Innocence The theme of a loss of childhood is one that many can relate to. ... The age difference between the cousins is great- more than fifty years- yet it is clear that the two are almost on the same level of intelligence. ... Throughout the story Buddy optimizes the loss of innocence people experience as they are forced to grow up. ... They wanted to take something away from someone else just like the war had taken their innocence away from them. Both characters, Buddy and Trevor experienced the loss of innocence. ...

• Word Count: 682
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

He goes through a journey of realization from the ignorance and innocence of being young. ... " This shows that as he increases in age he starts to lose his sociable credibility. He also experiences the physical degradation associated with age. ... He becomes mocked and a feeling of hopelessness that could come from old age starts to come to the surface. ... By this time he is experiencing the final stages of old age. ...

• Word Count: 915
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

As stated in The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction, "allegory usually includes themes such as innocence, charity and prudery."" This story on the other hand, is about a loss of innocence. ... As the story progresses there is an overwhelming feeling of masculinity and coming of age. ... The themes of maturity and coming of age are also introduced in both of the stories. ...

• Word Count: 682
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The deterioration of the Southern plantation society, the feelings of rage at a lost culture (and innocence) and the predator (master) and prey (slave) mentality which still existed in the South were common threads woven throughout the tapestry of Faulkner's writings, and these themes are especially evident in the short stories, "A Rose For Miss Emily," "Barn Burning." ... In "A Rose for Miss Emily," the aging Southern belle, Emily Grierson, was one of the few tangible remnants of the bygone Southern "glory days." ... When Miss Emily died, a...

• Word Count: 694
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The short stories " The Rocking-Horse Winner", "The Lottery", and "War", all focus on sadness that results when children lose their innocence pre-maturely. ... These children are exposed to death and murder at such a young age; it will corrupt their minds and influence the way they think throughout the rest of their lives. ... Combined with that insight, students will also investigate Findley's use of first-person point of view, vocabulary, expressions, and syntax to relate the events of the story through the "voice" of a young boy at two different ages of his life. ...

• Word Count: 839
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Truman Capote places this part of the story in the beginning to give the reader an insight of how days was during his time and age by placing the reader in a kitchen during the 1930's era. ... " The symbol of kites could represent friendship, innocence, companionship, and kindness, as these are the central themes of the story. ...

• Word Count: 826
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Through clever characterization, underlying symbolism, and an in-depth point of view, the short story "Gimpel the Fool", written by Isaac Bashevis Singer, clearly reinforces the age-old concept that repentance, along with good deeds, will ultimately be rewarded in time. ... He may look and act like a fool because of his innocence and naivete, but it's his good heart that makes him never want to let anyone suffer, not even himself. ...

• Word Count: 729
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

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. ...

• Word Count: 1151
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Mama has another daughter, Dee, who was sent away to be educated at an early age. ... Then comes the pink blouse, pink may represent sweet, calm, and innocence, all of which as we get to know Maggie fit together with her personality. ...

• Word Count: 1145
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

The short story and the video both tell the story of a middle-aged man nicknamed "Bub," who has lived the most recent years of his life ignoring his wife and filling that unused time with his self-indulged liquor love and addiction. ... This lacks in the video, and the viewer cannot quite grasp the innocence and importance of the characters and their relationship. ...

• Word Count: 1465
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

He was extremely short – maybe four foot seven – which was odd for a man his age. ... – was one of innocence, the embodiment of an eternal youth. But this was her curse and she was fated to be forever young when her heart failed at the age of nine. ...

• Word Count: 1480
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

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...

• Word Count: 4675
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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...

• Word Count: 4673
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: Undergraduate