Lennie Character Analysis

Although Lennie is among the principal characters in Of Mice and Men, he is perhaps the least dynamic. He undergoes no significant changes, development, or growth throughout the story and remains exactly as the reader encounters him in the opening pages. Simply put, he loves to pet soft things, is blindly devoted to George and their vision of the farm, and possesses incredible physical strength. Nearly every scene in which Lennie appears confirms these and only these characteristics.

Lennie is a dim witted person who can't really control himself and likes to plan ahead and pet animals. Lennie fantasies and acts out what it would be like if they had a farm with different colored rabbits.

“Man is the unnatural animal, the rebel child of nature”, H. G. Wells. Throughout Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, the majority of the characters are given bestial qualities, such as cold-heartedness and a very uncompassionate mentality. Unlike the others, Lennie and George seem to be compassionate and caring towards one another. The most prominent difference is how Lennie’s disability gives him a childlikeness and an ability to see the world without judgement and fear. More suitably, Lennie seems to have a very strong connection with nature, he is consistently around animals whether they are dead or alive. Because Lennie has a learning disability, he would normally be mistreated and not be able to be hired to work in this time period but, he

In the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, Steinbeck succeeded in making Lennie a sympathetic character. What makes him a sympathetic character is his childlike, kind, and unintelligent. Of Mice and Men is about two men, George and Lennie who are just arriving at their new job after getting kicked out of their last job. They arrive at their job searching for their American Dream. To be able to live on their own piece of land with their own harvest and their own animals. The second man Lennie is a big man who doesn’t understand how strong he is. He’s not the brightest and his kind, childlike features make you want to root for him. When things don’t go his way you feel bad for him. Steinbeck does a great job of making you feel sympathetic for Lennie

Lennie Smalls is often misunderstood from his mental handicap to how he presents himself as a person. In spite of being mentally handicap, Lennie is faced with being looked to as an animal. Although,Of Mice and Men is a story about an unlikely pair of friends who have a plan to own their own acre of land and a shack to call their own. George is the guidance of Lennie , therefore Lennie needs some extra patience and guidance when he has disobeyed George’s orders. “‘Look, Lennie, if you get into any kind of trouble, you remember what I told you to do?’...’If i get in any trouble, you ain’t gonna let

Lennie Small is a character that readers are drawn to right from the beginning of the book. His innocence stands out from the grimey coverings of loneliness and hopelessness that the other characters wear. The reason Lennie is so innocent is because he has a mental handicap, one that prevents him from understanding complex human emotions such as guilt, or concepts such as death. In addition Lennie has trouble remembering things, “" I tried and tried [to remember]...but it didn't do not good." Consequently, Lennie has trouble fitting in with society. Ultimately his mental disability is what leads to Lennie's demise at the end of the book. Another trait that is an essential part of Lennie's innocent character is his devotion to his closest friend George. In fact, the only times Lennie is shown to be angry is when George is insulted or threatened. When Crooks, the crippled, black, stable hand, implies bad things about George, this devotion is clearly shown. “Suddenly Lennie's eyes centered and grew quiet, and mad. He walked dangerously toward Crooks. 'Who hurt George?' he demanded" When it comes to George, Lennie would deviate from the normal passive motives of his persona. More support can be found when George is the only one who can convince Lennie to “get him[Curly]” when Curly attacks him, as well as being the only one to stop him. Perhaps the most prominent support for Lennie's childlike innocence is in his utter belief of George and his dream. No matter how

Lennie is the most sympathetic character in Of Mice and Men because he’s not very bright when it comes to things and happens to forget a lot. As George and Lennie are walking to go to a new ranch George asked Lennie

The problem with Lennie was that he was mentally disabled, back in the 1930's people did not understand things like that, and had no clue about disabled people. Lennie was sweet and loved thing that were soft. Lennie would put himself in very dangerous situations and with disability he lacked the capacity to control himself physically. Lennie did not understand how strong he was and they damage he would do until after the fact. He also shares the dream of having the small farm and tending to his small rabbit hutch. Since Lennie is mentally disabled he depends on George for almost everything. Lennie is like a small child that has to a have a parent nearby always or he will get into

Lennie’s kind heart throughout the book Of Mice and Men makes Lennie and George's relationship unbreakable. Lennie is always thinking about other people before himself; especially George. On page 72 of Mice and Men, Lennie says demandingly, “Who hurt George?” This quote shows the amount of love Lennie has for George. He is always thinking about George and Lennie wants to protect him. Never does Lennie want anyone to hurt or mess with George which shows how kind hearted Lennie is and how much he cares about others. The trait of being kind hearted affects the story because it shows the strong relationship that he has established with George and just how much Lennie cares about George. The kind heart that Lennie has can

It states in the book on page 90 that, “Lennie never done it in meanness,” George said. “All the time he done bad things, but he never done one of ‘em mean.” This means Lennie doesn't know when he's hurting someone and he doesn’t mean to hurt

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

Although John Steinbeck’s novelette Of Mice and Men included a vast away of interesting characters, Lennie was one that sparked my interest the most. Small’s personality is similar to that of an innocent child’s; he is also often depicted like an animal, as he is as strong as a bull (as Milton describes him), but acts like a dog. Small is also mentally handicapped, feels security when it comes to touching soft items, and does not understand many abstract ideas. We can look at all of these traits through his devoted dependency towards George. Though he acts this way, he does not actually comprehend this idea of loyalty. As a result, he often gets into trouble without the intention of doing so, and once he does, only defines his

When is the best time to end someone’s life? Is it ever okay to change their life without asking “why”? These questions are faced by George Milton at the end of John Steinbeck’s novella Of Mice and Men. Some might think George should not have killed Lennie since George was his friend, George should have help Lennie get away like he helped Lennie escape from Soledad when he have gotten himself in trouble. However, the guys on the ranch did not know about Lennie’s past, if they did know about his past and knew he was a wanted criminal they would have killed him right on the spot.

His disability makes him sort of act like a child. His disability also gives him innocence At the beginning of the story, Lennie pets a mouse so hard that he ends up killing it. Lennie didn't even realize that he killed it when he did. “Uh-uh. Jus’ a dead mouse, George. I didn’ kill it. Honest! I found it. I found it dead.” (Steinbeck, 5). Lennie in this book Of Mice and Men, he argues like he is a little child. He also does things that makes him act like a child. He is obsessed with fury animals. Some examples are of the fury animal he likes are bunnies and mice. “I could pet it with my thumb while we walked along.” Said lennie. (Steinbeck,

In the novella Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, Lennie Small is described as a large man with a muscular build. Additionally, Lennie can be described as if he is a child because of the way he thinks and talks. To add on, Lennie acts like a child because of the way he looks up to George Milton, his travel companion and lifetime friend. John Steinbeck states, “Lennie, a man of tremendous size, has the mind of a young child. Yet they have formed a “family,” clinging together in the face of loneliness and alienation.” Dwayne Johnson would play the role of Lennie very well because of his massive build, and the way he played Bob Stone in the movie Central Intelligence. In the movie, even though he is a grown man, he acted like a child because he wore a