The Importance Of Innocence In Wendy Cope's Reading Scheme

Gwen Harwood poems such as The Glass Jar and Prize-Giving illuminate concerns fundamental to human experience including life, death, spirituality and human fall from innocence explored abstractly through the prism of childhood experience. The use of binary opposites, metaphors, similes, musical motifs and biblical allusions allow for a multiplicity of responses and readings highlighting mythological, psychological, Freudian and feminist interpretation.

Themes in literary works are central, recurring ideas or messages that allow us to understand more deeply about the characters. It is a perception about life or human nature that is often shared with the reader. In The Catcher in the Rye, there are several themes that can be found in the words and actions of the narrator, Holden Caulfield. The dominating theme in this novel is the preservation of innocence, especially of children. We can see this throughout the novel, as Holden strives to preserve innocence in himself and others.

The poet uses many metaphors, repetition and morbid diction to illicit the response I had to this poem. Firstly, Butson compared the emotions and internal struggles of a

Eugenia Collier’s “Marigolds,” showcases Lizabeth’s tumultuous and painful transition from childhood innocence to the compassion one develops as an adolescent. As Lizabeth listens to her parents’ suffering in horror, she feels as though, “the world had lost its boundary lines. [Her] mother, who was small and soft, was now the strength of the family; [her] father, who was the rock on which the family had been built, was sobbing like the tiniest child” (Collier ). Before this moment, the situation of the poverty in her family is obscured by her childhood innocence-which she struggles to keep- until this moment. She is

Throughout the novel “Lullabies for Little Criminals”, author Heather O'Neill illustrates how challenges in one’s upbringing can lead to obstacles later as one enters adulthood. This novel depicts how the absence of a mother in early childhood years can cause the loss of a child's innocence at a young age. As a result of lack of parental support, a child is forced to make an early transition from childhood to adulthood which can lead to obstacles later in life. The loss of Baby’s, the protagonist, innocence is portrayed through a variety of experiences over her short-lived childhood.

Curiosity is one of the recurring themes in Carol Ann Duffy’s collection of poems Mean Time, and it is explored in a number of interesting ways. One way in which she explores this theme, for instance, is through the use of an adult persona recollecting or reminiscing about childhood experiences. Similarly, in the novel Waterland Graham Swift also presents curiosity as a central theme of the narrative. In his novel, curiosity appears to be the catalyst behind many of the incidents that occur throughout the novel. This essay will therefore look into the different ways in which this theme of curiosity is explored and represented in both texts: how pursuing curiosity leads to certain events and the repercussions associated with it, its paramount significance and the relationship between childhood curiosity and innocence. The extracts and poems that will be analysed are Chapter 7 ‘Holes and Things’, Chapter 27 ‘About Natural History’ and Chapter 29 ,’Detective Work’ from Waterland and Duffy’s ‘Litany’, ‘Stafford Afternoons’ and ‘Away and See’.

In the poem “My Wicked Wicked Ways,” Sandra Cisneros describes and bashes the philanderer behavior and its acceptance. The poem speaks volumes on how the repercussions of infidelity can manifest themselves into behaviors and lives. For example, the mother in the poem accepts the betrayal and learns to cope with her pain. Because Cisneros writes “After a while everyone will forget” (203), the poem refers to the shame and criticism caused by the infidelity, not only from family and friends, but by society as well. Furthermore, the last stanza of the poem provides insight about a child who will continue the cyclical process of her adulterous father. Therefore, the theme of the poem is intertwined with the title and the concept of illicit sex.

Everybody in the world faced many changes as they gets older and as well as the way they see things in nature. It started with innocent life to evil or dark side. Childhood experience are unforgettable because it is where the innocent experience takes place. In childhood life, there are no worries and usually most children depends on parents so it is hard to understand the real world for them. Therefore, they thinks the world is perfect, yet they do not know what life will brings in the future. In the articles “The Lesson” written by Toni Cade Bambara and “The Flowers” written by Alice Walker both shows an analysis of both stories inform the readers that innocence will fracture sooner or later. Both the stories realized the real world at the end of the stories but Myop perceived it by stepping on the dead body while Sylvia learned it through observing.

It is nearly as she is preparing herself throughout the poem to let inner, emotional self out, and to finally acknowledge that she was lying to her and readers as well about mastering a disaster. When readers take a deeper view on Bishop’s lines, they

The Age of Innocence is a book based on old New York’s society, in the 1970’s. This society is characterized as hypocritical, superficial, and cruel. Throughout this novel, there is a repetition of codes, whom have been passed down from generation to generation. To maintain these codes a person had to be loyal and follow traditions, yet society criticized people no matter what actions were taken. The protagonist, Newland Archer, is in love with a young and different individual, whom seems not to care what society thinks about her; Therefore Newland’s character is a dynamic character, for his views of society change as his love changes from May to Ellen.

Edith Wharton was the author of The Age of Innocence, a novel published in 1920. In the book, many topics were considered, such as divorce, the empowerment of women, and the lifestyle of the wealthy. The inspiration for these motifs occurred throughout her life. Although Edith Wharton’s work was not well-received, the topics included in her writings held many truths about upper-class society in the late 1800s; therefore, Edith Wharton was influenced by her past and societal experiences.

In this novel, one of the most important and referred to themes is the transition of the characters from innocent adolescent to experienced young adult. When I was exploring the potentially great artistic works I could conjure up, I tried to expand my thoughts and create something that captured the idea of inculpability to understanding.

The key aspect discussed in this poem is living life and being content with it. Whats most intriguing of the well-written poem are how many hardships she suffered throughout her life, but that didn't impede her from sustaining a gleeful life. Moreover, people have been profoundly content with their lives even though all the deprivation out there.

The evolution of the mind as it develops from youth into adulthood is a topic highly analyzed by many authors spanning all forms of literature. In most cases, it seems to progress from a sort of naïve sanguinity to pretentious nihilism as the individual gains experience and “wisdom.” The question is then presented: are children truly senseless, or are we simply breeding generations of heartless adults? Together, William Blake’s “The Chimney Sweeper” poems, as well as William Wordsworth’s “We Are Seven”, isolate and exemplify this archetype to construct a reality more true than either poem alone, that a child’s mind is the most pure and untarnished form of humanity, indirectly criticizing the modern world for manufacturing cynicism in the adolescent brain and teaching children “to sing the notes of woe” (Blake 8).

“The relationship between the energies of the inquiring mind that an intelligent reader brings to the poem and the poem’s refusal to yield a single comprehensive interpretation enacts vividly the everlasting intercourse between the human mind, with its instinct to organise and harmonise, and the baffling powers of the universe about it.”