It is that through the loss of innocence and naiveté that poor black children can have a chance to stand up and fight for their piece of the pie. In "The Lesson" all the children come from poor families. They live in apartment buildings where drunkards who reek of urine live in the

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    Gene Forrester is the narrator of A Separate Peace‚ as well as the Protagonist. He tells the story as a flashback‚ looking back on his student days at the Devon School. Throughout the book‚ Gene is just like any other high school student who suffers from many typical teenage issues such as self- consciousness‚ jealousy‚ self- doubt‚ and not knowing who he really wants to be in life. When the story first begins‚ Gene is in his early thirties‚ visiting the Devon School for the first time in many

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    A Loss of Innocence Throughout the story Night‚ by Elie Weisel‚ the main character Elie slowly loses his innocence and sanity. At the beginning of the story‚ Elie is kindhearted and innocent. He would never harm anyone in any way‚ but towards the end of the story‚ he would kill a man if it meant getting an extra ration of bread or soup. Innocence can mean a multitude of things. It could mean that you are naïve to what is happening around you‚ it could mean that you would never hurt anyone in any

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    homeland French soldiers. Out of thousands and thousands of Jewish families‚ several individuals managed to escape the horrible torturous place that marked these innocent souls for life. According to Sarah’s Key written by Tatiana De Rosnay‚ loss of innocence is portrayed throughout the novel when the protagonist Sarah is forced

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    In the book‚ A Separate Peace‚ the author‚ John Knowles‚ writes to us a novel about war‚ but happens to focus more on the war within the human heart. This novel tells a story of two boys’ co-dependency during World War Two‚ and explores the difficulties with understanding the self during adolescence. Identity is complicated enough as the narrator‚ Gene Forrester‚ enters adulthood in a time of war‚ but a difficult friendship with a fellow student and rival leads to a further confusion of identity

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    In A Separate Peace‚ the author John Knowles explores the rivalry between teenagers in a military boarding school‚ who are preparing for the looming presence of World War II. The protagonist‚ Gene Forester and his friends‚ Brinker‚ Elwin and Finny‚ learns about the tribulations that come from leaving the innocence of adolescence and entering into the impure world of adulthood. John Knowles explores how rivalry perpetuates and embeds hatred and jealousy leading to a divide between people. The theme

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    Loss of innocence In every child’s life‚ there is a certain time in their life when they lose their innocence. Young or old‚ it is inevitable when it will happen. In William Golding’s “Lord of the Flies”‚ he conveys the idea of how the group of boys slowly begins to lose their innocence and resort to savage‚ inhuman living conditions. Ralph fights for a community‚ a way that they can all live in harmony yet have a civilized structure in their society. On the contrary‚ Jack leads the group of

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    the theme of Innocence. Choose which character you want to analyze: Gordie LaChance; Chris Chambers‚ Teddy DeChamp or Vern Tessio Once you have chosen a character‚ decide what three characteristics you will focus on. Then consider how the characteristics identified relate to the theme of Innocence: Death of Innocence; Maturity‚ Loss of Innocence; Death of individual. Then write the paper. ( o Each paragraph should focus on each of the three characteristics and theme of innocence. Each body

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    In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird‚ loss of innocence is seen specifically with the characters of Jem Finch and Boo Radley. For Jem‚ who has watched his father try cases for many years‚ he believes that in court‚ justice prevails. He believes completely that Tom Robinson will be found innocent because Atticus has been able to provide reasonable doubt: Tom could not have beaten Mayella because he has no use of his left arm. However‚ justice is not served in the court trial: prejudice and bigotry

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    Becoming an adult‚ it requires responsibilities and maturity‚ but loss of innocence. In the novel‚ A Separate Peace by John Knowles‚ Gene returns to Devon after fifteen years‚ reminiscing about his experiences and memories as a sixteen year old boy during the war. Throughout the novel‚ Gene explains his growth from adolescence into adulthood through his eccentric friendship with Finny and the war’s impact on him. Gene considers Finny a confident‚ athletic‚ audacious and easily liked person. Often

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