ISP: Topic 4: Loss of innocence Darling in “We Need New Names” by Noviolet Bulawayo, grew up in South Africa with her friends. Darling lived in a poor community because she had to steal for her next meal; for example, she states, “At first we used to steal from Stina’s uncle, who now lives in Britian, but that was not stealing- stealing because it was Stina’s tree and not a stranger’s” (Bulawayo 7). She viewed the world happy at first because she was stealing with her friends and being with them. Later, Darling and her friends later found a murdered woman’s body hanging off a tree but one of her friend has told the group they could sell the woman’s shoes on her feet for a loaf of bread. Darling later moved to the United