In the start of the novel Lennie is compared to a bear. Because of his large stature he can be mistaken for a large animal. When Lennie is first introduced to the reader, he is described as a bear walking. On page 2 the author says “ Dragging his feet a little, like a bear dragging its paw.” They had just left another work town and were on there way to another. They at that time were the only people in the forest. Loneliness was a feeling both of them felt, even though they both had each other lennie had a slow drag to his walk showing his depressed and lonely
