Innocence Project

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…

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…

after being rescued, the future lives of Ralph, Roger, and Simon will be examined. After being rescued, Ralph begins a plummet into insanity. His charisma on the island soon caused him to lose his mind with nobody to follow him. After seeing the innocence of the boys escape their souls and release the evil within. It is this evil…

In many ways, childhood innocence is like blindness. Children are sheltered from the world’s bitterness, giving them a false, but blissful perception of reality. They are, in essence, blind to the tragedies that surround them. When a child is corrupted by the true but harsh nature of the world, they forever lose their idealistic safety and leave its blindness. In the Catcher in the Rye, J. D. Salinger explores the idea that the permanent, sometimes painful loss of innocence is an inevitable…

Innocence is a character trait in The Outsiders that is portrayed quite often in the novel. Innocence is when one person is not guilty of something or un-aware of something. Sometimes innocence can make people vulnerable to bullying or making mistakes. Many different action and scenes happen in The Outsiders and innocence is a big part of it As Innocence is in The Outsiders many times there are more specific times where it happen more often. First is when the “greasers” get jumped by the Socs…

kill a mockingbird’”(119), and that is deeply proven as the mockingbird is a symbol to represent Tom Robinson and how killing an innocent black man is wrong. Especially when they were the ones subjected to a crime. Since the mockingbird represents innocence, it can also be used to represent Boo Radley. Boo Radley was wronged by his father after an innocent child prank in which he was simply part of…

was hard to understand the ways somebody lived. The other main theme was Innocence, which a mockingbird represented. The main characters, Jem, Scout, and Dill, all have to encounter these main themes at some point in their lives in the story. Innocence is like a fragile gem, cherished and worshipped. Until by some mishap or mistake, it’s broken, and once it shatters, it’s impossible to piece back together. (Thesis) Innocence is a main theme in TKAM and it is shown by many things in the story…

Maycomb is a small, sleepy town. The children know that their ancestors all started in Maycomb. For them, Maycomb is the whole world. Nothing exciting goes on there, so they seem to make things appear to be more exciting to entertain themselves. Lee uses this sense of boredom and sleepiness present in the town to create a sense of surprise and interest as Maycomb turns out to be anything but boring in the events that happen during the novel. Everyone in Maycomb gets along fine, but they create…

Retaining Innocence In Robert McCammon’s Boy’s Life, Cory Mackenson reflects “the murderer had handcuffed my father to that awful moment in time just as the victim had been handcuffed to the wheel” (McCammon 31). By this point Cory had accepted the murder as much as he could, given the circumstances. Despite this, the quote shows that his dad had not able to do so. This in turn illustrates to the reader the importance of holding on to one’s innocence. Throughout Robert McCammon’s Boy’s Life,…

Hana Brady It is sad what Hana Brady had to endure and how she died during the Holocaust. Hana Brady was born on May 16, 1931 (“Hana and George Brady.”) in Nove Mesto. She had blond hair and blue eyes. Hana went to a public school with her older brother, George (“Hana Brady”). Hana liked wrestling with George, sneaking candy from the family's store and swinging from the tree in her front yard (G, Julia.). When Hana was in third-grade, things began changing. She was no longer allowed to go…