The Sympathetic Character In Of Mice And Men By John Steinbeck

Part of Lennie’s character is being uneducated, and slow. Lennie is always forgetting important information. “Lenny looked timidly over to him.” “George?” Yeah, what ya want?” “Where we goin’, George?” “The little man jerked down the brim of his hat and scowled over at Lennie.” “So you forgot that awready, did you?” “I gotta tell you again do I? “Jesus Christ you’re a crazy bastard!” “I forgot,” Lennie said softly.(Page 4 of Mice and Men). As you can see this conversation of quotes proves many different points. First, it shows Lennie forgetting where him and George were

Lennie is a pivotal character as he is the literal demonstration of how a person can be both bad and good. Lennie is immediately shown as childlike when he hides the dead mouse from George on the walk to the ranch. ‘I ain’t got nothing George. Honest’ said Lennie which also shows his love for soft little things which is common amongst children, this is exemplified by the many animal connotations throughout. An example of this is when ‘Lennie dabbled his big paw in the water’. This is imagery of a bear which references the size and strength of Lennie but his lack of intelligence. He is very simple-minded and cannot even remember his own Aunt Clara. Being such a simpleminded person, Lennie does not comprehend the intricacies of laws in society like the majority of people do. Lennie depends on George to lead and guide him and to show him what’s right and wrong. We learn that Lennie tries to be good and repeatedly asks George to hear the dream of the rabbits and their planned simple life on a farm but when Lennie is met with a situation like with Curley’s Wife in the barn, he is unable to fight his evil actions because he himself does not understand nor realise that they are evil. Furthermore, he is incapable of distinguishing the difference

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

In the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, Steinbeck makes Lennie a very sympathetic character because of his lack of intelligence, his kind heart and his large body type. In the book Of Mice and Men, 2 men Lennie and George search to find work so that one day they can accomplish the dream of owning a farm. Lennie and George go to do work on a ranch and they stay in a bunker with a couple other guys. Lennie and George's boss of the ranch is pretty tough on them and so is the boss's son Curley. Lennie and George hope that the dream of having their own plot of land will one day come true. Steinbeck was successful at making Lennie sympathetic because Lennie is A very affectionate person who does not like to hurt anyone and he really cares about other people.

In the story Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck shows the protagonist of the story Lennie, as a sympathetic character. In the book, Lennie, a big strong guy and his friend George are on a journey away from their home town Weed, to a job on a ranch. Lennie is not the sharpest knife in the drawer and makes many mistakes. George and Lennie already had to leave their town from a mistake that Lennie made, holding on to a girls soft dress because he liked the feel of it. On the ranch, the boys are hoping to make just enough money to buy their own piece of land and live off of it. But after Lennie accidentally murdered his bosses wife from touching her hair because it was soft, he ran away. He didn’t know how to handle his strength abilities. Everyone on the ranch wanted to kill him but George didn’t so George killed him to protect Lennie. Since Lennie is clueless, forgetful, and has remorse for his actions, he has trouble getting his way through life and makes many mistakes on accident. Not understanding a lot of things makes Lennie seem like an innocent and dumb-witted character.

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

The harsh and lonely characteristics of crooks emphasize the loneliness theme shown throughout the book.

Lennie’s is described as being soft and not very tough (6).And is described by slim as a very attentive and straight forward guy as “He ain’t mean, I can tell a mean guy a mile off”(42) And witch these by this quote of the book “George gonna wish he was alone an’ not have me botherin’ him’’ (100). This truly confirms lennies inner guilt and turmoil about bothering George and holding him back. And because of these problems with his confidence and his constant insecurities when it comes to his friendship with george and

The story “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck, focuses on two very interesting characters; George Milton and Lennie Smalls. George and Lennie are two migrant farm workers looking for more work after an accident involving Lennie in Weed. After working at the ranch for a bit, Lennie accidentally kills Curley’s Wife. In the end, Lennie’s own friend George has to take his life to save him from the torture of the others. In the story, there are several characters. One character that stood out among the rest was Lennie Small. Although Lennie is quite a flat character, it is his personality that makes him so different from the other characters. Lennie is a very loveable character because of his very innocent and childlike behavior, his loyalty to George, and because of his loving nature.

