Lennie Smalls Mental Illness

They start talking and she asks Lennie if she wants to feel her hair, for she claimed that it was soft. Lennie grabbed her hair and her words were verified. His grip grew tighter. He would not let go, for he was too panicked to do anything. She thrashes under his grip and when Lennie finally lets go, she is motionless on the ground (Steinbeck 91). Lennie had killed Curley’s wife by snapping her neck. Lennie did not mean to kill her, but his action of not letting go of her hair had caused the downfall of Curley’s wife. Curley’s wife dying caused Lennie to run away from the ranch and hide by a river. Lennie left, trying to avoid George. Lennie said, “I shouldn’t have did that. George’ll be mad” (Steinbeck 93). Lennie left the ranch after killing her, knowing how mad George would be, because they could get let go or killed when her corpse was found Lennie went to the Salinas River, where the story begins. George knew that he would be there, for he told Lennie to go there. George came to where Lennie was, and shot him in the back of the head by tricking Lennie. Lennie’s choice to run resulted in the downfall of himself, which was avoidable. He was going to be imprisoned in the ranch if he stayed; instead his actions meant impending death. Lennie not letting go of her resulted in the death of Lennie and Curley’s wife, due to the carelessness of Lennie.

Lennie has his mind set on one thing. That is getting out of the barn and getting his own piece of land with George. This dream motivates Lennie to always listen and follow what George says. There he can finally tend the rabbits he has always wanted. Lennie loves petting things such as small animals and dresses which usually leads him to trouble.

His love of soft things instantly overwhelms the rest of his thoughts. His mental disability causes him to forget everything George taught him: about not going near her, about how she is trouble. Even though he didn’t want any trouble, her hair reminds him of the rabbits. As soon as Curley’s wife starts to get uncomfortable and asks him to stop, Lennie can’t. Curley’s wife is suddenly in horror, so she yells out for help. Upon hearing this, Lennie instantaneously cups his massive hands around her mouth and nose, knowing what consequences will follow if he gets caught in trouble again. Lennie’s childish actions causes Curley’s wife to start suffocate until he eventually breaks her neck. It takes a few moments for Lennie to react to what he has done an then he remembers whar George told him to do if he got in to trouble, “Lennie if you jus’ happen to get in trouble like you always done before, want you to come right here an’ hide in the brush” . This is the only thought he can think of at this point, so he sets out for the river.

On countless occasions Lennie has been unaware of how strong he was and did something bad. After Curley's Wife found the dead puppy Lennie accidentally kills her too by snapping her neck. "Curley's wife lay with a half-covering of yellow hay.(46)" Curley's Wife let Lennie stroke her hair, but she started yelling and Lennie got angry. Lennie got scared and ran to the river where George wanted Lennie to go.

He also tells Lennie to stay away from Curley. When Curley tries to fight him, George tells him to defend himself. After Lennie kills Curley’s wife he immediately thinks about Lennie’s safety. He would not tell Lennie what to do and protect him if he did not love

Because Lennie is confused he grabs her hair and tries to make her stop yelling. But because Lennie does not know how to control his own strength, he squeezes Curley’s wife’s neck too hard and crushes her spine. Lennie then flees the ranch because Curley wants to kill him for what he did to his wife. So Lennie is not brutally murdered by Curley, George finds Lennie and, because he cannot get him out of trouble, shoots Lennie. Lennie’s uncontrollable strength and ignorance destroyed his, George and Candy’s dream

Firstly, the deaths of Lennie’s pet mice and puppy correlate to Lennie’s own demise. As Lennie cares for these small pets, their deaths escalate over time. His first offense is killing both his pet mice from Aunt Clara, and the small mouse

Lennie Small: Misfit Lennie Small a character from of Mice and Men falls in the misfit archetype because of his disability and the time period the book is set in. Lennie’s mental disability in conjunction with his strength means he obviously needs constant supervision. Lennie is cited over and over again hurting things. Even if he doesn’t think about it he takes and kills countless animals in the book. In the first scene when we are introduced to Lennie he’s said to have killed the mouse he’s carrying because he consciously pinched its head because it bit him.

“Why do you got to get killed? You ain’t so little as mice. I didn’t bounce you hard” (Steinbeck). This quote shows that Lennie does not know his own strengths because Lennie was bouncing the puppy. After the puppy had died, Lennie did not

In the end of the book Of Mice and Men, a man feels that he must kill his closest friend. George is the name of the character that kills his friend. His friend that he killed was named Lennie. Lennie is a very large man that had very serious mental issues. Once his aunt passed away, George decided to help Lennie. They have been a pair through the whole book. Lennie stands up for him when the boss’s son, Curley, comes and messes with him. He helps Lennie stay away from Curley’s wife, which acts like a tease for the men on the farm. Lennie enjoys when George describes their dream after they get more money. Their dream is to own their own farm and have their own animals. Lennie always wishes to tend to the rabbits once they do get the farm. At the end of the book, Lennie accidently kills a puppy that was given to him. He was talking to himself in the barn with the deceased puppy, when Curley’s wife stepped in. She was very kind to him and Lennie explained what happened. She offered Lennie to feel her hair and things went south after that. He ended up accidentally killing her as well. He gets scared because he knows what he has done is bad and he runs away. Curley gets the group of men together to go and hunt Lennie down. George ends up finding him before everyone else because earlier in the book, they discussed where Lennie should go if he gets into trouble. Lennie is thrilled when George shows up and while they are talking, he asks George if he can describe their dream for

George had Lennie’s best interest at heart when he pulled the trigger. Although, death was inevitable for Lennie, the best option was for George to kill him. Rather than, Curley and his crew or prison to brutally end his life. Lennie’s last moments alive, he was in a comfortable and safe place. The place where George told him to return to if he were to get in trouble, a place where they first dreamt of breaking off and having somewhere to call home. When George found Lennie on the hillside, Lennie expected George “ to give him hell”. Lennie asked him “You ain’t gonna leave me, are ya, George? I know you ain’t.” George responded “No.”(103). George continued to comfort Lennie by saying “ An’ you get to tend the rabbits’ Lennie giggled with happiness.

However, George had to shoot Lennie because Lennie was unpredictably violent. As stated before, in Chapter 5, Lennie unintentionally killed Curley’s wife. When he finds out that she’s dead, he comments, “I done a bad thing. I done another bad thing”(Steinbeck 91).

Lennie killed his pup and many mice. Lennie was playing with his new puppy when he got mad at it and killed it. “Lennie sat in the hay and looked at the little dead puppy” (85), the quotation shows Lennie killed the puppy, but also earlier in the book they mention Lennie killing mice that is Aunt Clara gave him. This shows George did the right thing killing Lennie because Lennie was killing

In the afternoon during the guys, who worked on the farm, horseshoe tournament, Lennie was in the barn talking to the puppy he bounced and accidently killed when Curley’s wife walked in. Lennie told her that George told him he wasn’t allowed to talk to her because all she is, is trouble but Curley’s wife ignored him and told him stories about how she could be famous instead of being married to Curley. Curley’s wife and Lennie ended up talking and got to the subject of Lennie liking to pet soft things. Then, Curley’s wife started talking about how soft her

Lennie was a little bit slower than most people but he kept george company. Lennie really loved soft animals but he could never keep them alive because he was so strong he would just strangle them. Lennie ended up being the one that killed Curley’s wife and broke many bones of Curley,For some reason i think Lennie wanted to go after Curley and his family