An initiation story’s plot is typically concerned with a protagonist’s experience that drives character development. More commonly it is concerned with the loss of innocence in a child adolescent. One example of this category of fictional writing is “Boys and Girls” by Alice Munro‚ in which a young girl found pride in helping her father breed and slaughter animals in a time and place where a woman’s role was to be married and tend to a family. After watching her father kill Mack‚ a horse the narrator
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There are several conflicts within the characters of Lord of the Flies. They all face internal and external conflicts. When they boys very first land on the island they are faced with an external conflict between themselves and nature. They are placed in an environment that is new and scary to them. They have to learn how to survive in the wild without any grownups. They also don’t have easy access to clean water‚ food‚ shelter‚ or clothing while faced with the hardships of the weather. I think
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determine whether or not they’re capable of losing their childhood innocence. Throughout the boys journey they come across many life threatening situations‚ which forces them to use survival instincts‚ that corresponds to their true personalities. The unique ways in which the boys handled the situations put forth in front of them‚ foreshadows whom they truly are as well as their individual abilities to lose their childhood innocence. Gordie‚ Chris‚ Vern and Teddy are all lower class boys who are
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The Lord of the Flies: Ralph’s Anguish One can not help but wonder which character in the novel‚ The Lord of the Flies‚ suffers the most. The author‚ William Golding‚ provides the reader with many characters which may lead to a possible solution. However‚ there is only one character that can fully embody the meaning of suffering‚ this character is Ralph. Ralph’s suffering can be observed in three incidents from the novel. First‚ Ralph is forced to give up his childhood in order to take responsibility
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2. What purpose do the two flashbacks to Ralph’s life on the edge of the moors serve? Ralphs two flash backs serve the purpose of showing that Ralph is desperately wanting to go home and misses how life was before landing on the island. It also shows that he is still able to remember things from civilization. The flashbacks are also what separates Ralph from the others‚ as he can remember and the others are slowly starting to forget about their previously life. 3. Why is it important that
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How does the extreme hardship and conflict of war affect an individual? War always takes a toll on the individual and leaves drastic changes to the human soul; this loss of innocence is a recurring motif and major theme throughout the novel. Erich Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front is one of the greatest war novels of all time. The story follows the protagonist‚ Paul Baumer‚ a young‚ artistic boy who enlists into the German army in World War I and challenges the false glorification of war
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to get away from war. On the way to their destination‚ the plane crashes and all of the adults are killed. The boys’ situation will change from being normal‚ to being alone with no adults. In the novel‚ Lord of the Flies‚ William Golding shows the loss of identity in the boys when they descend into savages because of their need for social structure. The boys hide their identities by covering their faces with paint‚ and wearing so called ‘masks’. When Jack and his gang cover themselves with paint
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Loss of Innocence in Burn my Heart Burn My Heart a novel by Beverly Naidoo portrays two boys of different races in a racist country. Mathew is friends with both Mugo and Lance. The biggest difference between Lance and Mugo is that Mugo is poor and has no friends while Lance is rich and very popular. Mathew needs Lance to be his friend so he gains some popularity whilst Mugo has always been his loyal friend. Mugo is always there for Mathew and he always listen to what Mathew wants sometimes giving
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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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According to https://www.simplypsychology.org/depression.html#‚ psychodynamic psychologists may suggest Ralph’s depression is on a biological level but is also the result of the loss or rejection of a parent. Further‚ they might explain his depression as him grieving the loss of an important relationship‚ his marriage. The primary focus might be on past traumatic events or the psychologist might theorize his depression is simply an over-inflated
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