In the critical analysis of The Age of Innocence, done by Constance Allen, the author depicts the novel as "subtle yet unmistakable indictment of stratified New York high society in 1920." ... Allen believes that The Age of Innocence is one or Wharton's most successful books because it offers an inside look at a subject the author knew very well. ... The Age of Innocence is known as a novel of manners because people live the way society expects them to and not as the please. ...

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The boys act typically of most children their age by being more interested in having fun than working. ... Also, after the boys have been absent from structured discipline, they become deliberate savages and retain absolutely no innocence. ... Clearly children can quickly forget what is right and what is wrong, especially when being away from adults for an extended period of time, often resulting in a loss of innocence. ... Children are disobedient, violent and lose their innocence when there are no adults to supervise them. ...

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Novels dealing with Social realism issues are becoming more common (which they need to) for the better of the future of adolescents in this day and age. ... Experts have claimed in articles such as "Life sucks, Timmy" that social realism novels take away a teenager's innocence. ... If today's adolescents grow up thinking life is one big fairytale then when they become the age in which they can make a difference and take action against conflicts, they wont, because they wont even be aware in what is happening unless they are told now. ... So give teenagers a chance to keep their inno...

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Although Golding exhibited writing talent at the age of seven, by his father's demand, studied natural sciences. ... From a young age, Golding gave up his dream of writing to please his parents by studying natural sciences. ... Golding's major theme throughout Lord of the Flies, is one of innocence of children, somewhat comparable to "Catcher in the Rye." "Golding couldn't believe in man's innocence any longer. ...

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Czmerda Honors English 10 Poor Boys In the novel All Quiet on the Western Front, the French girl's remark, "the war- great sadness- poor boys" is true of the events described in the novel in many respects because of the future hopes and dreams the men lost, the youth and innocence that was taken away from them, and the families and friends that were removed from their lives for good. ... They were sent off to war at a young age wasting their youthful years. ... Second, her remark proves to be truthful in that the soldiers lost their youth and innocence during the war. ... Pau...

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The boys act typically of m ost children their age by being more interested in having fun than working. ... In addition to seeking adult-like authority figures, children lose their innocence and stray towards savagery when not around adult authority. ... Also, after the boys have been absent fr om structured discipline, they become blatant savages and retain absolutely no innocence. ... To summarize, when not around adult order, discipline and punishment, children become very much like savages and lose most of their innocence. ... Children are disobedient, violent and lose...

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She was engaged at a young age, yet the marriage was called off because of the Jones family's snobbish reputation. ... Wharton won the Pulitzer Prize for her novel The Age of Innocence in 1921, and finally wrote her autobiography in 1934, entitled A Backward Glance. In 1937 at the age of seventy-five, Wharton died in her home on the outskirts of Paris. ...

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It I s sad that the new soldiers are very young and nave, but in reality they are the same age and they just do not have the experience of war like Paul and the other soldiers. ... This quote is important because it shows how the experience of war kills the soldiers' innocence and essentially kills them inside. ... - This quote is ver6 important because it shows the loss of innocence in the soldiers and how they wish they still had that in them. ...

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I assume Atticus normally does not look his age because Jem and Scout say he looks as old as he was for once. ... Atticus fights for Tom Robinson with all of himself, he does not care about his skin color, only his innocence. ...

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The two families" sort of match up to the same ages except the Garcia's are about a generation older so their last in the line is a generation older than the last in the del Valle line. ... At her age she has "no wrinkles and she's never had a pimple" (262). ... The main things that are repeated are Esteban's sexual needs, the unchanging number of people in the story, the genealogical names, and Clara's innocence from birth to death. ...

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This universal theme, the struggle between good and evil, manifests itself in most works throughout the ages. ... Although Emil felt content dwelling within the realm of light with his family, the realm of darkness constantly called to him, tempting him to forsake his innocence. ... Emil had given in to temptation and told a lie to make himself look good, but paid the price by losing the first bit of his innocence, and in doing so, he cast a bit of shadow into his world of light. ...

