Innocence In Stonewall's Gold By Robert J. Mrazek

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“Experience, which destroys innocence, also leads one back to it” (James Arthur Baldwin). In the novel Stonewall’s Gold written by Robert J. Mrazek, Jamie loses his innocence through multiple occurrences. Jamie Lockhart is a 15 year old scrawny homebody, who has never been on his own and relies on his mother for survival. The events of the novel take away the pure innocence of Jamie until he no longer knows who he is. Jamie has such a strong passion for finding the gold, that he will go to any extent in finding it. Even if that means the loss of his childhood and innocence. Even though innocent, in the beginning, Jamie has immense bravery and is not afraid to go to the extreme if necessary. When Jamie’s mother is being attacked by Corporal