The book Of Mice And Men is written by author John Steinbeck. This story is about 2 men receiving jobs as farmers on a ranch. George and Lennie have a dream of owning their own ranch someday. In their journey, Lennie has many newfound character traits that outline his character. He is unaware of his great strength, very forgetful, and has extremely childlike personality. Steinbeck makes the reader understand Lennie’s situation and makes you feel sympathetic for Lennie. On the ranch, Lennie and George overcome great sacrifice and are rewarded a friendship within each other.
George and the ranchers in the bunkhouse say that Lennie is unaware of his great strength and that he doesn't know how to use his strength correctly. For example in the book on page 91 the author writes “Don’t you go yellin’, he said, and he shook her; and her body flopped like a fish. And she was still, for Lennie had broken her neck.” This quote …show more content…
He makes Lennie always forget things In the book on page 4 it says “O.K. - O.K. I’ll tell ya again. I ain’t got nothing to do. Might jus’ as well spend’ all my time tellin’ you things and then you forget ‘em, and I tell you again.” This quote shows that Lennie can’t even remember anything even after it’s repeatedly said to him. Being forgetful negatively affects Lennie’s relationship with George. George always has to treat Lennie like a little kid because he always needs things to be repeated to him, and he doesn’t remember any information because he was never taught right. It negatively affects Lennie personally because he never knows what to do in situations because he never remembers the correct thing to do. Steinbeck makes the reader sympathize for Lennie because Lennie’s character never knows what he’s doing and he always gets into trouble because he is clueless. Then he makes Lennie’s character really sad because at the moment he didn’t know what he was doing which makes you feel bad for
George and the ranchers in the bunkhouse say that Lennie is unaware of his great strength and that he doesn't know how to use his strength correctly. For example in the book on page 91 the author writes “Don’t you go yellin’, he said, and he shook her; and her body flopped like a fish. And she was still, for Lennie had broken her neck.” This quote …show more content…
He makes Lennie always forget things In the book on page 4 it says “O.K. - O.K. I’ll tell ya again. I ain’t got nothing to do. Might jus’ as well spend’ all my time tellin’ you things and then you forget ‘em, and I tell you again.” This quote shows that Lennie can’t even remember anything even after it’s repeatedly said to him. Being forgetful negatively affects Lennie’s relationship with George. George always has to treat Lennie like a little kid because he always needs things to be repeated to him, and he doesn’t remember any information because he was never taught right. It negatively affects Lennie personally because he never knows what to do in situations because he never remembers the correct thing to do. Steinbeck makes the reader sympathize for Lennie because Lennie’s character never knows what he’s doing and he always gets into trouble because he is clueless. Then he makes Lennie’s character really sad because at the moment he didn’t know what he was doing which makes you feel bad for