Monday, February 5, 2018
Losing Your Innocence: Good or Bad
Everyone has to lose their innocence at one point in order to grow in their life. I lost part of my innocence at the age of ten when I shot my first deer. I had fallen asleep in the blind while staring at a barren field. I awoke to my dad telling me it was time to leave, so I got up and opened the door of the blind. When I looked out I was shocked that there was a young buck standing out in a field behind the blind. I quickly got into position to shoot. When I first shot at it I missed do to nervousness about my decision to actually kill it and because it was my first time hunting for deer. I then regained my composure and made a clean shot dropping the deer where it stood.
When I walked up to the deer I felt sad at first because I had ended the life of the deer. Once we started to clean it and harvest all of its meat I started to feel a lot better about it because I knew it was going to good use.
When someone says they are innocent they mean that they haven’t seen many bad things in their life such as violence, drugs or alcohol, and death. When Cherry says to Ponyboy that he is not innocent, she is thinking of all the violence he must witness being in a gang and the fights he has seen and been in. She also knows that he has seen a lot of drugs and alcohol among his own family already. These are things that would cause Cherry to think that Ponyboy is no longer innocent.
Losing your innocence can be a good thing because you are introduced to the reality of life and it means you are growing up. It can also be a bad thing if it happens to someone at a very young age because they may become scared or afraid of things or people due to an event they witnessed. Some people try to lie to themselves about losing their innocence but if they do they will never fully grow in their life, and never have a chance to move past the thought of losing their innocence.
I realized at that point that I had lost part of my innocence witnessing and killing an animal , but it helped lead to many great memories with friends and family and to a new insight in life.
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6 comments:
I can totally relate to your example! Because the first time I shot an elk, I felt the exact same way! Awesome Job!
Hmm, I don’t know what to say to that. I lost part of my innocents when my grandmother had passed away when I was 7 years old. That was my first experience with death, and I think about more often than you think. I treat it like a learning experience, a good one. It had changed me, and continues to sculpt me into the person of whom I am today.
I agree, and I think that loosing your innocence is nessasarry to grow as a person; however, if you loose your innocence too soon then it can affect how you live your life in the future.
Death has a very strong way of taking innocence. You did a great job telling this story. Loved it!
I agree that losing your innocence is essential to learn and grow. I like the example that you provided from your own experience! Good job!
Do you feel like you still feel compassion and love for the animal, even though you killed it? If so, then I think you have still held on to a little of your innocence. <3 Innocence to me is holding on the idea that there is still some good and beauty in the world. Stay Gold!
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