Which of the following best describes a central theme to the story?
Motherhood means having to know what's best for the child and
providing it
Nature is a gentle caregiver in the cycle of life.
o ooo
Growing up means leaving childhood and childish "playthings"
behind.
Death is inevitable and unknowable, but is far more gentle than
many believe

innocence can be defined as the lack of sin, relating it with the lack of guilt, also it can be a synonime of naivety. most people agree that sins are made out of experiences, intentionally or not, as well as you stop being naive once certain things happen to you throughout your life. so, with this explained, the chosen answers are:

when the boy saw the effects of war, he no longer viewed life as innocent.

the loss of innocence is a result of gaining experience and making mistakes.

one way to define innocence is as a lack of worldly experience or sophistication.

b would have to be the answer

c is the answer because first she would blush to make the reader wonder why which they find out in the next line.