The Age Of Innocence
The Age of Innocence is a book full of themes, motifs and symbolism.
The people of old New York Society rely greatly on the acceptance
and influence of each other, and act solely based on “propriety;” what is
deemed right and proper by those looked up to. There are two kinds of
people in this novel, symbolically, the “gods” who are described as
non-aging, who are high in society, and the “common,” people, who
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