How Does Lennie Survive In Of Mice And Men

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In the book Of Mice and Men, two characters “Lennie and George” are two men that work on ranches to survive. The catch is that Lennie is a mentally handicapped man who is always getting into trouble on the ranches. His troubles are always getting them canned and keeping them on the move looking for new work. George promised to look after Lennie after Lennie’s aunt died and that is how they became a working duo, That is until they got a job on Curley’s ranch. Curley’s wife, a very flirtatious and lonely person finds Lennie one day by himself and starts flirting with him. She then tells lennie to feel her soft hair. Lennie started to pull her hair a little too hard and she started screaming. Lennie then freaked out and flung her around, snapping

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