Quickwrite Post

Innocence is kind of like being naive. You don't have many problems and you aren't as aware of how cruel the world can be. Many things can take someone's innocence. It can range from people, accidents, natural causes, most anything can. You could see something happen to others, happen to you, even just knowing they're happening make you lose a little bit of innocence. Ponyboy’s parents died, Cherry knows how tough that must be for a young kid. Johnny is abused, that makes him lose his innocence.

Not being innocent isn't a good or bad thing. If you are innocent, I suppose ignorance is bliss. If you aren't innocent, you can take and see things how they are. With one you are naive and happy. The other, wise and cautious. Both have pros and cons. It's not good to be so innocent that anything can hurt you, that you can blindly let things go when you shouldn't. You also shouldn't be so guarded that life is dull and you push everything away out of defense. People can't decide how innocent they are, innocence can be taken in a moments notice. Innocence is lost when you face reality.

 People also lose innocence differently. Some things affect other people more. Someone who is more innocent will take tragedy very hard and someone who is less innocent is more tolerant to life's downs. We all try to protect ourselves and other people from losing innocence, everyone sane at least. Most humans are empathetic by nature, we might even connect ourselves to other people who have lost innocence, and lose a bit ourselves.