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    benefit a person. For example: 1. Lennie is physically strong and large. He is able to work very hard because of his strength‚ and he uses this to his advantage. Slim said‚ “ By the way‚ what did you said about Lennie was absolutely right. Perhaps he isn’t intelligent‚ but I’ve never seen such a good worker as him. He worked much harder than the other men this afternoon‚ loading barley on to the waggon. Nobody can work as fast as him” ( it’s in chapter 6). Lennie also uses his strength to his advantage

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    Lennie Small Character Study Lennie Small is a large man and is often described with animal like features (such as paws). He and his friend/cousin of George Milton and they travel around California looking for work. In today’s world he would probably be classed as mentally disabled and he is very simple‚ clumsy and could be classed as stupid. He enjoys stroking soft things such as mice‚ dogs and soft clothes and he also enjoys hearing George talking about their American Dream‚ to own their own ranch

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    this blog belongs to me‚ Pankaj. visit this blog and know me and my way of thinking. samaj the society samaj the society Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Monday‚ April 4‚ 2011 Posted by Pankaj Bora at 10:18 PM BEHAVIORAL AND POST BEHAVIORAL APPROACH TO POLITICAL SCIENCE Meaning and definition of Behavioural Approach: The behavioural approach to political science mainly emphasizes on scientific‚ objective and value free study of political phenomenon

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    to the Xhosa Cattle-Killing Movement of 1856-57‚ one of the "most extraordinary [stories] in human history" (2)‚ a pivotal moment that broke the back of the amaXhosa and ushered in a new era of colonial expansion and domination. For more than 150 years‚ this event has fascinated‚ perplexed‚ and divided the South African public and academics alike. How could Nongqawuse’s prophecy eventually lead to the implosion of the amaXhosa? How responsible was colonial Governor George Grey for exacerbating

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    various types of it which were endemic in American society in this time. Lennie is firstly presented to us through the author’s use of animal imagery in the description‚ and the readers first impression of Lennie is how animal like he is when phrases like ‘snorting…like a horse’ are used. The author does this to show that Lennie is gentle‚ like an animal and can be tamed like domestic animals are. It also shows Lennie will only attack on instinct and become violent when he feels threatened or

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    between stupidity and mental retardation? In the story Of Mice and Men‚ Lennie proves that there is a very thin line between the two. Lennie is physically strong but he is stupid. Therefore Lennie relies on his strength and George whom he obeys‚ like he is a stooge. Lennie doesn’t think about what he does. Lennie is simply unintelligent. Therefore his only tasks are to accommodate his strong build which are given by his friend George who commands constantly him to do things. Lennie’s stupidity forces

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    in Of Mice and Men‚ Lennie can best be remembered by his childish traits. In the beginning of the story‚ when George and Lennie were sitting at the encampment by the river Lennie begged George to tell the story of the rabbits(14). This story was about much more than just rabbits; but Lennie‚ being the manchild he was only cared about the fact that he got to care for and play with the rabbits‚ just like any child would. Later on in the story‚ Curley picked a fight because Lennie was supposedly laughing

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    Comparison of Curly and Lennie Both Curly and Lennie are main characters in ‘Of Mice and Men’; although‚ they are very different in many ways‚ first of all Lennie is a very big and strong man we know is as ‘a huge man‚ shapeless in face’ whereas Curley is much smaller and weaker‚ Steinbeck describes him as ‘a thin young man with a brown face’. Therefore you would think that Lennie being the stronger man would be the most aggressive but in fact both Lennie and Curley are very aggressive‚ this becomes

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    a ranch. Lennie and George find a ranch and start to work hard and dream about having their own ranch. Everyone at this ranch seems very nice except for one man and his wife. One of the men that Steinbeck created‚ Lennie‚ always seems to get in trouble‚ especially with this man. George‚ the other man‚ feels that it’s his job to get Lennie out of trouble. Lennie is not the smartest of their little group. Lennie shows that he is not very smart because of his actions. For example‚ George does everything

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    Mercy killing a way of release from suffering. In the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck set during the Great Depression‚ Lennie is mentally disabled and has George a good friend to watch over him. George and Lennie are migrant workers and time after time Lennie is making mistakes which are making their life harder and harder because Lennie forgets many things so he can never learn from his mistakes. At their last job Lennie does not realize his own strength and murders Curly a migrant worker’s

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