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    Many people experience the loss of innocence every day because it’s just a natural thing. One way that people loss their innocence is through the violence of war. Most people in a war will come unto the fact that it’s a kill or be killed kind of thing. Everyone would naturally choose to kill another man and that’s how many people in a war end up losing their innocence. Another way that people lose their innocence is when they witness the death of someone else. In the book “Fallen Angels‚” Lieutenant

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    Innocence is usually associated with youth and ignorance. The loss of one’s innocence is associated with the evils of the world. However‚ the term "innocence" can be interpreted in a variety of ways. Similarly‚ the loss of one’s innocence can be interpreted in more than one way‚ and‚ depending on the interpretation‚ it may happen numerous times. The loss of innocence is culture specific and involves something that society holds sacrosanct. It is also bounded by different religious beliefs.

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    It has been said that innocence can be defined as the state or quality of being morally free from guilt or sin‚ through lack of knowledge of evil. I will examine pieces of literature that convey the loss of innocence to either a particular person‚ or a group of people. The first piece of writing I have chosen is‚ The Lord of the Flies by William Golding. In the middle of a war‚ a plane carrying a group of schoolboys crashed onto an island. The pilot had been killed‚ so that left the boys to fend

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    Andrew Yamin Scarlet Letter Analysis Loss of Innocence in the Puritan Society In the Scarlet Letter‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne hones in on the contrast between good versus bad and the loss of innocence that defies that line. Hester Prynne is a symbol of shame and sin to the puritan society‚ however she once was an innocent and honorable woman. On page 76‚ Hawthorne repeats the phrase “At her‚ child of honorable parents...At her‚ mother of a babe...At her.” This repetition emphasizes the way Hester

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    school‚ Pencey academy. From here he meets all sorts of people ranging from teachers‚ all the way down to prostitutes. Salinger’s loss of innocence is illustrated through

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    2.How does Ishmael Beah address the loss of innocence in A Long Way Gone? While Beah’s memoir is written largely in a matter-of-fact tone‚ he does use several devices to illustrate the theme of loss of innocence: use of flashbacks‚ symbolism‚ and nature motifs. Beah states plainly that his induction into the Sierra Leone military at the age of 13 was the end of his childhood. Although the violent pursuit of rebels across Sierra Leone traumatized Beah‚ it is not until he is turned into a killer

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    Patrick Walsh Mr. Krantz English 4‚ 4 9/23/12 Loss of Innocence Have you ever thought about a time in your life where you took your maturity to the next step? There are certain events that led up to the moment in your life where innocence is changed and you become closer to an adult. In the short story “The Flowers” by Alice Walker‚ Myop’s character proves that everyone reaches a point of change in innocence. Whether it is by choice or in growth‚ all ways require obstacles and new things

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    Loss Of Innocence In James Joyce’s Araby the boys loss of innocence may be confusing and even painful but at the same time it is important . It begins his journey into adulthood . The boy in Araby is experiencing something all young men experience ‚ the first crush . It is a time in his life where he is having new feelings‚ and trying to express those feelings to the object of his affection is next to impossible . Even the simple act of watching Mangan’s sister brings up emotions in the boy

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    In Zootopia‚ the authors use the loss of innocence to reveal how we as humans tend to look at a person and judge them by their looks‚ not by their heart. This means that humans tend to judge a “book by its cover”rather than actually finding out who they are. You will never know if they are nice and caring or mean and sad. In the beginning of Zootopia‚ Judy was in a play that was talking about how Zootopia is a place where every animal comes together. In the play‚ it states that “every young mammal

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    Loss of Innocence in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein Innocence‚ throughout time it is lost‚ varying from who and how much. Throughout the novel Frankenstein there is a central theme of loss of innocence‚ cleverly instilled by the author‚ Mary Shelley. This theme is evident in Frankenstein’s monster‚ Victor Frankenstein himself‚ and three other minor characters that lose their innocence consequently from the two major characters loss. Frankenstein’s monster is destined to lose all innocence as

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