In 1937, John Steinbeck wrote the fictional story Of Mice and Men. This book is the story about two characters, George and Lennie, who travel around California together looking for jobs. This story demonstrates the friendship that the two characters have and some hardships that they face along the way. Lennie is a huge, shapeless faced, childlike man who is reliant upon George. Lennie is also very forgetful. Lennie’s characteristics provide reason to believe that he has some type of mental disorder and hates when he is in trouble, developing the theme about the hardships in friendship. First, throughout chapter one, the personality and characteristics of Lennie are described. Lennie is believed to have a mental disorder. In chapter one when George is talking to Lennie he says, “Don’t even remember who that lady was” (Steinbeck 9). In this conversation, Lennie does not even remember who is Aunt Clara is. Lennie is very forgetful and has a hard
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It really could be just as simple as that. When George is talking to the boss about Lennie, Lennie decided to make a comment even after he was told not to speak. Steinbeck writes, “Lennie smiled to himself. ‘Strong as a bull’, he repeated. George scowled at him and Lennie dropped his head in shame at having forgotten” (Steinbeck 22). George warned Lennie not to speak but he forgot. That does not show that Lennie has something wrong with him he could just be forgetful. With that being said, there are other characteristics of Lennie that show he has an actual problem. Yes, Lennie is very forgetful, however he also seems to have the mind of a child. Most of the time, Lennie does not even notice when he is doing something harmful. Those are both signs of a disability. With this disability of Lennie, George has to always be there watching over Lennie. George often has to speak for Lennie as a caution that he could say something
It really could be just as simple as that. When George is talking to the boss about Lennie, Lennie decided to make a comment even after he was told not to speak. Steinbeck writes, “Lennie smiled to himself. ‘Strong as a bull’, he repeated. George scowled at him and Lennie dropped his head in shame at having forgotten” (Steinbeck 22). George warned Lennie not to speak but he forgot. That does not show that Lennie has something wrong with him he could just be forgetful. With that being said, there are other characteristics of Lennie that show he has an actual problem. Yes, Lennie is very forgetful, however he also seems to have the mind of a child. Most of the time, Lennie does not even notice when he is doing something harmful. Those are both signs of a disability. With this disability of Lennie, George has to always be there watching over Lennie. George often has to speak for Lennie as a caution that he could say something