Comparison Of Lennie In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

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In the book Mice and Men and also in the pearl there is a character that has to do with violence. In both books it talks about a dream of what they want to do but yet it still seems to just get shut down. However, in the book Mice and Men there is a character by the name of Lennie he has a little bit of a problem but as strong as a bull. In this book his strength gets the best of him with a mans wife. Just like in mice in men there is a character with a little bit of violence in him. In Mice and Men Curley’s wife was bothering Lennie really bad, but his strength got the best of him and he killed her it wasn’t his fault. Lennie didn’t know no better with the condition he had, but he shouldn’t have ever killed her or shook her. However, in

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