Throughout the novel, Lennie is treated as a child due to his petulant actions by other characters.; this is due to his mental illness, which goes unacknowledged and supported in the following examples. “[...] He got kicked in the head by a horse when he was a kid. He’s awright. Just ain’t bright,” (Page 22). George lies about Lennie for the sake of keeping their job, but the quote shows how lightly he takes the matter. Another example of how people see Lennie is shown in the quote on page 41: “‘Course he ain’t mean. But he gets in trouble alla time because he’s so God damn dumb…’” To enumerate, the lack of knowledge about mental illnesses causes people to see Lennie as dumb without proper context.
Lennie should