Innocence

during the great depression, Harper Lee uses symbolism, which is using a object to represent an idea, such as the mockingbird. The mockingbird stands for innocence and purity. In her novel To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee uses Arthur ‘Boo’ Radley, Tom Robinson, and Mayella Ewell as human “Mockingbirds” to contribute to the overall theme of innocence and purity. First, Lee uses Arthur ‘Boo’ Radley as a Mockingbird, Boo Radley’s a adult who has the mind of a child, therefore he is scared of…

“She had not known the weight until she felt the freedom” (Hawthorne 174). In The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Hester Pyrnne a young, beautiful woman moves to Boston without her husband Roger Chillingworth. She commits adultery with Arthur Dimmesdale, and consequently suffers pregnancy with her daughter Pearl. After the town isolates Hester, especially because she does not reveal the identity of her lover Dimmesdale, who is the town’s minister. As Hester’s punishment, she wears an A…

Nobody should ever be ignored. In It’s a Wonderful Life, angels were sent to save George’s life, people cared about George, and George knew he was important. It’s a Wonderful life displays that each life is important through sending an angel, getting to see what life was such as without you, and and by knowing you are cared for. An angel was sent from the universe to prevent George from committing suicide. The angel, Clarence, was sent to look after George. In a way, Clarence risked…

Mesmerized by the internal need to preserve the innocence in the world around him, Holden ventures off on a life-changing journey to grasp the unattainable, the need to prevent children from maturing. With the unfortunate past events in his life guiding the way, Holden embarks on a mission to prove to the world that he can make his inflated dream a reality by protecting the youth from the impurities of adulthood. Being the catcher in the rye is more than just a job that Holden wants; it is the…

The destruction of innocence is a huge topic in Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird, the collage that I made portrays the book's theme immensely, while also showing the mistakes of small town civilians and the hushing of diversity within them. Courage is expressed by multiple characters in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. The photos that I have used in my collage show courage in such a powerful way, as Atticus facing the rabid dog. Although Atticus had a rifle, he's an elder guy, his…

In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee portrays many of the characters as the joyful songbird being killed of their innocence. Boo Radley is a mockingbird throughout the book as he is only ever gentle and kind towards the children, it is the perception the town gives him, killing his innocence. The ignorant killing of Tom Robinson relates to the killing of a mockingbird, as like a mockingbird all Robinson brought into peoples’ lives was kindness and joy. Once the trial is over twelve-year-old Jem…

AGE OF INNOCENCE By Edith Wharton Character Map : In 1870 how the rich people spending their life ,one of its glimpse shown in Age of Innocence.strong and rich people make their own rules for society,and they were strong obeying that rules and someone or something goes against it they become sad.. The Age of Innocence is the story of a troubled marriage ,Newland Archer is the hero of this novel,one day he came to theater to meet people but there he saw a beautiful girl named “May welland”…

Later, Beah reflected that as a boy soldier, his “innocence had been replaced by fear and we had become monsters. There was nothing we could do about it” (Beah 55). “There is a feeling that war destroys and distorts all social relations so that those who are children during this time cannot help but be part of generations faced with the loss of innocence” (Berry 102). The Social Science and Medicine journal reported that “Children formerly associated with armed forces and armed groups have lost…

Amy Lynn Carter, born on October 19, 1967, emerged into the public eye as the daughter of the 39th U.S. president, Jimmy Carter, and his wife, Rosalynn Carter. Her childhood was spent in the White House during her father’s presidency, captivating the nation’s attention. Early life and education Amy Carter, born on October 19, 1967, in Plains, Georgia, began her journey in the spotlight. Growing up, she lived in the Georgia Governor's Mansion in Atlanta after her father was elected governor. Her…

individuals might prevent the loss of their childhood innocence. Born with compassion, people tend to act more kind in the years of their youth; however, as individuals age, expectations, judgements, and corruption haunts and creates obstacles in their lives. In Charles Dicken’s 19th century novel, Great Expectations, and J. D. Salinger’s classic literature, The Catcher in the Rye, they both highlights the importance of preserving childhood innocence in order to create a healthy development of…