How Does Frank Lose His Innocence

I think that Gene does kill his innocence. I think this because even though he didn't mean to have finny fall of the tree, the way he did it made it look like he was trying to. Because of the way that he made it look he got blamed for trying to make finny fall of the tree. Know because of what he did he has to lose his innocence because he did something that was not innocent, which ruined his reputation of being innocent. Another way that Gene killed his innocence is that when he yelled at finny about always trying to make him do bad on his test by making him quit studying and having him go out and do something sporty. By doing this he made himself look like a fool because finny thought that he didn't need to study, but he also killed his

In J.D.Salinger’s novel, Catcher In The Rye, Holden Caulfield, the main character of the novel, is a walking paradox who desires to hold onto his innocence and ,in his mind, thinks that people who lose their innocence will either turn into a “phony” or a “jerk”. During his journey towards trying to preserve his innocence Holden affected his desire to hold on to his innocence through his action, such as his experience with a prostitute named Sunny, his interaction with Sunny shows him that most of the world of adults is just an illusion. Another person who affects Holden desire is his 10 year-old sister Phoebe Caulfield, his interaction with his sister phoebe shows how it’s ok to lose your innocence because with the loss of that innocence you

While it isn't made clear what age the main character Tony is in “Tony's Story” by Leslie Marmon Silko, it is clear that he faces two moments that can be considered a loss of innocence. These are when Leon is attacked by the policeman, and when he later kills that same policeman. In the first instance, Tony was faced with an authority figure who acted violently and cruelly in a manner that he was not expecting. This moment taught him of the evil in the world and it led him to associate the policeman and his actions with those of witched. In his mind, it is the policeman, or witch, that has upset the balance in nature and brought the drought upon the land. While Leon keeps talking about his rights, Tony only sees the policeman as an evil

the story. Also, he soon realized that some people have changed, including a class mate named

Before the party, Jared was all about girls, grog and mates. After the incident he changes significantly, he doesn?t want to go to school

Throughout the book Wiesel’s he loses his innocence do to violins and traumatising actions by the Nazis . At first he is a good kid who practices his religion a lot and, towards the middle of the book he completely changes he loses his innocence because violence. Because of violence has been so traumatising to him as only a 15 year old , in his mind is nothing but an everyday thing because he goes through it almost everyday for example Wiesel States “I did not move.What happened to me?My father had been struck Before my very eyes And I had not Flickered and eyelid” This shows how for a 15 year old boy he has gone through many terrible things end changes All the violence that you was put through is just very normal to everyone now no one really

A Separate Peace by John Knowles is a book set in World War II that revolves around two main characters; Gene and Finny. They are best friends, but Gene does many things that causes Finny’s death. In the last part of the novel Gene says, “I killed my enemy there.” Many interpret him differently and say his enemy is someone like Finny. In an essay in Time magazine an author writes, “the enemy Gene killed, and loved, is the one every man must kill: his own youth, the innocence that burns too hotly to be endured.” The idea shown in the Time magazine essay that Gene killed his enemy, innocence, is likely considering that Gene caused Finny to get injured and die because of jealousy and the first hand trauma caused by the war.

Sixteen year old Simon is gay and hasn’t yet come out — until a classmate finds an email of his to Blue, a boy he likes and has been writing back and forth to anonymously from his school who might just like him too, and threatens to out him unless he helps him get a girl that Simon is friends with. Not wanting to screw up things with Blue or let someone else tell everyone that he’s gay, he goes along with it all while trying to navigate this growing relationship with Blue and shifting dynamics amongst his closest group of friends.

In that, in the first place, he is adamant and reluctant towards issues affecting other people. However, he manages to feel sad and compassionate for the future of the other students after witnessing the ordeal that his brother faces.

Throughout the novel, Sinclair evolves from being a sheltered child to being a broad-minded adult. As a child, he feels tied to his parents and to his Catholic beliefs. After being exposed to Kromer and Demian, he loses his innocence and starts becoming independent. As Sinclair grows, he realizes that there are many things he wants to do that oppose the beliefs he has been brought up by.

“Experience, which destroys innocence, also leads one back to it” As children age, and experience life, they lose their innocence. They learn the hard truths of society and how people work. Jem and scout are siblings living in the great depression with their father, Atticus in the town of Maycomb, Alabama. Atticus is a lawyer, and he is defending a black man by the name of Tom Robinson. Tom is clearly innocent, but with the prejudice of the town, the case is difficult.

Loss of innocence is one of the major elements of The Catcher in the Rye that make the novel so renowned. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger is about an adolescent named Holden who wanders around New York City after being kicked out of a prestigious boarding school in eastern Pennsylvania. While learning more about himself and the adult world, he experiences alcohol, prostitution, and sexuality. Holden struggles with issues such as identity and maturity. Eventually, he realizes what it means to become an adult and accepts that maturity and development is inevitable. Holden suffers from a loss of innocence when

starts school, which he begins at a later age than other boys because his mother

He is upset, and even frightened, but he finds his newfound intellectual ability more thrilling and keeps working hard.

The school he attends when he is a little older is a school by any means, but there is great turmoil. Often the older boys pick on the younger ones and while this may be brought to the attention of the director (the principle, headmaster etc.) the older boys would be punished but it would be so overlooked that as soon as they were finished being punished, they would return from their beatings and give them back tenfold to the young boys who told on them. This section is actually one of my favorite parts.