The Age of Innocence

popular topic that is constantly being discussed and argued about is the innocence of children and the effects of race on childhood innocence. Two authors, Robin Bernstein and Erica Meiners discuss this topic and provide an explanation and situations in which race was a key factor in determining the life stage and innocence of an individual. Bernstein published an article, “Let Black Kids Just be Kids”, about the innocence of kids based on race and the different perspectives on children…

Loss of innocence can be described as the psychological transformation in which an individual is exposed in a culture of agony and evil. The term “innocence” can also be interpreted as ignorance, or being sheltered from the reality of one's world. In some cases, innocence may be lost in one's life before it is meant to be lost; for example, a child losing their parents at a young age. The collection of short stories, Drinking Coffee Elsewhere, by ZZ Packer, discusses, at length, how people can…

Title: Subtitle Coming of age means when someone matures emotionally/spiritually, or in some other way. The importance of coming of age is a transition from childhood to adulthood. In Harper Lee’s novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” there are multiple examples of coming of age as Jem and Scout’s levels of maturity progress throughout the entire story. By the end of the novel, they viewed the world, as if they had a whole different pair of eyes. Coming of age is generally known to be a positive change.…

This article talks about a man who was convicted of raping and kidnapping two young girls, ages 14 and 11. I believe that this story displays loss of innocence when talking about the young girls. Rape is a crime that takes a personal toll on its victims. It limits the amount of trust the person is able to have, and keeps them living in constant fear. Children are able to function, knowing that adults are safe, and trustworthy. So when someone defies that trust is makes it hard to respect adults…

protector of the children which is a metaphor of him protecting the children from losing their innocence, this metaphor emphasises Caulfield’s obsession of keeping the younger children ‘pure’ and positions the reader to feel positive of his intentions towards the children. The protective feeling Caulfield has of the children demonstrates his own coming of age, that the exploration of the children’s innocence and how much he wants to preserve it indicates that he is growing up and reached a stage…

mental age than his actual age of 37. He then gets an operation to make him smarter also to increase his mental age. The doctors put him through tests with a mouse who had the same operation done, named Algernon, whom he has a deep connection with. Charlie starts to become very intelligent and starts to transition into what you would call a normal adult life for a very intelligent man. Algernon soon dies and Charlie begins to go back to his starting mental age and realizes he will…

and Scout to face, that ultimately change their views on the world and also help them grow as people. Through the use of child-like innocence and point of view, Harper Lee shows that the events in someone’s life, can lead to an early coming of age. Scout’s innocence is also used in To Kill a Mockingbird to show coming of age, Harper Lee mainly uses Scout’s innocence because Scout is younger than Jem and still does…

handle him. But within the course of the book, she looses a lot of her innocents. The novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Lee uses characterization to display that the loss of innocence as people are exposed to evil or harmful events. As Scout grows and gets exposed to more events that are harmful or evil her innocence slowly fades. A harmful event Scout is introduced to is name calling and how hurtful that can be. Scout asked her father, “what exactly is a nigger-lover?’ Atticus’s…

scout, a six-year-old who lives in Alabama, and their journey as she matures and grows up in a racist society. In the novel to kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee uses characterization to portray the loss of innocence and coming-of-age in youth as they're exposed to the world…

Good and Evil An illustrated collection of poems entitled, Songs of Innocence and of Experience, written and illustrated by William Blake shows a variety of perspectives. The innocent and pastoral world for a child pitted against a world of corruption and repression for adults. The same situation or problem is first presented through the perspective of a child and then shown from experience. The poem “The Lamb” is the counterpart for “The Tyger”, which shows two sides to the human soul: a bright…