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...

• Word Count: 1501
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

At the young age of twenty, Lewis wrote his most iconic novel entitled "The Monk", which revolves around temptation, sin, and sexuality, set in the Monastery of Capuchin in Madrid, Spain. ... Women in this novel who still possess their innocence and virtue are portrayed as weak and ignorant of the world around them, most noticeably portrayed through the actions of a young girl named Antonia. ... While in the Monastery Don Lorenzo describes Antonia as someone who, "suspects not others of deceit; and viewing the world through the medium of [her] won truth and innocence, [she] fan...

• Word Count: 1567
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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". ...

• Word Count: 1611
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

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. ...

• Word Count: 2435
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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...

• Word Count: 2123
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School