“Corruption of Innocence” Webster’s dictionary defines the word “cataclysm” as a sudden and violent physical action producing changes in the earth’s surface, yet, the corruption of innocence in children can be seen also as a cataclysm, as their lives are abruptly uprooted and changed forever. This morose situation becomes a prevalent theme in the Henry James novel Turn of the Screw as the two young characters in the story become engulfed with wanton …showed first 75 words of 755 total…

…showed last 75 words of 755 total…rules in their day-to-day actions. Because people are easily tempted, evil is the source of all corruption. Everyone needs to stay on guard constantly as evil works around the clock to warp peoples’ beliefs and values. Yet virtue is a characteristic many people strive their whole lives to abstain. May the world dream that the future of the universe not lie in the hands of evil, but in the hands of kindness, morality, and wisdom.