Pure innocence is rare to come by in any person. Even in the beginning of mankind, known through the story of Adam and Eve, the creation of an infallible being was not achieved. They may have been created innocent at first, but no force possible could keep any being from falling. All beings may be created with innocence, but with innocence comes ignorance, which opens the door to eternal down fall and destruction. Herman Melville illustrates this in Billy Budd, Sailor, with his tainted innocent Billy Budd. He paints a picture in which things may not exist, unless defective in some way. Billy existed with a false sense, in the end saying no matter how innocent or devilish, brave or coward, one is, they contain that falseness.Our first and continually lasting impression of Billy is that of innocence. The young sailor is referred to as Baby Budd, as more familiarly (3), which shows that purity existing in new creations, but babys have weaknesses as does Billy. This also shows how the other sailors portrayed him as well as Melville, making him seem more pure. Billy keeps his exemplary appearance well. His physical appearance, masculine and handsome with a perfect complexion, is flawless in every way. The sweet and pleasant young fellow (28) followed orders, gave ...no cause of offence to anybody... (23), and he is also considered the peacemaker. Not only does Melville emphasize Billys innocence through his simple description, but also he implies purity with connections with the Bible. He gives the sense that Billy was created to be infallible because he was found in a pretty silk-lined basket (9), as was Moses in the Bible. Since the Bible, throughout time, has represented all that is pure and good, Melville referring to it strongly accentuates Billys innocence. Billy being characterized without flaws hardly permits us to see the faults that exist in all beings.Purity and innocence stereotypically result in all things good, ...
