The Loss of Innocence

Suffering has been known to the world since the Garden of Eden. In life we discover many things as we age. That Santa Claus doesn't exist or that the Easter bunny and the Tooth Fairy are not real. Likewise we discover sin. In the story "Eve in Darkness", the young girl is exposed to sin. She represents a modern Eve figure who is innocent until she is led astray by her cousin Victoria. The young girl portrays Eve, but does not fully follow her path and fall. In the end she retains her innocence by her childish creativity.
The story relates to the one of Eve and the Garden of Eden. …