Over 43 million Americans suffer from a mental illness of some kind. In the novel Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is it evident that one of the main characters, Lennie suffers from some kind of a mental illness. In the book Lennie seems to have the intelligence and behavior of a child, even though he has the brain of a child he is a very large and strong man. Despite Lennie having the mind of a child, and strength higher than most men he is very caring in the novel. In the beginning of the novel Lennie gets into a slight argument with his partner George over ketchup since Lennie asked for ketchup with his beans and George snapped on him. Although George snapped on him Lennie responded with, “but I wouldn’t eat none, George. I’d leave it all
