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    In the film‚ ‘Mean Creek’‚ directed by Jacob Aaron Estes‚ a character I disliked was Marty. I disliked Marty due to his oppressive nature towards his friends and peers. This characteristic is clearly shown through visual techniques whilst travelling down the river and also through verbal techniques such as what he says to his peers (dialogue). Marty’s oppressive nature and the harsh form of leadership towards others are key elements surrounding the death of George and how the group react after the

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    Film Report ’Mean Creek’ In the film ’mean creek’ directed by Jacob Aaron Estes. we see a group of teenagers who try to play a trick on the bully in the movie‚ but it goes horribly wrong. A main idea in the film is the way the relationships change between everybody from the start to the end of the movie. The director uses 4 aspects‚ sound‚ lighting‚ camera shots and dialogue‚ to communicate the theme of change in friend/relationships. The director uses camera shot‚ lighting and sound in the

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    “My dad once told me‚ people who don’t smoke are missing out‚ then it came to me‚ that people have different approaches on what ‘missing out’ really means‚” tying together people’s false judgement on Salinger missing out‚ by staying isolated(One). Communicating the same idea‚ Salinger is secluded from society‚ and doesn’t want to be affiliated in any way. Throughout the story‚ Catcher in the Rye ‚ there is a young boy named Holden‚ that embodies the same emotions Salinger has experienced and still

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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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    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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    In the film ‘Mean Creek’‚ the director Jacob Aaron Estes uses visual and verbal techniques to successfully convey the main idea of loss of innocence; this idea is relevant today to teenagers and shows their actions due to it. The main idea is presented to the viewer in three vignettes; banks of the river‚ burial site‚ and taking the police to the burial site. In the vignette ‘Banks of the river’ the director successfully displayed the use of verbal and visual techniques to show the relevant idea

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    Describe an important idea in the text. Explain how visual and/or verbal features showed you that this idea was important An important idea in the film Mena Creek‚ directed by Jacob Aaron Estes in the Loss of innocence/Coming of age because when within the film almost every character where they don’t change a lot and think about it up until George’s death they’re changed a lot and they think about like a mature and adult person of how to treat this new situation in front of them. We can see

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