Lennie Smalls and George Milton on their journey in Soledad on their hunt towards their goal, the American Dream. Many people who sought this dream of finding a place and settling down with a family found themselves lost with their aspirations crushed, Lennie Smalls is a prime example of this idea. Lennie is a slow minded but extremely strong, he is more than capable of handling tasks out on the field but because of his lack of intelligence Lennie doesn’t understand the world around him much less during the brutal era of the Great Depression. To help him survive in this harsh world, Lennie travels with his friend and caretaker George, even through hardships Lennie is powered by the idea that one day he and George could find a large area to settle down and live off the “fatta the lan” …show more content…
Every character in this book are similar by having a dream they want to reach to make they’re quality of life better, whether it’s being treated fairly or finding a place to settle down. However Lennie doesn’t realize the route to get to that position, he can only see the place that occurs in his daydreams, the farm of which he can tend to his rabbits. The main characteristics of Lennie would be his child-like mindset and the humongous strength, both these traits combined make Lennie become very dangerous but the other characters in the story seem to shrug it off due to the fact that George constantly reveals that Lennie doesn’t mean any harm and that he’s more useful and harmful (Steinbeck 12). The only time Lennie purposely harms another character is when George prompts him to do so. This occurs when Curley picks a fight with Lennie and starts slugging him, Lennie underestimates his strength and ends up crushing Curley’s hand (Steinbeck 32), this isn’t the only instance that Lennie accidentally apply too much strength to something/someone. At the