Throughout the novel of Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck has portrayed Lennie as a mentally impaired, helpless man. He is physically strong, but mentally he is not as strong, and he breaks down frequently when under pressure. He is completely dependent on George, and this causes the reader to feel sympathy for Lennie and also for George. Other character’s treatment and viewpoint of Lennie is also intended to make the reader to feel sympathy for Lennie, who is, generally a selfless, generous person.
Firstly, Lennie is a selfless, generous and loyal person. Despite his mental impairment and childish and possibly even infantile behaviour, his personalities and traits are mostly positive, and this is one of the main factors that contribute to us feeling …show more content…
The death of Lennie makes us feel even more sympathy for Lennie, as his death was not of his own wrong-doing. He has shown multiple times that he is unaware of his own brutal strength due to his childishness, mental impairment and naivety, therefore making a grave mistake and killing Curley’s Wife, causing his own death later in the novel. The many animals killed by Lennie This example is perhaps one of the biggest reasons why we feel sympathy for Lennie despite his behaviour. …show more content…
For example, when Lennie strokes the mice, but kill it because he uses excessive force. This then causes George to be mad at him and threaten that he would “sock” Lennie if he doesn’t throw away the mouse. We feel sympathy for Lennie because it is not his fault for killing the mice, it is because of his strength and power that he could have killed the mice, he did not do it on purpose. Then, because of his mental disability he could not learn his lesson and contain his strength, which leads to him killing the puppy and later even Curley’s Wife. These are all reasons why we feel sympathy for Lennie because of his actions and how he cannot contain his strength properly and requires full guidance, he is almost like a young child, who needs to be supervised and given guidance all the time. This is what makes us feel sympathetic to
Firstly, Lennie is a selfless, generous and loyal person. Despite his mental impairment and childish and possibly even infantile behaviour, his personalities and traits are mostly positive, and this is one of the main factors that contribute to us feeling …show more content…
The death of Lennie makes us feel even more sympathy for Lennie, as his death was not of his own wrong-doing. He has shown multiple times that he is unaware of his own brutal strength due to his childishness, mental impairment and naivety, therefore making a grave mistake and killing Curley’s Wife, causing his own death later in the novel. The many animals killed by Lennie This example is perhaps one of the biggest reasons why we feel sympathy for Lennie despite his behaviour. …show more content…
For example, when Lennie strokes the mice, but kill it because he uses excessive force. This then causes George to be mad at him and threaten that he would “sock” Lennie if he doesn’t throw away the mouse. We feel sympathy for Lennie because it is not his fault for killing the mice, it is because of his strength and power that he could have killed the mice, he did not do it on purpose. Then, because of his mental disability he could not learn his lesson and contain his strength, which leads to him killing the puppy and later even Curley’s Wife. These are all reasons why we feel sympathy for Lennie because of his actions and how he cannot contain his strength properly and requires full guidance, he is almost like a young child, who needs to be supervised and given guidance all the time. This is what makes us feel sympathetic to