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I think under certain circumstances it might not be possible. When you become an adult there are certain things around , good or bad, that you have to do to make it or survive. However; at the same time some people have more will power than others. So, i would say that depending on who you are or what your situation is depends on whether you innocent or not. I think that just because other people and adults do certain things, doesn’t mean that we can’t change the sterotype. Just because you grow and can do “grown up” things that aren’t so innocent doesn’t mean that you have to do it.

I believe that it is possible to grow up and maintain your innocence. Even though you grow everyday doesn’t mean you have to change who you really are. I accept responsibilities and what not. I know how to be mature in certain situations just like the next person. But, when it all comes down to it i’m still a nice and goofy person. Just because everybody else is growing up doesn’t mean you have to. Your innocence is based on who you are and what you are comfortable with. If your not ready to grow up then you don’t have to. Your innocence is not based on peers or society but only you.

I think that it is possible to hold your innocence when you grow up bought not likely to happen. When you grow up you have lots of responsibility’s to do. And if you are innocence how can you do those. In Holden’s case he is growing up and even acts like he is grow up but he is not so innocence anymore so he has to be an adult.

I believe that it is possible to be an adult, but still innocent as a child is. As you get older, you experience many new situations that require you to make the choice of holding onto your innocence, or letting it go. Whether you stay innocent or not is up to you, depending on if you do what you know is the right thing.

I feel that you can’t remain your innonce as you grow up. I think that you are given more responsibilties and have to take on a bigger role. Your no longer this innocent child that is given everything. Now as you grow older you have to learn to care for yourself and not screw up. Now you are alone and your parents aren’t there anymore to help you. They won’t feel as bad anymore. I think that your role in life gets bigger and YOU have to accept the consquences for your own actions. You no longer can have the excuse of he didn’t know or he’s so innocent he doesn’t know yet. So i feel that you can’t remain innocent as you grow up.

No it is not possible to grow up and be an adult!!!!! There is one person that is out there that can be.But i think that their is no one that is. When there is he has some sort of issue.I can guarantee that everyone has gotten itnto some sort of trouble.I have because i did something bad.Im sure that you will have more than one boyfrein or grilfreind. If you did you arent holding on to love there are you??

It is possible to grow up and still maintain your innocence. Growing up doesn’t mean you have to go out and do bad things to jeopradize your innocence. I think it is easier to lose your innocence when you are younger, because people tend to act before they think when they are younger. Kids, teenagers and such like to try ew and different things and sometimes know its not right and still do it anyway. When you get older you learn about responsibility and become mature. You know what’s right and what’s wrong when you are older and think about the choices you are going to make first. Growing up doesn’t mean you have to become a whole different person; you can still play that innocent role you did before. Sure you have to realize that you have to take life seriously but that doesn’t mean you have to give up your innocence to do it.

it is possible to retain innocence in adulthood, it depends on your activites not others around you. i feel that someone is innocent until they hurt someone with their actions intentionally. or putting someone that they they care about in danger for there own benefit.

When I first read this assignment I didn’t know what innocence was. I had to sit and think about it because to me innocence can be portrayed in multiple different ways. I see innocence as children playing being as carefree as possible. I also see innocence as adults who do little or no wrong. So the question still stands. Can a person grow up and still remain innocent? I know a person can be sinful and do wrong things in their life and loose their innocence very early in life but I also know that a person can be quiet, innocent, and invisible. I think that adults who are innocent lose the ‘Childhood Innocence’ but gain an adult innocence. In my opinion I believe that a person can grow up to be an adult and keep their innocence.

i feel that you can’t remain innocent. There are so many temptations as you get older. You have alchole,drugs, and smoking. Not to mention sex. I know there are some people that can remain innocent till a certain age. I mean i lost some of my innocents. I can’t tell what i have done but im not innocent. The inly people that i can think of that would be innocent would be nuns or monks. I think everyone does something wrong in there life. Everyone commits sins.

I do not think it is possible to have your innocence after you grow up. When you grow up you get more responsibilities, and your innocence goes away. When you do certain things it is not looked at as if you are cute, or childish. Its looked more like you are a creep or freak. To me innocence is when you are too young to know right from wrong, or bad from good. When we grow up we are expected to know this already. Thats why our consequences are more harsh than children when we do wrong.

No, i do not believe that you can grow up to be an ault and keep your innocence. When you are a child you avoid bad things and things that your not old enough to do, or that you should not be doing. When you are an adult you have to deal with lots of responsibility and bad things, that no matter what your going to have to face sometime or another. I mean no one is perfect and does not do anything wrong, so therefore that means they are not innocent. There may be a small part inside certain people that are innocent, depending on the person but almost all people do not show it.

I believe innocence comes from within. Yes of course if you act like a kid that means youre not a adult just quite yet. Just because you turn sixteen or thirteen dosent mean you have to go out and smoke and drink and do bad things. All it means is you have to step it up in the world. When I think of innocence I think of a “virgin” I believe the innocence leaves when you loose your virginity. But if you maintain a stable life along with stayin a responsible person I think all innocence is still there.

