The Age of Innocence

depression. The victim in the visual did not also have to be a child sense bullying is a trouble in all age groups. The creator picks a child for the visual however because it will make the argument more personal for the audience. Mostly everyone has a child in their life in some way or another. Children are one of the biggest symbols of innocence as well. To see in the image that child’s innocence being replaced by an apprehensive look is very powerful. The gray backdrop along with the sky blue…

The theme of coming of age sparks knowledge into political realities within the short story “in the shadow of war” by Ben Okri and social realities within the short story “boys and girls” by Borden Deal. “In the shadow of war” takes place in West Africa in Nigeria during the Nigerian civil war. The narrator, being a young boy (Omovo) and the protagonist of the story has been told about the incoming eclipse by his father. When Omovo follows a mysterious veiled women into the woods, he witnesses…

shapes his personality and his outlook on the world. Holden’s loss turns him into a bitter, sarcastic teen, with a penchant for protecting the innocent. J.D. Salinger’s the Catcher in the Rye utilizes casual diction, pessimistic tone and symbols of innocence to portray the effects of traumatic loss during adolescence. Holden loses his younger…

society and culture. This changes the portrayal of the child to one of innocence, whose situation is not by choice but by societal tensions. The child is seen to be wearing clothing which is clearly too big, this implies one of two things, either the child is not an age appropriate size due to malnutrition, or due to the economic status of the country in which he is living and the financial status of his family, they are unable to afford clothes which fit properly, further providing evidence…

Holden expresses this detriment vividly with his strange affection for Allie’s baseball mitt, the red hunting hat and his desperation to combat the corruption of childhood innocence. To Holden, Allie was the epitome of childhood innocence and his image, the memory of his little brother “is preserved forever in death.” (Han) In order to remember and honor his little brother, Holden hopelessly attempts to sustain this purity during a time where society expects…

possess that pure, unadulterated quality of childlike innocence, the capacity to trust people unquestioningly, and to assume the best of human nature. I used to wonder why most people lose their innocence as they age. I wondered why people start to suspect each other, assume the worst from each other, and guard their personal interest with such fierce tenacity. What could possibly have happened between the intervening years of childhood innocence and adult cynicism? This seemingly silly…

To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel filled with the persecution of innocent people represented as mockingbirds. The Author, Harper Lee, created a community of people who are persecuted, judged, and attacked despite their innocence. Lee uses the mockingbird as a symbol of innocence. In the book she says mockingbirds are innocent and commit no evil act. The birds only sing their songs for people to hear. The people of Maycomb are no exception, they live out their days minding their own business…

James Joyce’s “Araby” and Rivka Galchen’s “Wild Berry Blue” are distinctly parallel due to Joyce’s and Galchen’s use of their respective protagonist’s folly and epiphany to depict the transformation from innocence to knowledge. In contrast, John Updike utilizes these same elements to illustrate society’s confining nature and the effects of nonconformity. The authors reveal the folly of their respective protagonist through the protagonists’ infatuation or obsession with a person that cannot…

The everyday life of a child consists of being able to play, laugh, have fun and be with their friends. The innocence of a child is like nothing else and childhood can be referred as the best times of a person’s life considering they didn’t worry much. The Beauty Pageant Industry can destroy a child’s chance to live a carefree lifestyle by bringing health risks while damaging their self-image as well as exploiting the child. Beauty pageants are very well known due to “Miss USA” and “Miss…

throughout her best-selling novel that a changed perspective and a loss of innocence fly side by side. In the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee explores the idea of changing perspective through the staggering differences between the innocent views of a child, and the more cynical, realistic views of those close to adulthood. One way Lee explores the idea of changing and contrasting perspectives is through Jem’s loss of innocence. An initial author choice that clearly expresses a shift…