Innocence

Question 1

The half-shut eyes were dim with the infinite cynicism of adult life.

Answer 1

Simon’s experience of death and brutality has caused him to lose hope and optimism.

Question 2

However Simon thought of the beast, there rose before his inward sight the picture of a human at once heroic and sick.

Answer 2

Simon has lost innocence in that he has come to a revelation that humankind is corrupted.