Steinbeck projects Lennie as a sympathetic character through his childlike characterization shown by his innocent actions and simple dialogue. In the first part of the book, George and Lennie are camping out by a river before they start their new job the following day. George scolds Lennie for being forgetful and reminds him that he shouldn't get in trouble at their new job. Lennie then put his hand in his pocket to check for the work card he doesn't have and George quickly notices that he has something in his pocket. When George then discovers that Lennie has a dead mouse in his pocket, he demands him to “Give it here”, but Lennie, responding like a child, begs to keep it saying, “Awe, leave me have it, George (Steinbeck 5).”Eventually, “Lennie’s closed hand slowly obey[s]” George's command and he gives up the mouse (Steinbeck 6). The fact that Lennie begged George to keep a dead mouse in his pocket just so he could pet it definitely shows his innocent childlike characteristic. The way he refuses to give it up makes the reader have sympathy for him since he is a grown man acting like a confused whiny child not understanding why he should

Sympathy means feeling, showing, or expressing pity. Words don’t always have the power to hurt you, unless the person who said it, means the world to you. In Of Mice and Men there are three characters that showed sympathy throughout the book. As the reader begins to read a few chapters of the book, the reader will realize that Lennie was one of the characters that deserved the most sympathy. A reasoning for that is because as the reader reads a few pages of the first chapter, the reader will get to know a lot about him. He was described as a giant men, with a mind of a child. For an example ; He carries a dead mouse and begins petting it. If the reader thinks about it, no mature people would do such a thing. Another example I found in the book would be when George and Lennie were walking, George says “In a single file down the path,stay behind the other.” (pg 2) Which tells that he isn’t mature enough yet to look after himself. In the book Lennie’s known as a mentally disabled guy, that can’t live independent, or be on his own.

Lennie is an innocent sympathetic character and I feel sorry for what he has been through. For example, he has been yelled at and chased out of town because he wanted to stroke soft things. Steinbeck was successful at making the readers feel sorry for Lennie. He has made Lennie have an innocent intention of wanting to touch soft things but people don't get that, and that makes the readers feel sympathy for

In the famous novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck there are two amazing characters, George Milton and Lennie Small. George and Lennie are the main characters in this novel and have a very strong connection. Lennie Small is mentally disabled, and is also really strong, but he does not yet know that he is strong. George is a very smart, yet an uneducated man, but unlike Lennie he is very weak. George needs Lennie as much as Lennie needs George. Lennie tells George, “I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that's why” (1.115-116).

One trait that Lennie shows in the book that makes people sympathetic towards him is his lack of intelligence. I know he attains this trait because in the book George is always having to tell Lennie what to do because although Lennie has good intentions, he has the mind of a child and doesn’t really think. When they first get to the farm George insists that Lennie must not get in trouble, but if he doesn’t then he will have to hide in the brush. Also in the book Lennie and George say, "George… I ain’t got mine. I musta lost it." He looked down at the ground in despair."You never had none, you crazy bastard. I got both of ‘em here. Think I’d let you carry your own work card?". This quote shows how Lennie can’t even remember such a simple thing like this. There are many examples in the book that show his brains,

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 forging things, makes him childlike. This characteristic makes people feel sympathetic for him. 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. Being childlike works against Lennie, but it causes people to feel sympathetic for him. George tells him not to speak too much when they are at work because he is afraid that is lack of intelligence will lose them the job. Because Lennie doesn't talk with others that much he can't build any friendships there for his only friend is George. It also gets him in trouble when they were in weed he wanted to touch a girl's dress and when he did she screamed, but he didn't let get because he was scared his characteristics got him kicked out of his job and also got George in trouble.