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In his old age, he reflects on past events and this shows that he regrets his actions. ... In his old age, Esteban understands the result of his actions. ... As he ages, Esteban begins to see the negative outcomes of his violent, selfish actions and becomes increasingly aware of how lonely he is. ... She often fed the hungry and tended to the sick under Esteban's political movement, where Clara's innocence could be shown. ... In Esteban's life, it was not until he reached old age that he realized how lonely he was and how that influenced his actions. ...

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A hidden issue in the novel would be the absence of innocence amongst young children coupled with the task of taking on responsibility well beyond the tender age bracket. ... She is fourteen years of age but finds much maturity through horrifying events she partakes in. ... These girls are experiencing brutality at such a young age and in turn they are loosing their childhood, something they can never have again. ...

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Throughout most of the novel Richard isn't physically described besides the subtle mentioning of his age in certain parts of the book such as Richards birth which suggest his birth during the 9 month journey to Sydney "The new baby [Richard] had been born when the Alexander put in at Cape Town in July.... His age helps him to become more independent and be more aware of his surrounding "Right up into the hillside, into the dry ticking dream of the forest. ... Using Richard's 'innocence' the novels describes Richard as the only Thornhill accepting them as equal. ...

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"All The Pretty Horses details a journey that is both literal and, at least to some extent, a bildungsroman, a movement from innocence to experience, from purity to knowledge, from the known world into the unknown world--and the unknown world in this novel is Mexico-(Blair 1). ... John Grady at the age of 16 is already quite mature for his age and because of his maturity he does not try and change the world he is living in, he simply moves to another place of it where he is able to "live his life in a way that gives it meaning by his own terms, terms that amount to a heroic and nave ideal, but...

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In the beginning of the book, she notes that because of his old age, father isn't like the other dads in her town. ... She truly starts to understand how corrupt her town, and isn't proud of it, which brings a change in her innocence. ...

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Later in this section, Cecilia, who has always believed in Robbie's innocence leaves the family home to be with him? ... In the final pages of the book, one is given the benefit of a very aged Briony. ... In particular, Cecelia depicts the changing age when she stands up to her parents and refuses to "make a good match". ...

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Rather than change from a disgusting larva to a captivating winged creature, Lolita seems to get more vulgar as she ages and loses her innocence and nymphet powers. ... Just like Lolita, The Collector is also about obsession to a woman, but this time the subject is not a 'nymphet', it is a girl of the same age. ...

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In this essay I will explore and compare both Charles Dickens and Roddy Doyle's way of presenting a child's view of the world in their novels, David Copperfield' and Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha. I will comment on their style of writing and the techniques they use to present their characters. I will also...

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It seems as though Austen is showing us that most young girls during her time were imaginative, lived in a fantasy world, innocence, passionate. ... Catherine is a character that while reading seems quite young for her age although she is seventeen years old. ...

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Seeking and Maintaining Balance: Rohinton Mistry's Fiction. (Critical Essay) Abstract: Balance is an important quality in the fiction of Rohinton Mistry, as suggested by the title of his second novel, 'A Fine Balance.' Mistry was born in India, a member of the Parsi community, and immigrated to Canada in 1975. Mistry's short story collection 'Tales from Firozsha Baag' and his two novels, 'Such a Long Journey' and 'A FIne Balance' focus on the Parsi community in India rather than on the immigrant experience. The Parsis and India become metap...

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Seeking and Maintaining Balance: Rohinton Mistry's Fiction. (Critical Essay) Abstract: Balance is an important quality in the fiction of Rohinton Mistry, as suggested by the title of his second novel, 'A Fine Balance.' Mistry was born in India, a member of the Parsi community, and immigrated to Canada in 1975. Mistry's short story collection 'Tales from Firozsha Baag' and his two novels, 'Such a Long Journey' and 'A FIne Balance' focus on the Parsi community in India rather than on the immigrant experience. The Parsis and India become me...

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