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    the end of unbridled optimism and the beginning of pragmatism. For Cross, this change is especially melancholy because the catalyst for his change was the death of a loved one. Cross loss of innocence here is, however, not singular in the sense of the story. Cross’ loss of innocence is symbolic the loss of innocence that all of his soldiers must face. But even more so, it is symbolic of the lost

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    Cousin Kate Poem

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    The poems Cousin Kate and Sweet 18 both has the themes of loss of innocence. As portrayed in the poems 'Cousin Kate' by Christina Rosetti and 'Sweet 18' by Sheenagh Pugh both portray young women who lose their passion and love through naivety and innocence. Both men in the poems are not aware of the consequences and effect of their actions or appearance to the narrators. However, the women are in love with the men or their appearance and are left alone and this shows both poems are about unrequited

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    Jack, Ralph, and Piggy. The boys are on a island with no type of supervision. While Ralph, Piggy, and Jack suffer with a couple of conflicts of trying to be civilize the act of lost of innocence acurres. Ralph being one of the head characters in the book respects the thought of civilization, Ralph started with innocence. For example,“I am chief, and you are not going to do what I say, you can’t even build a hut, and then you go and let the fire burn out”(70) Jack is not listening and Ralph is talking

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    In “A Daughter of Eve”, Christina Rossetti describes a prostitute who regrets her decisions in the past; this regret is sparked by her loss of virginity. Through the prostitute’s perspective, Rossetti conveys that a loss of innocence can lead to regret through her use of biblical references, contrast of time and seasons, and evocative diction that helps augment her bitter tone of remorse. Firstly, the title is a reference to the myth of Adam and Eve, the first man and woman and ancestors of all

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    All children have innocence, but depending upon the circumstances, that can change for the worst. For example, Lord of the Flies displays the theme of the loss of innocence as William Golding builds an island of adolescent boys that transform into horrendous beasts. These beasts are better known as Jack Merridew and his tribe of rampaging boys. In the beginning, they were just but boys playing among themselves on the otherwise desolate island, but with the passing of time, the children became ruthless

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    In most cases, innocence is linked to purity or the fact of being innocent from an offence. “Me and My Sister” was written by Alifa Rifaat, who was an Egyptian writer. “The Shame” was also written by an Egyptian writer, Yusuf Idris. The common theme of the two short stories is loss of innocence. These two stories revolve around two young female characters that have experienced a loss of innocence. The author conveys this theme in “Me and My Sister” by using diction and point of view. The author conveys

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    along the way which cause common themes to appear throughout the book. One common fear that all except one of the boy's face in the book LOTF is the loss of innocence. Innocence is something that all people begin with when they are born. When the boys first land on the island they still have all of their innocence, but before too long their innocence disappears. When first arriving unexpectedly on the island that boys could not be more excited. They had just realized that there are no parents to

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    Images In Persepolis

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    image. In a book where a character gets beat up, a bloody image will affect the reader more than an image where there is no blood. Marjane Satrapi’s use of graphic images in her book, “Persepolis”, affect how the reader sees social classes, loss of innocence and gender roles in Iranian culture. One might think a situation is not a big deal, but when a graphic image portrays the situation, a reader truly sees the importance of the situation. In the book, “Persepolis”, one major theme throughout is

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    decisions and choices, people can resort to savagery and the loss of innocence. Lord Of The Flies is a novel about a group of boys crashing onto an island and trying to survive while keeping their innocence. In the movie The Hunger Games, 24 people are chosen to fight to the death every year with only one remaining. Lord Of The Flies and The Hunger Games are similar because they portray that fear, appearance, and setting, can make anyone lose innocence and become savage. In both stories of survival, fear

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    idea of loss of innocence is very interesting as it tells the story and shows us how quickly things can change. The director shows us this through the way the characters change during the burial of George, the word “snap” written in a tree and the guilt felt by Millie and Sam. Firstly I found the important idea of loss of innocence interesting during the burial of George as this is when they lose their innocence. When they decide to bury Georges body the character all lose what innocence they had

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