Who is the most tragic character in of mice and men
Who was the most tragic character in of Mice and Men?
There were quite a few tragic characters in Of Mice and Men such as Crooks who most likely dreamed of being free from having to work for others, Curley’s wife who wanted to be a movie star when she was slightly younger and we are told this whilst she’s talking to Lennie, but none of them were more tragic than Lennie Small.
Lennie, who was a ranch worker, was born with a mental disability of being mildly mentally delayed meaning he can be easily confused ‘Lennie’s face wrinkled with apprehension’ the word apprehension suggests that he is becoming more anxious as the word apprehension means, anxiety or fear that something bad or unpleasant will happen.
Lennie suffered in more ways than others is thought to be a tragic hero as a tragic hero particularly suffers from;
Character Flaws as he’s Mentally disabled making us sympathise for him as he doesn’t understand his strength or regular situations such as not being able to keep the dead mouse prior to them entering the ranch.
He always gets lured into bad situations e.g. killing Curley’s wife.
He suffers when George shoots Lennie in the back of the head to save him from further misery.
Hero experiences cleansing
Lennie cannot be cleansed because he is dead, but his best friend George has experienced the cleansing because he doesn't have to watch after Lennie and get into trouble because of him anymore.
Lennie, who was a ranch worker, was born with a mental disability of being mildly mentally delayed meaning he can be easily confused ‘Lennie’s face wrinkled with apprehension’ the word apprehension suggests that he is becoming more anxious as the word apprehension means, anxiety or fear that something bad or unpleasant will happen.
Lennie was also very caring of his friend George “Ain’t nobody goin’ to talk no hurt to George” the fact that Lennie says that nobody is going to hurt George implies that they are very close friends which links to the
There were quite a few tragic characters in Of Mice and Men such as Crooks who most likely dreamed of being free from having to work for others, Curley’s wife who wanted to be a movie star when she was slightly younger and we are told this whilst she’s talking to Lennie, but none of them were more tragic than Lennie Small.
Lennie, who was a ranch worker, was born with a mental disability of being mildly mentally delayed meaning he can be easily confused ‘Lennie’s face wrinkled with apprehension’ the word apprehension suggests that he is becoming more anxious as the word apprehension means, anxiety or fear that something bad or unpleasant will happen.
Lennie suffered in more ways than others is thought to be a tragic hero as a tragic hero particularly suffers from;
Character Flaws as he’s Mentally disabled making us sympathise for him as he doesn’t understand his strength or regular situations such as not being able to keep the dead mouse prior to them entering the ranch.
He always gets lured into bad situations e.g. killing Curley’s wife.
He suffers when George shoots Lennie in the back of the head to save him from further misery.
Hero experiences cleansing
Lennie cannot be cleansed because he is dead, but his best friend George has experienced the cleansing because he doesn't have to watch after Lennie and get into trouble because of him anymore.
Lennie, who was a ranch worker, was born with a mental disability of being mildly mentally delayed meaning he can be easily confused ‘Lennie’s face wrinkled with apprehension’ the word apprehension suggests that he is becoming more anxious as the word apprehension means, anxiety or fear that something bad or unpleasant will happen.
Lennie was also very caring of his friend George “Ain’t nobody goin’ to talk no hurt to George” the fact that Lennie says that nobody is going to hurt George implies that they are very close friends which links to the