Loss of Innocence in Sarah´s Key - 1747 Words

Loss of Innocence A child is known for having innocence, and bad experiences strip kids of it. In Sarah’s Key by Tatiana De Rosnay, experiences cause a loss of innocence due to loss of freedom, loss of hope, and loss of family. Freedom is a right that allows humans to live life to the fullest. In society when a child has no basic rights of freedom, it causes them to grow up and lose their innocence. In Sarah’s Key, Sirka describes how she feels at the camp: â€Å"The girl noticed a handful of people watching them through the barbed wire†¦. The girl felt like she had become someone else. Someone hard, and rude, and wild. Sometimes she fought with the older children, the ones who tried to grab the old stale bread she had found.†¦show more content†¦She screamed the swearwords in her mind†¦.he would not find her. Never bastards, dirty bastards. ( Rosnay129-130) Sirka has to hide from the Germans under the potatoes, because she knows that they are coming for her. The thought of the Germans get[ting] her is causing her to use â€Å"all the swearwords her mother ha[s] forbidden her ever to use†. Going against her mom by using words such as â€Å"bastards† is an example of how she no longer is innocent. She is disobeying her authorities, by using language that is not kid friendly. Sirka is no longer the sweet daughter, she has lost her naà ¯ve personality, changing to a ruthless girl with a bad mouth. Lastly, is when Sirka hears rumors of the children getting separated from the adults: There were rumors, rumors going around the camp. The parents were going to be sent east, to work†¦.She repeated the conversation to her mother. She said no†¦ They couldn’t separate the children from the parents. In that sheltered gentle life that seemed far away, the girl would have believed her mother†¦. But in this harsh new world, the girl felt she had grown up. She felt older than her mother. (Rosnay 70-71) Sirka no longer lives â€Å"in that sheltered gentle life that seemed far away†. She currently is kept in a camp, and may be split up from her parents. She no longer has a choice if she wants to be with her parents, as the French are â€Å"seperat[ing] the children from the parents†. In â€Å"this harsh new world† SirkaShow MoreRelatedGreat Gatsby Color Symbolism2467 Words   |  10 PagesDuring the 1920’s, many people would disguise themselves through the identities of someone else. In the novel, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the main characters can be seen â€Å"hiding† behind the symbolism of different colors. Color affects the mood, emphasizes the importance of events in a novel, and can also interact with the personalities of the characters. The concept of color symbolism is prominent in the novel. 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