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Item The Celebration of Innocence inThe Catcher in the Rye(Department of English, 2007) Parajuli, AnilThis research study aims to uncover the celebration of innocence in J. D. Salinger'sThe Catcher in the Rye. Holden Caulfield, an adolescent and major character in the novel gains bitter experiences of the adult world just within a few days of his visit to the New York City. This visit to night clubs, girl friends, prostitutes and some of his acquaintances is enlightening for him. He quickly realizes the evils of the adult world, feels quite restless being among theadults and wants to escape somewhere. But as he wants to bid good bye to his sister Phoebe, her innocent love compels him to refrain from escaping. He finds joy being among innocent children and expresses his desire to be a catcher in the rye. Holden's journey from innocence to experience and the ultimate realization of the bliss of innocence is elaborated along with the mystical visions of William Blake's innocence, experience and higher innocence and Friedrich Nietzsche's ideas of the three metamorphosesof the human consciousness, the camel, the lion and the innocent child respectively. This study reveals the significance of gaining experience of the world as well.Item Journey from Innocence to Experience in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird(Faculty of English, 2020) Khadka, RabinThe Major thrust of this research is the exploration of the moral nature of human beings that is, whether people are essentially good or essentially evil. The Coexistence of Good and Evil: The research shows the reader the transition of Scout and Jem from innocent children, when they assume that all people are good, to a more adult perspective where they encounter evil, prejudice and hatred. This research approaches this question by dramatizing Scout and Jems transition from a perspective of childhood innocence, in which they assume that people are good because they have never seen evil, to a more adult perspective, in which they have confronted evil and must incorporate it, into their understanding of the world. As a result of this portrayal of the transition from innocence to experience. One of the most important themes involves the threat that hatred, prejudice and ignorance pose to the innocent. People such as Tom Robinson and Boo Radely are not prepared for the evil that they encounter, and as result they are destroyed. Whereas Scout is able to maintain her basic faith in human nature despite Toms conviction, Jems faith is Justice and in humanity is badly damaged and he retreats into a state of disillusionment. Keywords: Psychology, justice, quality and justice, innocence, transition, institutional racism, prejudice.Item Politics of Innocence in Mimi Alford's Once Upon a Secret(Department of English, 2018) Subedi, SumitraThis research work examines how Mimi Alford plays trick with her memory. Memory is valorized for showing innocent-self throughout this autobiography. The perspective of experience never leaves an author while memorizing. The subjectivity of an author could not be detached from his/her way of representation. Intrusion of an adult self of Alford gives the mature meaning of her teenage experiences. She reinterprets her past via her memory so there is space of speculation and underestimation. She tries to claim a ground in official history of JFK and tries to cover it with innocence and honesty of her nineteen-years-old self. By writing the name of all the people with whom she was associated, she tries to give an impression that she remembers her past properly and tries to hold the authenticity of the truth with herself. Her respect and forgiveness to the people who once used and miss-used her shows her policy to cover-up her mistakes and her attempt to search a remarkable space in the life of JFK.