Response to Kristine's Garcia Girls Blog Post #1

In Kristine's Blog, she shares her view of Yolanda's innocence. She says:

"Yolanda is described in this vignette that she is very innocent and that she is
very devoted religiously. She has a sense of what is right and what is
wrong and no matter what, will not give into the demands of a boy she
loves if she doesn’t feel right. " 

This post made me think about the term "innocence" which we had discussed in English class today. Innocence is a confusing word itself. Innocence can be defined in many ways. In many books last year, I repeatedly see the loss of innocence as a major topic, from The House On Mango Street, to the The Color Purple, to The Mockingbird, to The Kite Runner, to Macbeth, and now I see it in How the Garcia Girls Loss Their Accents. These stories show me that loosing innocence is a part of life. Many people believe children are the most innocent, maybe because they do not know much of the evils of life. They are shield away from the dangers in life- well, most children are. In the Mockingbird, Scout and Jem are both innocent children that their fathers try to protect from unjust views of men against Blacks. Also, in all of most of these books, sex and rape is exposed to the children that which made them loose their innocence

Innocent may be not knowledgable of the evil face of mankind, not knowlegable of virginity, or have not committed any thing that is wrong. Many books seem to show that children are innocent and adults are not innocent. Children are not all innocent. In the Kite Runner, Amir is guilty of being selfish in his friendship to Amir. I think children are not innocent, they committ various harm. However, that is okay because they are in the process of learning what is right and wrong, which are also hard to define. We all learn from our mistakes and build from that.

However, when the many people in the books were raped, I think they may or may not regain their innocence back. They were forced to this aggressive activity. Therefore, their first impression of sex is this. But they may also regain their innocence if they think of sex a different way when they are grown.

The ability to regaining innocence depends on the way people think and can vary in different situations.