(how many words are in this paragraph)
to kick things off, cedar always worked hard at her job, no matter what. at work, cedar was not appreciated for her work. the people that she worked with always treated her poorly and discriminated against her for the way she looked. they would tell her “cedar! what are you doing? you are doing it all wrong! let me do it myself! ” and “come on cedar, a person as ugly as you can’t take people for a tour, they’ll sue us all! ” however, this did not stop her. cedar continued to work hard and give it her absolute all. she always came to work on time, was respectful to all her peers, and always followed the company’s guidelines.

themselves

an intensive pronoun is a pronoun that ends in self or selves, such as himself, herself, themselves, yourself, ourselves. since band members is a third person plural, the correct intensive pronoun would be themselves. if the band was talked about as a collective noun, itself would be the appropriate intensive pronoun. intensive pronouns are used to add emphasis to the noun it's modifying which is why it directly follows it.

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.