Character Analysis Of Lennie In John Steinbeck's 'Of Mice And Men'

“Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light” - Helen Keller George did the right thing by killing Lennie. George was correct when he decided to kill Lennie himself because Lennie keeps causing trouble even though he never means to.
The relationship of Lennie and his puppy go right along with the thesis. Lennie unintentionally killed his puppy while trying to calm him down. “He was so little,” said Lennie. “I was jus’ playin’ with him . . . an’ he made like he’s gonna bite me . . . an’ I made like I was gonna smack him . . . an’ . . . an’ I done it. An’ then he was dead.” (Steinbeck 87). This relates to the thesis by showing that Lennie unintentionally killed the puppy, even though he loved it. Lennie is really
Lennie did not mean to scare the girl in Weed, he just wanted to touch her dress that looked very soft. “Well, he seen this girl in a red dress. Dumb bastard like he is, he wants to touch ever’thing he likes. Just wants to feel it. So he reaches out to feel this red dress an’ the girl lets out a squawk, and that gets Lennie all mixed up, and he holds on ‘cause that’s the only thing he can do.” (Steinbeck 41). This shows that Lennie just wanted to touch the soft soft dress, so when he touched the dress the girl panicked which made Lennie panic. While Lennie was panicking he did not know what to do so he just held on. “Lennie never means to kill anything, he just doesn't realize how strong he is. He gets anxious in stressful situations, causing him to lose control. At the beginning of the novel, he and George are forced to flee from their previous job because, as we later find out, Lennie was accused of raping a girl.” (Study.com). The quote shows that Lennie is just very anxious in stressful situations and that he unintentionally scared the girl in Weed which ended up causing