the way a bear drags his paws."(1.4) "Slowly‚ like a terrier who doesn’t want to bring a ball to its master‚ Lennie approached‚ drew back‚ approached again."(1.9) "Lennie covered his face with huge paws and bleated with terror." (3.63) What do all of these quotes have in common? They are all quotes comparing Lennie to an animal‚ but why is that? This is because in this story because Lennie is perceived as innocent‚ to have a lesser brain capacity and because it foreshadows what is going to end you
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Steinbeck’s novel‚ Of Mice and Men. Lennie Small‚ a mentally handicapped individual‚ has challenges thrown at him throughout his short journey of life‚ making it even more painful to live. Lennie is a misunderstood‚ naive‚ poor‚ pathetic human being who gives much more than he receives‚ and is walked all over by all‚ even the one he trusts. For instance‚ Lennie is misunderstood and is therefore treated unfairly as a result of his lack of maturity. Individuals might view Lennie as a violent‚ careless animal
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justified in shooting lennie‚ george realized he would not want anyone killing lennie for something he did not mean to do. But also george knew if anything was to happen to him lennie would not be able to live on his own. Lennie and george have been traveling together ever since lennie’s aunt clara died‚ she asked george to watch after lennie because he’s not that intelligent and he gets himself into quite a lot of trouble on his own. When george and lennie was working in weed‚ lennie had seen this
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decision right away to look for Lennie and kill him ("Curly wanta get him lynched"‚ p. 94). I would take this as an example of not reacting in-depth and looking at all aspects of an issue. But what does this have to do with George’s Motives to kill Lennie? Be honest: How many choices did George really have? For stating the situation: A person called Lennie is committing an unwanted crime on a loved person that has the affect of making the husband raging. Lennie hides‚ and the husband comes after
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of his companion Lennie. This is absolutely the right thing for george to do because Lennie was always a nuisance to george‚ and because Lennie would have no quality of life to look forward to otherwise. The first claim that Lennie was a nuisance was absolutely true because of all the mess he had gotten himself and George into. The first piece of evidence for this is from the town george alludes to‚ Weed. In this town Lennie and George were working jobs for someone‚ and Lennie‚ with his tendency
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The two protagonist characters‚ George and Lennie are farm workers who have a dream of one-day owning their own ranch. They find work in a ranch near Soledad which means loneliness in Spanish‚ after escaping from Weed because of George’s incident. They are met by different characters on the farm that all have a dream. In this story‚ the characters are lonely because although they are all together they all feel very much on their own. George and Lennie do not see themselves as lonely as the other
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of George and Lennie in the novella‚ Of Mice and Men. On page 19‚ a master and servant relationship is shown in the quote‚ "even in the open one stayed behind the other". This indicates that George is leading Lennie along the way and that Lennie relies on George to give out instructions. It creates a master and pet dynamic on the readers. On page 26‚ the phrase "I want that mouse" shows that George is the person in the duo‚ who gives out commands. As the commands are helping Lennie to get on the
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the book Lennie and George relied a great deal on each other‚ and both of them had created a strong bond. For example‚ George continued to drag alone Lennie even though he had gotten them into lots of trouble. “ God a’mighty‚ if I was alone I could live so easy… You can’t keep a job and you lose me ever’ job I get… An’ that ain’t the worst. You get in trouble.” (Steinbeck‚ 10) After Lennie reacted to what George said‚ George expressed how he really felt‚ “No-Look! I was jus’ foolin’‚ Lennie. ‘Cause
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ranch to ranch with. George Milton and Lennie Small‚ however‚ had each other. Most times During the Great Depression‚ people used their salary towards having a “good time”. On the other hand‚ George and Lennie saved their pay so they could buy a property to have a small farm and house. Almost no one back then‚ or now for that matter‚ would give away their lives so they could protect and comfort a mentally challenged person. George was different for he took Lennie in‚ helped him make money‚ and most
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Profile on Lennie Small By: Rebecca Broadbent Lennie Small is one of the main characters in the book Of Mice and Men‚ by John Steinbeck. Lennie’s age is not identified in the novel‚ but one can assume that he is a young adult. Lennie is very tall with a shapeless face. He has big pale eyes‚ wide sloping shoulders‚ and massive hands like bear claws. Lennie is very mentally slow. He doesn’t quite understand everything that is said to him. Lennie also can’t remember things very well. Lennie is a very
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