I feel that it is possible to retain innocence in growing up. it’s how you see your self not how others see you. I also believe that everyone has their own picture of innocence.

I believe that innocence can be kept. I think this because older doesn’t mean being more active like drinking or smoking and going out it just means that you have to step up in your life. Innocence can stay with you all through out your life until you want to change it. You have the choice to be innocent or not, it’s a decision that every one has to make.

I think that it is possible to still grow up and keep your innocence. Innocence is something that can be portryed in many differnet ways. So for some people innocence can be something differnet to everybody the way i might think importryaing innocence can be different from what you think. So i think that you can hold on to your innocence it might be hard and it can take time to realize but, everybody still has there innocent they just show it in differnet ways.

Growing up innocents is a complicated thing and its driving Holden mad because he is caught on the threshold between growing up and because someone phony or staying real. Holden doesn’t want to grow up because he likes to look at the world like a child so he doesn’t have to take the responsibility of an adult. So growing up innocent can never happen because eventually you will become something that you don’t like and then your innocents will be gone forever. It is impossible to not grow up so it is impossible to grow up innocent.

I think that you can still grow up and maintain your innocence. You can grow up and be mature and still be able to access that kind of kid inside of you. Not in that Michel Jackson kind of way, but in a, play with your kids kind of way. For example, say that you have little kids and they want you to come and play. You can access that kid inside of you and have fun with your kids. That’s the kind of innocence that I’m talking about. But in the Catcher and the Rye, when they say innocence, there talking about sex. You can still grow up with your innocence that way too. I don’t think any one wants to, but you can. But the truth is that you can’t stop growing up liked Holden wants to do.

I think that it is clearly hard to grow up and keep your inocence. This is because if you hold on to your inocence then it would be hard to take care of yourself. When you become an adult and you keep your inocence then it could get you into all kinds of bad things. It is better to not keep your inocence because then you wouldn’t get yourself into terrible things.

I believe that it is possible to grow up and still retain you innocence, and still keep all of your responsibilities. Though this will certainly not be an easy task because of all the responsibilities that could distract you or cause you to lose you innocence, but I do believe that it is still possible to keep your innocence and be an adult, if you can do things that remind you of your childhood every once in a while.

I think that it is possible to grow up and still keep your innocence, Because growing up means that you have more responsibility, respect, and common sense than you would being a child with no worries. Growing up doesn’t always mean what Holden thinks it does, not everyone squirts water out their mouth at their spouses, nor do they dress up in the opposite sex clothes and admire themselves in the mirror. Holden doesn’t understand that growing up isn’t just about going crazy like the people he sees in the windows are. Grown ups don’t always act boring and stiff, they can also let the kid in them come out.

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I believe innocence comes from within. Yes of course if you act like a kid we will be perceived as a kid. Just because you turn sixteen or thirteen doesn’t mean you have to go out and smoke and drink and do bad things. All it means are you had to step it up in the world. When I think of innocence I think of a “virgin” I believe the innocence leaves when you loose your virginity. But if you maintain a stable life along with staying a responsible person I think all innocence is still there. Anyone can stay innocent and still maintain an “adulthood” picture. So I do believe it is possible to grow up, become an adult, accept responsibilities, love someone, and still hold on to innocence?

I feel that it is possible to stay innocent while still being an adult. Sure you are going to have more responsibilities or fall in love and yeah it will tear you away a little bit from staying innocent however i think that everyone will always stay a little innocent. I believe that innocence is just the way you look at someone or look at yourself it is nothing but a maturity factor, and you will always remain innocent because everyone has a little kid in them.

I don’t think that you will be able to keep your innocence as you get older. Your innocence leaves you at a period of time. As you get older, that’s when you start your sins without knowing and thinking that you’re still innocent. For example, innocence is like a baby and as your grow, your innocence fades into responsibilities as an adult. Being and adult doesn’t mean that your still innocent, because you change as your grow up and you make different choices in life. And it’s a fact that being an adult can’t go back to having innocence.

I think that you can and can’t. Who’s to say what is innocent and what is not? But in a way i think that once you become an adult you already have things pushed upon you that isn’t so innocent. For instance, when you turn eighteen your allowed to smoke, when your twenty-one your legally allowed to drink. See things are always pushed upon you, It’s peer pressure that makes you innocent or not. But i personally think that you can stay away from bad things because you don’t have to choose to do them. So yes I do believe it is possible to grow up, become an adult, accept responsibilities, love someone, and still hold on to innocence.

I believe that you can’t grow up and have a family and still have your innocence. If you grow up and have a family you have to be grown up to help your kids grow up. You could act like one of there meters in the rye. But if he sees that you are not grown up then he will have problems just like you have. There is no way you can grow up and still have innocence.

Innocence can be kept through out your child hood and your adult hood. You will always have some innocence in you no matter what. Even though you still have everything on your hands when you become an adult, Responsibility’s i guess you can call them. Innocence is something that is with you when your born until you die. It shows that you are a good person everyone has a good side to them. therfore i beleive you keep your innocence your whole life.

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