All the soldiers had arrived with some form of innocence in them that had been shattered and changed in a matter of weeks. The change in Mary Anne makes readers much more aware that the change even for a man was not as ordinary as our minds would like it to seem. We want to think that they were there for our protection and put their mental tension in the recesses of our mind so as not to feel remorse. By the time they found Mary Anne, she had joined the ranks of the Greenies, the fiercest group of warriors in the army. He had found a new part of himself; You could no longer see glimpses of innocence. The text said that his eyes also went from beautiful blue to the glow of jungle green. This is one of the best examples of how his entire being has been altered. The lyrics said she would never fully return. She had been altered by a fire so deep within her that she could no longer hide from it. She eventually headed into the woods away from the Greenies and was never seen again. Her spirit continued to haunt them as they lived in the woods, as if she were watching over them, a leaf in the wind never seen again. This seems to be a really suitable exit for her. She became part of the woods, far from where she felt all of herself
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