Comparing Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

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Bang!!!! “He pulled the trigger. The crash of the shot rolled up the hills and rolled down again” (Steinbeck pg. 106). I had always thought Lennie was a super nice and kind guy to everyone. He never tired to hurt anyone or anything. The Lennie from the book and the Lennie from the movie are different because in the movie he is portrayed as more mentally challenged than as childish like in the book and he works a lot more than in the movie than in the book. They may be different but they also have their similarities, such as how he kills Curley’s wife and how he never wants to or tries to hurt anyone or anything.
The first of the differences is he is portrayed as being more mentally challenged than childish. In the book Lennie is has the mindset

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