A loss of innocence is where you, being a good person who is pure of heart, soul, and mind, tarnish this reputation by breaking your morales and committing yourself to performing evil deeds. You then lose your innocence as a human being. Lennie shows a lot of innocence the most and during the book/film of Of Mice and Men. He is given the gentle giant role of people someone passive who does not wish to harm others and loves petting soft things, not something you would not expect. However shortly after the opening of Of Mice and Men we figure out that Lennie has committed evil/harmful deeds while in a harmful and distorted mindset as the audience/reader finds out he is dealing with a serious mental illness that turns him into a big man with a
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There are several occasions of when Lennie loses this innocent child image and turns into a character similar to The big bad wolf and ends up doing something evil/regretful accident. The 2 most prominent and important times this happened are when Lennie tries to protect himself from Curley, and when he kills Curley's Wife. During the first time, we see Lennie lose his innocence is when Curley goes looking for trouble and decides to pick on Lennie. After a few hooks and jabs are thrown from Curley, Lennie cries for Georges help in hopes to make the pain stop. George refuses to help and instead ends up with Lennie crushing every bone in Curley's hand. He even refuses to let go of Curley's hand even after everyone tells him to stop. It is also very obvious to the audience/reader that Lennie had the intention of hurting Curley rather than just protecting himself. In the second case of where Lennie loses his innocence in the book Of Mice and Men is when he kills Curley's Wife. While Curley’s Wife is just being her usual self-looking for someone to talk to she finds Lennie in the barn alone. She is very friendly and nice to him.
There are several occasions of when Lennie loses this innocent child image and turns into a character similar to The big bad wolf and ends up doing something evil/regretful accident. The 2 most prominent and important times this happened are when Lennie tries to protect himself from Curley, and when he kills Curley's Wife. During the first time, we see Lennie lose his innocence is when Curley goes looking for trouble and decides to pick on Lennie. After a few hooks and jabs are thrown from Curley, Lennie cries for Georges help in hopes to make the pain stop. George refuses to help and instead ends up with Lennie crushing every bone in Curley's hand. He even refuses to let go of Curley's hand even after everyone tells him to stop. It is also very obvious to the audience/reader that Lennie had the intention of hurting Curley rather than just protecting himself. In the second case of where Lennie loses his innocence in the book Of Mice and Men is when he kills Curley's Wife. While Curley’s Wife is just being her usual self-looking for someone to talk to she finds Lennie in the barn alone. She is very friendly and nice to him.