Her childish innocence brings joy to Holden since it serves as a stark contrast to his dreary and depressing worldview. He is interested in preserving innocence and keeping childhood last forever‚ as seen in his desire to be the “catcher in the rye” figure‚ “[catching] everybody if they start to go over the cliff…[coming] out from somewhere
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significant. One never feels different on birthdays or at the start of new-year. That day I grew up‚ and I never felt the same again. I went and sat five pews from the front every day for thirty-three years‚ asking for forgiveness for the day I lost my innocence. My neighbour was my hero. I remember the day she had taken it off her wrist‚ and flicked it carelessly onto the cushions at the back of the couch. I hadn’t seen many before‚ and was startled at how the sight of it made my heart gallop within my
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A Journey Through Lessons Santiago goes on a journey from Spain‚ where he lives‚ to Egypt where he thinks he is going to find his treasure. On this journey Santiago learns to connect with the Soul if the World from the Englishman and from the Alchemist‚ he learns to trust his own intuitions from one of the camel drivers and from the pair of hawks‚ he also learns about true love from his father and from Fatima. First‚ Santiago learns to connect with the Soul of the World from the Englishman
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their parents‚ he receives abuse and bitterness. Consequently this means Johnny has no one to look for when he feels alone‚ which is a leading factor in what made him grow up quickly‚ thus losing his innocence at a young age. However‚ this is just one way that caused Johnny to suffer a loss of innocence.
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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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suffering permeates through Blake’s dolorous poem "London‚" which depicts a city of causalities fallen to their own psychological and ideological demoralization‚)which depicts a city of the picture of the exploitation and vulnerability of innocence . Innocence is devastated again and again. It is as if that England has stagnated morally and this moral degradation clearly expresses itself in the form of physically impaired children. Though the poem is set in the London of Blake’s time‚ his use of
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Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea‚ Santiago an old Cuban fisherman‚ after 84 days without a fish‚ catches the largest marlin ever seen in his waters and although he loses it to sharks he achieves a moral victory. What sustains him in his dire struggle is his intimate connection with nature‚ his relationship with the fish itself‚ and his complete devotion to his vocation as a fisherman. Though his gains and lost‚ maintain both challenges and soothe him. Santiago treats nature as a family. The sea
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In this book‚ the main character’s name was Santiago. As a young boy‚ his father had dreams for him‚ but Santiago had different ambitions for himself. Instead of becoming a priest‚ the boy told his father that he wanted to travel the world and become a shepherd. Sometimes‚ people have to stand up to their parents and tell them what they want to do with their life. Parents can help guide one’s life‚ but they cannot control his/her life. Likewise‚ in the book Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer‚ Chris McCandless
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marlin. For Santiago‚ the marlin was his biggest defeat while simultaneously his biggest lost. It brought out the best in him‚ his will despite the pain it caused him. I have experienced such a little piece of this world that it is laughable for me to even begin to attempt to discuss what in my life is my ideal opponent or brings out the best in me. Frankly‚ I have not yet found the best of myself. Similarly‚ I cannot say that I have a Manolin either. I lack an “apprentice”
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The Relevance of Flowers in The Age of Innocence In the book The Age of Innocence‚ Edith Wharton shows the struggles of a man to choose between the safety that following social rules provides‚ and the adventurous dangers of choosing what is regarded as "morally incorrect." The purity and security of social conventions is represented by the lilies-of-the-valley. In the language of flowers these lilies are the embodiment of the "[r]eturn of happiness" (354)‚ and therefore serve as a symbol for the
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