Characteristics Of Lennie In Of Mice And Men

Lennie Small has a very symbolic importance in the novel Of Mice and Men. In the novel George Milton and Lennie Small both migrant workers pursue their dream of someday owning their own ranch by travelling around working as ranch hands to earn a living. The dream they share is to be able to "live off the fat of the land,". Lennie Small is a very complex character, although he may not appear to be at first glance. Lennie is the most interesting character in the novel because he differs from the other is many ways. Lennie Small ironically is a man of large stature and is very strong. He is child-like in his emotions and has a diminished mental capacity. Lennie's feelings are much like that of a normal person when you take into

First of all, Lennie is childlike, the way he speaks you can tell he might have a speech impediment and the way he is always forgetting things makes him childlike. This characteristic makes people feel sympathetic for him. Because they feel bad he doesn't understand what going on and people get mad at him because of that. During the story, George always talks about how Lennie isn't the brightest but he's a great worker. On page 34 in Of Mice and Men George says "He ain't bright. Hell of a good worker, though. Hell of a nice fella, but he ain't bright.” His childlike trait causes George to get mad at him often. As you can see in the quote George is talking about how Lennie isn’t smart but is a very good worker. George was telling Slim this so Slim wouldn't yell at Lennie for forgetting things and not thinking clearly. Also, this characteristic makes it hard for him to build new relationships with other. It gets him into trouble a lot and doesn't help him. An example of one time he got in trouble in Weed he wanted to touch a girl's dress because he thought it looked soft and when he did she screamed, but he didn't let get because he was scared. That got him and trouble and chased out of his job. Being childlike works against Lennie, but it causes people to feel sympathetic for him.

If you were mentally challenged and could not perform daily tasks like everybody else, would you want to be shamed and belittled to words such as ‘crazy’ or ‘retarded’? This was the situation for Lennie Small in the novel Of Mice and Men, written by John Steinbeck. In the novel, Lennie works on a farm with his friend, George. George and other characters in the book trivialize and dismiss Lennie as crazy, instead of what he really was; mentally disabled with cases such as Autism, Asperger's, or even mild down syndrome. Lennie possess many characteristics that are very similar to those who have mental illnesses. Also, during the time that the novel Of Mice and Men was published, these illnesses

Everyone has had a caretaker or guardian to protect and care for them at some period in time. Developing into an adult is often times when a person becomes able to live independently. However, this is not the case for Lennie Small from the story, “Of Mice and Men” as a result of his disability. Being dependant on other people, Lennie needs a caretaker because of the lack of family to protect him. Someone without family relation, George, rises to the position as his caretaker in the harsh, unforgiving circumstances they have at the moment. Dreaming of a better future, George has to carry Lennie from job to job in order to eventually collect enough money to finally claim their land as their own. George has good, honest intentions for Lennie and only strives to give him the best conditions even if it meant he had to pull the trigger against him.

During the Great Depression, the Western United States was a bleak and dreary place. Much of the working population at the time were migrant workers, who worked as farmhands for wealthier farm owners. These migrant workers often suffered from terrible working conditions, and horrendously low wages. As George and Lennie drift from job to job in search of liveable conditions and steady pay, they experience the cruel reality that moving up in society is near impossible. Even when George manages to find stable occupations for he and Lennie, Lennie seems to inevitably cause a disturbance, forcing them to abscond immediately. With the strength of an ox, but the mind of a child, Lennie is an oblivious destroyer, who gets little sympathy from

A deed must be punished and death can be a better alternative rather than living a life in the shadows. A prime example of having to decide between death and a life in crime is Lennie in the novel “Of Mice and Men”. Lennie is unaware of his size and tends to do things a large person won’t normally do. Lennie is extremely clumsy and has killed numerous people and things by accident on account of his size. Unlike Lennie, George is a little man with an idea of how to keep out of trouble. The fact that George can take care of himself leads to a strong relationship. George watches over Lennie and Lennie protects George physically. This reliance ultimately leads to them having a strong and close relationship. Although George shot Lennie, it was justified

