The character of Lennie Small, though his age, is extremely childlike. He is quite submissive, and becomes fixated on ideas or what he is doing. Lennie does what he is told, allowing George to dictate how he behaves. When Curley begins to attack him, he starts crying, but reacts and fights back when George tells him to. He seizes Curley’s hand, and even as he is getting yelled at to let go, he does not release, and must be pried off of Curley.…
Showing compassion and empathy toward a character or a person is showing sympathy. John Steinbeck, the author of Mine and Men makes the readers not sympathetic toward Lennie. The book Of Mine and Men by John Steinbeck is a book about two migrant workers, having the American Dream to own their own place on the fat of the land. Lennie does many things that shows that he is a bad person, it comes out with his actions and his traits.…
Nandha Sundaravadivel Mrs. McCarthy Literature 3 Feb. 2017 Differences Between Of Mice and Men Play and Book The play did a superb job on effectively depicting the book, though there were a few differences that stood out. There were many differences in showing Curley’s Wife. For example, the book doesn’t mention Curley’s wife ever leaving the farm to go act in pictures.…
Some say Lennie is a monster, who kills things on purpose, others say he's just a man who doesn't do mean things for meanness, but everyone can agree that unless supervised, Lennie can be a menace. Lennie is a gentle giant, compared to a horse, dog, and bear in the book. And with his animalistic qualities, tends to hurt things and not understand the norms associated with his actions. Lennie, in a childish attempt to touch Curley's wife's hair in order to feel how soft it is, breaks her neck and kills her. Lennie didn't do it to actually hurt her.…
George does not want Lennie to become sick if the water results to be bad water. He warns Lennie not to drink too much water, “You never oughtta drink water when it ain’t running. ”(3). George’s behavior is very protective of Lennie; he is constantly looking out for Lennie’s well-being when Lennie often jeopardizes. George realizes that Lennie does not get in trouble on purpose and he knows that even though George would be better off without Lennie, he doesn’t want.…
This book follows Lennie who has always been inseparable with her sister Bailey . That is until Bailey suddenly dies , and Lennieś time in her shadow ends . Now she is confronted with the task of learning how to survive without her sister . At the same time torn between Toby , her sister´s boyfriend , and Joe , the musical genius…
“The best laid schemes Of Mice and Men often go askew,” said poet Robert Burns. George and Lennie travel around together working on ranches. Lennie is a big guy, strong, and a really hard worker, Lennie is a little slow and is not the brightest. George is Lennie’s best friend who makes sure Lennie doesn’t get into any trouble. Lennie got into some trouble back in Weed where Lennie was stroking a girls dress, he wasn’t trying to cause any harm, but the girl screamed until eventually people from the town were after George and Lennie.…
In the novella, Of Mice and Men the two main characters are George and Lennie. The men are friends that have a special bond. Lennie and George face many different challenges throughout the book. Even though Lennie never did anything on purpose, George was justified in his decision to shoot Lennie for his safety and mental health.…
In mice and men George and Lennie have known eachother for a very long time and they do everything together because they love each other. Gorge is a very loving and caring man and loves lennie and will do anything for him until their is nothing that he can do. Lenie has some problems he is a little slow but he has a big…
BANG! Lennie hits the ground with a bullet in the back of his head. All of this could have been avoided if Lennie never had the dream of tending the rabbis on a arm with George. Lennie's dream of tending to the rabbits made him obedient to george and it caused his death. Our dream can drive us to do whatever we want.…
Throughout the novel, Of Mice and Men, we meet an extravagant character, Lennie Small. Consequently, through his journey it is recognizable how personality and traits affect his goals and ambitions. A built massive white male, who is unbelievably strong, is unfortunately mentally retarded. “Behind him walked his opposite, a huge man, shapeless of face, with large, pale eyes, and wide, sloping shoulders; and he walked heavily, dragging his feet a little, the way a bear drags his paws” (2). With a step back from being mentally handicapped, georges lovable character traits can still be shown with the journey he took.…
Lennie will always touch thing and feel things, but some how get in trouble. Lennie doesn’t always know what is going on either. For example when George, Slim, Carlson, and Curley went into town Lennie didn’t know that they left. When George and Lennie had to flee Weed, it was because Lennie had held onto a girls dress for too long. George and Lennie then had to run away because there were men looking to hurt them because Lennie was holding onto the girl’s dress.…
Lennie is very reliant on George, and George keeps him out of trouble. Not only does George keep him out of trouble, he keeps him from being institutionalized. The entire novel relies on Lennie’s disability to cause the different conflicts throughout the…
The story “of Mice and Men,” by John Steinbeck, depicts Lennie, a very innocent child-like character, who is never held accountable for his actions because of his mental state which ultimately leads to his own demise. “Of Mice and Men,” takes place in the 1930’s an revolves around two main characters, Lennie and George. Since Lennie is incapable of taking care of himself, George has taken him under his wing and saved him from many situations where Lennie was unable to manage on his own. By the end of the story Lennie’s blind loyalty and innocent mindset are unable to save Lennie from his reoccurring mistakes. Steinbeck provides a textbook example of how innocence will not always save people from their actions and how there are always consequences.…
First off, Lennie is an uneasy character with a mental disability in the book Of Mice And Men. He stays with George throughout the book, but is not a stable companion. He does not fully understand the main ideas in life, and does not put them together as to what is right and what is wrong. He often mentions leaving George to go live in a cave because he feels as though he is bothering other people. George has to repeat many times what he has said because Lennie’s brain can not process what he is trying to tell him.…