Where is innocence to be found, first of all, and how is it bound up with other motifs, such as corruption and apocalyptic destruction? Does the narrative hint anywhere at a lost innocence,

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The Day of the Locust
Please focus on the motif of innocence in The Day of the Locust.
Where is innocence to be found, first of all, and how is it bound up with other motifs, such as corruption and apocalyptic destruction?
Does the narrative hint anywhere at a lost innocence, whether personal or cultural, or a reality underlying the layers of Hollywood mediation and representation?
If so, what is that innocence, that reality, that state of nature?
Does it seem peaceful, idyllic, violent, or dystopian?
Is it irretrievable? Is it even lost? Or does the narrative point to what Baudrillard calls “simulation,” a state in which the original cannot be distinguished from the copy?
Please explain these questions as detail as possible and the relationship between each other