How Does Steinbeck Present Lennie's Relationship 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

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.

One of the main reasons that we feel sympathy for Lennie is because he is intellectually disabled. He hasn’t the ability to learn or remember much, he cannot live independently, he needs to have someone to look after him and make sure he doesn’t step out of line or get in to trouble, this person happens to be George, we feel sympathy for him for having Lennie tied to him, Lennie also feels Sympathy for George and cannot bear to see George angry at him, George says to Lennie in the first chapter “god a’ mighty, if I was alone I could live so easily. I could get a job an’ work, an’ no trouble. No mess at al, an when the end of the month come I could take my fifty buck and go into town and get whatever I want” and Lennie says” George if you want I should go away and leave you alone “ which tells us that he also feels sorry for George.

How far would you go to save your friend from themselves. In the novella of mine and men by John Steinbeck. George and Lennie are working to get a nice house and live off the land. To guys George and Lennie work a farm to get the money to buy a house, but Lennie gets into trouble when he accidentally kills curley's wife. Which forced Lennie to kill George.Some of the relationships in the novella are George and Lennie, candy and George, and candy and his dog.

Because of the infantile and trivial characteristics of which Lennie is portrayed with in the first chapter of Of Mice and Men, the author, John Steinbeck, is deemed unsuccessful to exemplify Lennie as one to feel sympathy towards. It is only within a few pages of this novella that we begin to feel a bit of disapprobation towards Lennie's actions. This being when "His hand went into the pocket again. George looked sharply at him. 'What'd you take outa that pocket?' 'Ain't a thing in my pocket,' Lennie said cleverly."(Page 3) Immediately after reviewing this quote, Lennie's primary goal became quite obvious. This goal being that he is trying to instigate George, his acquaintance, into committing acts of frustration for his own amusement. This is especially emphasized when Steinbeck uses

Mice and Men is a fantastic novel that shows how hard it was in the times of the Great Depression. The difference between Lennie and George compared to the migrant workers is that they had each other. In the novel, it shows how George takes care of Lennie who has a mental disability. Most of the migrant workers wanted to achieve the success of the American Dream that was different for every American. Lennie and George too wanted to the euphoria of achieving their American Dream. Lennie and George’s dream was to own a ranch and live off the fatta of the land and for Lennie to tend the rabbits.

In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, Lennie’s character archetype can represent many aspects throughout the story. In the story Lennie’s character is seen as the child of the group. He is also seen as the cause of death, or the trouble that follows himself and George. His character is important to creating the storyline of the book. The use of archetypes In Of Mice and Men help to create the personality of Lennie’s character.

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

The trigger was pulled, which sent a loud bang followed by Lennie dropping down, saving someone from death. George was right to put down Lennie. It was the most peaceful way. Lennie has killed or harmed many animals that were innocent and even Curley’s wife an innocent girl. George can now stop running. George was telling Lennie about their dream farm and what Lennie likes the most, it was also something quick and painless. Lennie liked to pet soft things are not meaning to harm them. George can work without worrying about someone else to take care of.

The human body is intruiging because it acts involuntarily and subconciously; thus, occasionally revealing our inner thoughts via movement. Involuntary and subconcious movement, such as fidgeting and licking one’s lips can divulge secrets. Likewise, John Steinbeck develops the word “ranch-hand” by revealing key components about each character within Of Mice and Men via hand description. Particularly, Steinbeck develops Lennie’s character by descriptive means.

1. Comparison Lennie is being compared to an animal; this theme runs throughout the book. We see the other characters treat him and hold him accountable like and animal. “ ‘… and he walks heavily, dragging his feet a little, the way a bear drags his paws’ ”

Lennie is described with animal-like qualities many times throughout, Of Mice and Men. The first three times are found in the first chapter. At the time we first meet Lennie, he is being compared to a bear, "...and he walked heavily, dragging his feet a little, the way a bear drags his paws." I feel that this imagery is very important for the reader to see and be able to understand that Lennie, on his own is like an animal not truly knowing right from wrong, very simple and having a one track mind. In doing so, Mr. Steinbeck is controlling how we as the reader see and respond to Lennie and how much if any we will hold him accountable for his action.

To the rabbits he wanted to tend. The rabbits helped him think about what he did a little

Even though they depend on each other throughout the story. An example of how George does this would be when they were back in weed at their old job when George told Lennie to jump into a river knowing that Lennie could not swim, after George pulled him out of the river after he had nearly drowned, Lennie thanked him for saving him. George also makes most of the decisions in Lennie's life for him because of his mental disability. But overall George does what he thinks is best for Lennie, Even at the end of the story when he tragically killed Lennie. I think he did it in Lennie's best interest because he didn't want to run anymore and he would have kept making them do that