Which artifact would best symbolize innocence
a book
a baby
an old man
a tree

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Innocence is a term that describes the lack of guilt or corruption of someone; purity.

Let's start getting rid of the wrong answers:

A. a book. A book is not a person; therefore, it is no possible to commit any crime by itself. But the representation of innocence in a book is very subjetive because it is an object and it is written by someone

B. Baby (Correct answer): a baby is a human being almost starting to live. They do not know how this world works and does not have reasoning, they do not even know they are on Earth; thus, they are still innocent.

C. Old man: the old man already lived enough and has gone through many situations in life that may harm his innocence. It is an experienced person and it's totally clear that we all lose innocence before some time on Earth.

D. A tree: it has live, but it can not talk, act and move by itself. This may be a representation of innocence, however, it would be in a very subjective way; therefore, it would not apply.

Therefore, correct answer is B: a baby.

Hope this helps.

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