Loss of Innocence Essay

A child’s innocence is not an object that be replaced. It is precious and valuable, and should never be tainted. A child is born with a veil of protection from the worst things they can be exposed to. Their innocence is what protects them. They are shielded from the outside world, and saved from the blackness of what they could fall into by the whiteness of the purity that protect them. It drapes them like a pair of fully formed angel wings that cradle them like a delicate rose bud. This small bud eventually blooms into its own self-sufficient flower that will grow in the direction of the sun. They will think for themselves, decide for themselves, care for themselves, and live for themselves. They eventually will realize the importance of the wings that drape them. They will understand that their wings shield them from the persecution and neglect of the people that can see the damage that blackens the feathers on their outsides. They realize that if anyone were to take these…

Tiffany Madison said “No one loses their innocence. It is either taken or given away willingly.” In The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, Holden is a young boy who is not willing to give way his own innocence. Salinger tells us that to grow up, is to accept loss of innocence. In order to grow up, one has to accept being phony at times, however, Holden refuses to do this showing he is not ready to grow up. At the beginning of the book, Holden introduces his brother D.B., who happens to be a…

The innocence of children is something to nurture and foster. When that innocence is lost, it can have devastating consequences. Sometimes, it comes in the form of young love and can be easily tainted like the love affair between Polly and Mr. Doran in “The Boarding House”. Often times it is seen in the simple thrills of small things such as the two children in “Barbie-Q”. The characters in both stories are in different situations but there are relatable similarities. In each situation, there is…

The meaning of innocence is primarily defined as a lack of guilt, with respect to any wrongdoing. In addition, it may be interpreted as an overall general lack of experience and naivety. In the novel, Maggie, a Girl of the Streets, written by Stephen Crane, innocence is portrayed through Maggie, who refuses to see the true cruelties of the world. Maggie is hopeful and naive, and preserves her innocence until driven to corruption and guilt. Throughout the novel, Maggie loses her innocence when…

On a casual glance, one would never expect the Songs of Innocence and the Songs of Experience to parallel Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein. The first two are books of poetry romanticizing the simplicity of nature over the rushed boom of the Industrial Revolution, and the later, a horror story about an articulate, yellow skinned monster that inspired a whole subgenre of fiction and films. The connections lie deeper than what a quick read can pick up; they’re in the fiber of the themes of distinction…

as his ideas on innocence and the preservation of it. He begins his stay in New York as a confused, cynical teenager and transforms himself into a young adult that is prepared for the world ahead of him. Holden's first day, or rather night, in New York City was one of confusion and sadness. He begins his eventful night by checking into a hotel, where he then sees a drag queen, dressing into women's clothing. He then peers into another room and sees two people spitting a drink on each other,…

A Perfect Night to go to China by David Gilmour, and A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah, both share and have differences in their elements of fiction. While David Gilmour’s fiction story and Ishmael Beah’s non-fiction story both follow the theme of the loss of innocence, Ishmael Beah’s story adheres more closely to these conventions by allowing its main character to mature, while David Gilmour’s character experience has no real growth. As understood when comparing both…

both prose in poetry is “loss of innocence”, which is seen in T.C. Boyle’s Balto and Gerard Manley Hopkins’s Spring and Fall. The story Balto shows its protagonist going through her own loss of innocence while dealing with a charge of drunk driving against her father. The poem Spring and Fall takes the form of an adult warning a child about the loss of innocence she will go through as she gets older. While both Balto and Spring and Fall share the theme of “Loss of…

The effect of war and the loss of Innocence on the human mind. The term “Losing one's innocence” has been largely discussed around the world and it can be interpreted in a multitude of ways. Some may take it as having new understanding of the world when some may attribute it to having experienced something that may change the way we see the world. Some examples may be when a child experiences such as the loss of a loved one which makes them realize that the world is not as happy as it may seem…

I chose this image to reflect the theme of loss of innocence because there are many symbols in this picture that revolve around the idea of growing up. The major symbol in this picture are the two leafs. The smaller leaf symbolizes your childhood life, and the bigger leaf symbolizes your adult life after you leave your youth shell. In other words, as humans begin to grow and develop they gain more knowledge and experience with them and learn things in the world around them. The leafs in the…