Of Mice And Men Innocence Quotes

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People have different beliefs when defining innocence. Some might think, innocence is a "lack of knowledge". The others might believe innocence means a person "is free of guilt". To me innocence means being free from any crimes. Either way innocent can never last long enough. In the novel, "Of Mice and Men", written by John Steinbeck, the characters do show their lost of innocence throughout the novel. One main character that has lost their innocence was Lennie. Lennie a mentally impaired man had a mind of a child. He likes to pet soft objects, hang out with George, and plays around. However, he lost his innocence when he committed a crime.

At the very beginning of the novel, Lennie and George was walking to their new workplace. Lennie hadn't committed any serious crimes. He was a hardworking man, he listened and followed what George told him to. They both had a dream of owning a pice of land together. Lennie would repeat himself …show more content…

Unfortunately, the puppy died from the impact. After the death of the dog, Curley's wife went into the barn, Lennie complained to her about the death. She didn't care, and started talking about her life. Lennie kept re-iterating about his lost. And so Curley's wife let Lennie pet her hair. He pulled her hair and she frantically scream. He started to panic and held on, keeping her quiet. She yelled frantically, and so Lennie broke her neck. At that point, Lennie had lost his innocence. In Chapter 5 page 92 the text stated, "He pawed up the hay until partly covered her." Even though he murdered the small animals, this is a human and is not exceptional. Especially when he tried to cover it up, this is an action of a criminal. The lost of innocence did not only effect Lennie, however, it effected George and Candy also. The three of them dreamed of owning a farm together, since Lennie is a criminal, their dream shattered. Lennie is going to get shot for what he has

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