In modern society, both abstract and concrete representations of children are intertwined with themes associated with happiness, innocence, ignorance, gullibility, and the allure of youth . But, if I may mimic Caroline Vout's presentation of her arguments for a moment, asking: How does today's current view of children differ from non-linguistic representations of children in ancient times? If one were to rewind time and focus solely on the example of children in ancient Greece and Rome, one would find that there is supposedly a degradation of the importance of the child in society. The aforementioned Caroline Vout provides the fact that the great philosopher Aristotle believed that “[children were] virtually denied human status on the basis of their impaired faculty of deliberation.” This thought process is obviously contradictory to the widely accepted opinion about children in today's modern society. With the help of multiple sculptures, frescoes, and drawings, Vout uses rhetorical questions to engage the reader in his arguments regarding the representation of children during the Hellenistic period. It is understandable that Vout took a discursive tone when attempting to explain his point of view regarding depictions of youth in the Hellenistic period. The content of the topic is too broad to be understood in a narrow scope of thought. This observation is evident in Vout's temporary move away from main points towards broader topics; however, he always brings his tangents back to the main objectives. The main ideas it focuses on are the representation of children in art forms during the Hellenistic era. This idea is then divided into different... halves of the paper ......arouses a sense of gratitude within me. I feel like I have received a better understanding of how we evolved to conceive of the current belief about what it means to be a child. The essay brought to my attention the difficulty associated with trying to conjure an image of minutiae and helplessness in a society that is intent on creating divine representations. It was also made clearer to me that Greek culture placed little value on people or objects that could not contribute to their culture as a whole. There is a sense of reverence towards the elements that describe Greek culture as formidable, dominant and divinely favored. Works CitedCaroline Vout. "The sons of Laocoon and the limits of representation - Vout - 2010 - History of art." Wiley Online Library. Network. October 26. 2011. .