They Shall Inherit The Earth: Loss Of Innocence
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At some point in life, we will all experience the loss of innocence.
This loss is not a choice but an eventuality. In the novel "They Shall
Inherit the Earth", Michael Aikenhead, Andrew Aikenhead and Dave Choate
have all experienced this loss of innocence in different ways, but mainly
through the ....
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.... of his feelings of anger towards his father for marrying Martha
Choate, and taking his sister, Sheila Aikenhead, with him. Michael had not
only lost his innocence by running away from home but he also lost his
innocence by convincing Sheila into thinking negative thoughts about her
father, Andrew Aikenhead, and saying such things as "they don't want us, do
they?" about her father and step mother. Although Michael had made many
mistakes as a kid, it is almost expected that kids make mistakes ....
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