Abstract
In our culture, there is a certain fixation on the 'simpler' times childhood presented. Throughout western history, the cultural ideas held of children and their capabilities shifted from one of being born of sin to born into purity as technology changed the modern world. Though all acknowledge childhood was not as simple and joyous as one recalls it to be, many still hold it with reverence and seek that which evokes nostalgia for that time. When the unrealistic standard of innocence is placed upon children, the expectation to conform underestimates a child’s natural ability to understand the world around them. By creating spaces which juxtapose the reality of childhood alongside idealized notions of childhood, we create a world where children are unable to be accepted for being themselves. Through this body of work, innocence is portrayed as an unrealistic ideology and is damaging to both children and society.
How to Cite
Overby, M., (2020) “Sacrosanct Sand Castles: A Dissection of Innocence”, Capstone, The UNC Asheville Journal of Undergraduate Scholarship 33(2).
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