Jay heard that ellen has a great sense of humor. upon meeting her for the first time, jay encourages ellen to share jokes she has heard and to tell him about comedy films she has seen. although ellen does not see herself as especially funny, she obliges jay, and he concludes that what he had heard about ellen is true. what phenomenon is most closely reflected in exchange between jay and ellen?

inference confirmation

Explanation:

Kind of  confirmation of something Jay has always been hear about Ellen

a question like this requires the excerpt to be included in order to answer the question.

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.