Since Lennie is a strong man, he cannot control his power sometimes. For example, Curley’s wife let Lennie touch her hair and when Lennie panicked and wouldn’t let go Curley’s wife “was still for Lennie had broken her neck,” (pg 91). Tough, Lennie tries to do things normal people do but ends up with different results due to his strength. Lennie is unstable due to the fact that when he tries to do good he doesn’t understand his own strength which leads to bad things. After Lennie couldn’t control his desire to touch soft things, George had to help him escape Weed. As George was telling Slim the story of what happened in Weed he stated “The guys in Weed start a party to lynch Lennie. So we hid in an irrigation ditch under water the rest of that day. Got onl our heads sticking out from the side of the ditch. An’ that night we scrammed out of there,” (pg 42). Lennie can never get out of a problem on his own because he is inadequate. Due to Lennie being a problematic person he will do anything to not get in trouble with George which creates even bigger problems in the end. Lennie is indigent which affects his life because of the consequences of his

Lennie is childlike because he relies on other people if he is in a situation and he also likes to act one like petting puppies when they don’t need to be and forgetting things too easily. In the book, of mice and men by John Steinbeck pg.22. The narrator said ‘ In a panic, Lennie looked at George for help,” He can do anything you tell him,” said George.”. This trait helps him get along with others, but it causes problems a lot like him relying on other people a lot, killing mice and rabbits and also making him and George getting kicked out ranches. Lennie stays the same through the course of the story, but he is learning not to speak if he knows he’s gonna say something weird like when the boss came for an inspection. George told Lennie not to talk or they might not have gotten the job.

At the end of the novel, George is faced with a tough decision of whether to kill his best friend and companion Lennie, or let him face the consequences of what he has done. George is placed in this predicament because Lennie has found himself in trouble once again. Lennie likes to stroke pretty soft things and becomes entranced with Curley’s wife’s hair, with which she lets him play. After a while, Curley’s wife begins to get angry and starts jerking away, which makes Lennie panic causing him to hold on tighter. Not knowing his on strength, he pulls on her neck too hard accidently killing her. Lennie is mentally handicapped and only realizes he has done something wrong but cannot comprehend the gravity of the situation. He only remembers the

Lennie is a gentle giant, an extremely nice person is miss looked because He is mentally disabled. When he is a victim of prejudice and of mice and men because he’s made fun of right away in the novel and people get mad at Lennie for doing things that he doesn’t mean to do. To begin, as soon as the normal starts people are already being mean to him because he was slow. At the very beginning of the novel George says to Lenny, call Tatian Ma to begin, as soon as the novel starts people are already being mean to him because he is slow. At the very beginning of the novel George says the Lennie,” I could get along so easy and so nice if I didn’t have you on my tail.

In John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men both Lennie and George needed each other, whether they liked it or not. Both the characters have a conversation about how they are different from others. George starts off the conversation by saying, “Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family.”. Lennie finishes their motto by saying, “But not us! An’ why?... because I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you.” (13,14). Everyone needs and has a friend, even if they do not think the have one they do, but just do not realize.

In the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, George and Lennie struggle to fit into society during the Great Depression in the 1930s. Lennie is mentally handicapped and has great strength, and George is a smart man who takes care of Lennie. They managed to find a job at a ranch, where they meet workers. Steinbeck portrays certain ranch hands as brave, noble, and knowledgable. By giving these characters such traits, he conveys the idea that the common man has qualities that are usually associated with the upper class by describing Slim, George, and Crooks.

A person is more than what you see at first glance. In John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, many of his characters are like this. At first glance, many of his characters could be considered to have no depth, but as the story goes on the characters show us more about themselves. This is very true for Lennie, Crooks, and Curley’s Wife. They seem to be looked down upon or slid to the side for the first part of the book, but through dialogue and circumstantial events, the characters show us their background and depth.

Have you ever wondered why Lennie Smalls acts a different way than others around him? Lennie is a character in Of Mice and Men. He tries to make a life of himself with the help of a guy George. Along the way he creates problems that may cause him trouble in the future. Lennie represents several things, although he’s strong that’s mainly all he has going for him.

Yes George's final treatment of Lennie in this chapter proves Lennie wrong because Lennie thought they were both close and that they were both gonna be close friends for a long time but with the imaginary rabbit Lennie says that George has never hurt him and that he's nice and that he ain't gonna be mean anymore or harm but yes he George proved Lennie a lot wrong first he lied. And when George shoots Lennie we can interpret this act in any way other than mean because Who or what in the novel was killed in the same way as Lennie ... No .Who says this phrase and why does he say it: "If George don't want me..... I'll go away. I'll go away". Lennie when he thinks about how much trouble he causes George. Lennie has killed Curley's wife, not out