Lennie In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

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n the novel, Of Mice and Men, Lennie is judged by everyone who sees him. He has a mental disability that people find hard to look past. All people see is that Lennie and big and dumb, however in the book Lennie is portrayed as a good and hardworking person. George tells the boss about Lennie in the following line: " He ain't bright. He(ck) of a good worker, though" (Steinbeck 34).
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Curley is the boss' son and thinks he is superior over all of the other workers. He is married and is even more arrogant. Candy tells George a little about Curley: " He got married a couple of weeks ago. Wife lives over in the boss's house. Seems like Curley is cockier'n ever since he got married" (Steinbeck 27). Curley is stereotyped because of his short

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