Rodrigo 
Valdez
11-14-04
English 9 
Mr. Van 
Compassion and innocence

	" This was the beginning of compassion and one cannot have both copassion and innocence." I belive words have many meanings. For example, compassion is the deep awareness of the suffering of another coupled with the wish to relieve it.Compassion can also mean you feel sorry for another,or a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering. Innocence is another word that has many meanings. For example, the state, quality, or virtue of being innocent.The lack of knowledge or understanding ignorance, or freedom from sin, moral wrong, or guilt through lack of knowledge of evil.
	One person can't experiece two things at the same time. You cant feel sympathy and innocence at the same time. For example Lizabeth is a young girl growing up in a neighbor hood of mostly black's. This was in the time period of the great depresison when the stock market crashed. Mrs. Lottie has some great marigolds that have compassion for Lizabeth and Mrs. Lottie. These marigolds have nothing to do with the great depression. So with this I come to my conclusion innocence and compassion can't be in one person at the same time.