Lennie Sympathetic

In the novel Of Mice and Men By John Steinbeck George and Lennie are traveling to find work on a ranch. At the ranch they both work long days as hay balers. They work to one day hopefully get the American Dream. Lennie is a sympathetic character because John Steinbeck portrays him as a dumb, clueless guy.
In the story, Lennie is described as a strong, large man who is a great worker because of his strength and size. “I ain’t nothing to scream about, but that big bastard there can put up more grain alone than most pairs can.” George explains how although Lennie may come off as an unintelligent guy, he is a great worker. Lennie’s ability to work helps on the ranch, but when he is doing normal daily activities that aren't working, Lennie is no help and can distract others from enjoying themselves because he needs so much help doing normal things. Lennie has gotten into trouble with his strength many times. He doesn’t know how to control it. He killed a mouse, a puppy, and Curley's wife because he was so clueless on how powerful he was. He got himself into trouble for killing Curley’s wife and because he doesn’t know how to deal with it, George had to come and help him.
Throughout the book many people have talked about how unintelligent Lennie is. Lennie is notorious for getting into trouble. In a small town …show more content…
In the book Lennie is getting into trouble or saying things that a normal person would not understand or think is offensive. “I didn’t mean no harm George, I just’ wanted to pet ‘um a little” Lennie’s trait of being clueless gets George into trouble as well as Lennie. Being clueless hurts many people in the book. George is forced to look after Lennie because if he doesn’t Lennie could get himself into deadly trouble. Being clueless makes Lennie’s life very hard too. He cannot understand basic ideas and emotions which gets him into a lot of trouble without him knowing because George always covers him