Journal+1

I would define loss of innocence as "coming of age." This includes the natural aging process and also the type of aging that happens when a person goes through a liberating or tragic event. Humans are generally born with their innocence. As they age, the innocence of a child is lost with adulthood. Someone I know has recently lost a parent through cancer. I would define this as a rather tragic event that has caused him to loose his innocence. This event has hardened him, taking his once light heart. Yet, it has also opened his eyes to a different world. Through his coping process, he has lost his childhood, forced into adult maturity. Each of these feelings and characteristics that have possessed him also define loss of innocence.