Innocence in The Catcher in the Rye Not too many people in this world can be labeled as truly innocent. Nowadays‚ there is always something wrong with people. Some try to keep their innocence; however‚ innocence cannot be kept. In The Catcher in the Rye‚ Holden Caulfield does not want to realize that everyone has to grow up. J.D. Salinger writes a beautiful novel by using several literary and rhetorical devices to convey the theme of innocence. For example‚ Holden wants to stay young and never grow
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Loss of Innocence As we grow as a person to a part of society we learn about many different things‚ we learn how to cope with different situations in order to form into different individuals. We start seeing things from a different perspective and start forming our own opinions of people‚ situations and the world in general. As many would think that this is the process of growth; it is also a loss of innocence. It is an aspect of coming of age or an experience in a child or person’s life that makes
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The Loss of Innocence The concept of innocence is one that is applied to childhood. Children‚ for example‚ are innocent because they have not been tainted by the idea that the world is not as it seems to be. But‚ as children grow up and mature fully into adults‚ the loss of this pure quality of innocence begins to be noticed in a person’s life. As this awareness comes forth‚ it shows that life is not always easy‚ it is complicated and there will be tough moral decisions that have to be made
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enters this world with the same level of innocence. Whether that innocence is kept throughout one’s life depends on their specific circumstances. In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ a classic novel by Harper Lee‚ mockingbirds are symbolic of people who “don’t do one thing but sing their heart out for us” (Lee 119). In other words‚ mockingbirds are people who are innocent and defenseless‚ but their innocence is affected by the evil deeds of others. Dill Harris’ innocence is lost when he witnesses the inequality
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I am merely a pawn‚ a pawn in a game that has spiralled out of control‚ a game of life and death. My innocence surrendered to the ceaseless events‚ my sleep masked with tortured dreams like the shadows that cover the night sky. With the blanket of darkness‚ my tongue mutters for itself when I say the guilt of a man’s blood is leached within the creases of
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In William Blake’s Songs of Innocence and Experience‚ the gentle lamb and the dire tiger define childhood by setting a contrast between the innocence of youth and the experience of age. The Lamb is written with childish repetitions and a selection of words which could satisfy any audience under the age of five. Blake applies the lamb in representation of youthful immaculateness. The Tyger is hard-featured in comparison to The Lamb‚ in respect to word choice and representation. The Tyger
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In The Age of Innocence‚ Edith Wharton uses the minor character Ned Winsett‚ to contrast with the protagonist‚ Newland Archer. Newland Archer is a young lawyer from a rich New York family‚ living by conventions and sticking to the social order‚ on the other side of the spectrum is Ned Winsett‚ an unconventional journalist. While Archer is rich‚ Ned is poor; Archer thinks Ned is free to do whatever he pleases and is not held down by a strict social life like him. Ned Winsett serves as a character
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The innocence of childhood is eventually ripped away from us all. In J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye Holden Caulfield wishes to dedicate his life to preserving the innocence of everyone. Holden wants to save what was so cruelly ripped away from him with the death of his brother. Holden at first believes that he can be "The Catcher in the Rye‚" but he eventually comes to understand that it is both impossible and wrong to attempt such a thing. At first‚ Holden wants to dedicate his life to
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blue jay is loud and obnoxious‚ the mockingbird only sings other birds’ songs. Therefore‚ the mockingbird is seen through the other birds. Tom Robinson is as innocent as a mockingbird. The people of Maycomb only knew Tom Robinson by what others said about him. He does not really have his own "song"‚ so he is characterized by other people’s viewpoints. Tom is an innocent man. Chopping wood and doing whatever he could for Mayella Ewell was Tom Robinson’s only crime. Just like Boo Radley‚ he never
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killers that are stripped of their feelings and opinions of what’s right or wrong. They view them as objects detached from society to carry out the orders of their superiors without fear of coming home safe. However the symbolization of “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien is used in a way that is similar to “The Red Convertible” by Louise Erdrich because they both show that there is much more to it than that. Both stories symbolizes that soldiers aren’t simply mindless emotionless killers but
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