There's innocence in More Than Human, but of what? It's usually connected to seeing the world differently. Characters throughout this novel have especially strange perspectives on the world, and that gives them some leeway when it comes down to reckoning if they are to be considered good or evil. You've got a girl raised not to know sex, a baby that can compute everything, a gestalt life form made up from some of the strange characters in question, and more. Read on for more about their innocence…or lack thereof.
Questions About Innocence
- Janie calls Hip "prissy." How does that description of him apply to his actions throughout the novel?
- Find two links in the text between a character's innocence and a lyrical, poetic passage describing nature's beauty.
- Baby defines Lone as an idiot and Evelyn as an innocent. Is this correct, or can you describe Lone as an innocent as well?
Chew on This
Mr. Kew's "purity triple-distilled" framework is a good way to assess contemporary society's ethics.
Homo Gestalt's framework—with its own "multiplicity is our first characteristic; unity our second" formulation—is a good way to assess contemporary society's ethics.