Like a newborn baby, Sinbad lived a lifestyle experiencing the bliss of innocence. The first few years of a lifetime are the most influential of them all, a state of uncensored innocence and being truly naive. ... Innocence is one of the few things that cannot ever be returned. Once the realization of right and wrong is known, the innocence is gone. ... Innocence is a trait that blinds us from knowledge, letting a person build character unbiased or prejudiced. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

I am just a poor boy, Though my story's seldom told, I have squandered my resistance For a pocketful of mumbles, Such are promises. All lies and jest. Still, a man hears what he wants to hear And disregards the rest. - Simon & Garfunkel, The Boxer, 1970 Pudd'nhead Wilson & Those Ex...

• Word Count: 3141
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate