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    African-American man in court, the children and several other town members begin to learn of the evils in society. Throughout the story, Lee portrays the major theme of innocents destroyed by evil of mankind using the mockingbird as a symbol of innocence and purity and associating the bird with the characters Tom Robinson,

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    their actions harm those that are innocent. They take advantage of race and special privileges they’ve acquired to bring forth the destruction of the innocence that others possess. This destroying of innocence is the reason the book is entitled To Kill a Mockingbird. Mockingbirds symbolize innocence and purity, and when one destroys one's innocence, it’s considered “killing a Mockingbird”. The three characters

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    Miracle Willis Ms. Guidry English II 28 February 2024 Motif Essay Final Draft The Struggle of Innocence Most of the time when people mention innocence, they think about kids playing around or a baby doing something wrong, yet, they don’t understand because they’re too young. Furthermore, leading to how Holden Caulfield frequently casts his mind back to his innocent younger brother Allie, who was very passionate about baseball. The connection between his brother Allie and baseball exemplifies Holden’s

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    The loss of innocence is first introduced in the novel, Fallen Angels by exposing Perry and his clique, negative experiences throughout their life in the Vietnam War (1967-1968). The novel is Interpreted in Perry's point of view of ^through terror in Nam. Perry struggles on accepting the reality of war while he continuously is exposed to violence through the losses of his beloved friends. Perry and his companions, Peewee, Lobel, Johnson, and Brunner are essential characters in the novel. They alter

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    things aren’t what they appear to be, resulting in a loss of innocence. For most people at least, this lost of innocence happens when we begin to grow older but for others, it can happen early. For example, if a young child is exposed to more mature events, then perhaps they could also lose their innocence. In the book The Lord of the Flies many characters are faced with these mature events when having to solve survival problems that lead their innocence being lost, which results in them needing to grow

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    the novel The Wars, Findley demonstrates that innocence is lost during the war due to the harsh circumstances one is continually exposed too. Self-preservation, in this context, is where one protects themselves from the destruction of war in order to preserver. Often when one is growing up in war times, innocence is lost due to the destruction happening around them. A skull that is found in the photograph, exemplifies honor and preserving one's innocence. Robert Ross is holding the skull in a delicate

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    When a child so pure and innocent witnesses the most savage of events before her, she would have to spend the rest of her life facing the world’s harshest realities yearning for the innocence that she once felt during her childhood. In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, it follows the coming of age of the narrator of the story, Scout, and her older brother, Jem, witnessing a wave of controversies on how people react to racism and prejudice. Whether it’s among races or social classes, angry altercations

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    In The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne effectively composes a “tale of human frailty and sorrow” through visions of even the holiest men sinning and depictions of the sorrow of the most revered men on Earth. Hawthorne uses Dimmesdale chiefly as the example for humanity as a whole—the man who is supposed to be overjoyed, because all revere him, and a remarkably holy man, a priest who has ease with words. Principally, Dimmesdale is viewed as a man with an extraordinary life who has everything anyone

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    major problem that still happens today? The answer is, destroying innocence. In the book, To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, a theme in the book is destroying innocence. That is how To Kill A Mockingbird can relate to the article, The Need for Change, by Nps.gov. TKM and The Need for Change both have similar themes. The book, To Kill A Mockingbird, relates to the article, The Need for Change, because both relate to destroying innocence. “In respect of civil rights, all citizens are equal before the

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    "Just now, the dimensional interference! His sword Italy, has been strong enough to pierce the space, although only the lowest and so on, barely considered entry space interference, but used against you, is perfectly adequate." Jasmine slowly with ice-cold voice He said: "you face him ...... no chance of winning!"     "?! Space Interferometry interesting," says Che finger in the chest gently ask, fast stop blood flow in the wound: "The higher the height of the foot, the more it will find broad boundless

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