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Vulnerability In 'Of Mice And Men And' To A Mouse

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Both the novella and the poem include two characteristics who portray vulnerability. In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, Lennie Small is mainly vulnerable to emotional pain. On the other hand, in the poem “To a Mouse” by Robert Burns, the mouse is portrayed to be vulnerable by physical pain. In the novel Of Mice and Men and “To a Mouse”, both authors use characters to display the characteristic of being vulnerable. Although Lennie is a big, strong man, Lennie emotionally is vulnerable because he does not like to have his pets taken away. In Weed, Lennie’s Aunt Clara would give him mice to pet, which he would always kill. After killing so many mice, Aunt Clara decided to give him a rubber mouse to pet instead causing Lennie

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