Lennie's Decisions In Of Mice And Men

Throughout the novel, Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck presents Lennie to be responsible and also irresponsible for his actions. Sometimes throughout the novel, Steinbeck presents Lennie to be irresponsible for his actions because life at the time was very difficult. People were losing their jobs, many farmers lost their farms, and were forced into the life of itinerant workers. The lifestyle Lennie had could be responsible for his actions, because he didn’t really have support. However on the other hand you could also argue that all the other men lived the same lifestyle as him and they took responsibility for their actions, you could also argue that Lennie had more support than any other ranch worker, because he had George taking care of

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

In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, two men named Lennie and George work as laborers on a ranch in Salinas Valley, California. They have the American Dream of owning a piece of land one day, and work very hard to try to achieve it. Through traits and dialogue, Steinbeck successfully portrays Lennie as a sympathetic character. He shows Lennie’s reliance on George, gives Lennie childlike behavior, and reveals Lennie’s lack of intelligence.

In Of Mice and Men, George was right to kill Lennie. In the novel, Lennie killed a mouse, a puppy, and a woman. Lennie could have been charged with rape on two separate occasions. In Weed, Lennie grabbed a woman and ripped a part of her clothes off. At the farm, in the barn, Lennie stroked her hair and accidentally killed her. George killed Lennie, because Candy told George he wished he would have shot his own dog, Lennie killed Curley’s wife, the puppie, and the mouse, and the lynch mob would have done worse things to Lennie.

In the Salinas River Valley, after the Great Depression, there were a large number of unemployed workers seeking jobs. In the fiction novel "Of Mice and Men," by John Steinbeck, Lennie Small is among one of those men. Lennie and his friend George both have just received jobs on a ranch as farm workers. What brings the two together is their dream to someday own their own land. Lennie has a lot of character and personality traits that define him. One trait that he has is he is very forgetful. Another trait he has is he is very curious. A final trait he has is that he is very reliant. Although he might not be the intelligent person in the book, he has a very well developed personality. Lennie demonstrates his personality and character

In the novella, ‘Of Mice and Men’, written by John Steinbeck, Lennie Small is the most disadvantaged character. Lennie is disadvantaged in a number of ways; the way he is perceived to the audience is ‘useless without the guidance of other’, leaving them feeling many emotions towards Lennie. The major disadvantages he faces are; his relationships, his perception and others judgement, and finally, his dreams and future. Lennie is mentally challenged leaving him disadvantaged in comparison to other characters.

In my opinion, Lennie Small is the most interesting character in Steinbeck's novel Of Mice and Men. Steinbeck does a very good job describing and characterizing Lennie's personality. Lennie's character is, indeed, quite unique. A large man with enormous strength, yet kind and childlike, he seems to find joy in simple life pleasures like petting a furry animal and making the water ripple. Lennie's greatest difficulty seems to be remembering; and it is the lack of the ability to remember that ultimately leads to his tragedy at the end of the book. In the novel, Steinbeck seems to reinforce Lennie's characteristics of strength, kindness, childlike manner, and somewhat animal-like personality.

If there were more written to Of Mice and Men, the characters would change due to the impact Lennie's death caused. When Carlson says, “Now what the hell ya suppose is eatin’ them two guys” (Steinbeck 107), he is referring to George and Slim. This implicates that George and Slim are torn over Lennie’s death. George would most likely get PTSD from having to shoot Lennie. Also, George will most likely obtain other mental illnesses from the experience such as depression or an anxiety disorder. He will later live his life the way he told Lennie he would when he would be “giving him hell” after Lennie did a bad thing. Candy may possibly also get depression, not just on account of Lennie’s death, but also because George decides that they can not

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.

What if the only way you could save your best friend was the worst thing imaginable? George had to make a decision that would change the fate of Lennie’s future. Would he be the one to kill Lennie or would he let Curley do the work of ending Lennie’s life. George by the end did make the right decision. It all started when Curley was looking for his wife and wants to pick a fight with Lennie.

George should not be held accountable for Lennie's death because George killing Lennie results in a situation that is better for everyone, including Lenny. In Of Mice and Men, Lennie commits many violent actions, including murdering a puppy and Curley’s wife. While playing with his puppy, Lennie becomes angry and violent because the puppy “[acts] like he’s gonna bite,” and this causes Lennie to lose self-control and “smack him” (85). Lennie also exhibits anger and violence when he “[shakes] [Curley’s wife]; and her body flop[s] like a fish” (89). Lennie isn’t being mean while shaking Curley’s wife, he just doesn’t know how to handle the situation, and when he stops shaking her, “she [is] still, for Lennie ha[s] broken her neck” (89). Both of

Friendship 8: Curley's wife tries repeatedly to assure Lennie that it's okay for him to talk to her. Like most of the characters in the book, she also feels a need for companionship. Her self-centered and aggressive husband does not fill this need.

In life every boy reaches a time in life where they become a man. They become independent and self reliant, but in Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, Lennie Small never grows up. Lennie can often be compared to Forest Gump, as both men act foolish but they are rather loyal. Unlike Forest Gump, Lennie is rather dependent on George. Overall, Lennie is childish, loyal, and dependent.

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

In the novella 'Of Mice and Men', Lennie who was being refereed as a child, was a trouble maker to George. He convinced that if he was alone, he could survive easily, Lennie told George that he could live in the cave and left George alone but George refused it because Aunt Clara was unwilling to left Lennie alone. The boss asked George that what benefit he had on Lennie, so he lied that he was Lennie’s cousin. George told Lennie to keep away from Curley and his wife to get rid of troubles. George used to play joke on Lennie, because Lennie was too dumb to realize it. Curley fought with Lennie and Lennie crushed Curley’s hand. Crook scoff at Lennie when Lennie told him and George‘s dream, because every migrant worker, dreamed to have their