characters named George Milton and Lennie Small. These two guys travel around the state of California looking for jobs. They run away from their last job and are on their way to their next job but they got kicked off the bus. Then the two of them have to stay the night by a pond and head to the new job in the morning. The character Lennie Small is one character that the reader can get to know a lot. As the story goes on‚ there is a lot of trouble that associates with Lennie. In the book the reader gets
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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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Jacobzen Chang Mrs.Madrid English T/T 10/7/12 Lennie Small In the story Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck‚ Lennie Small struggles to perform the simplest of tasks‚ in the hardest of times. Lennie himself does not change much in the story‚ but he does change others. His unwavering innocent nature brings out the best in even the most callous of characters. Ironically‚ this goodness can lead to tragedy. Lennie unwittingly persuades others to believe in his dream. He convinces Crooks‚ Candy‚ and
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by John Steinbeck‚ the character Lennie Smalls is a large man who is physically fit but immature emotionally. He poses a danger to the other characters‚ as he is responsible for the death of various creatures‚ the accidental injury of Curley’s hand‚ and the gruesome murder of Curley’s wife. Although the outcome of the situations was unintended‚ innocent lives were lost as a result of his lack of fast reaction and childish mentality. Through the actions of Lennie and the negative reactions that followed
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nobody in the worl’ that gives a hoot in hell about ‘em -’ ‘but not us!’...‘Because I got you an’ you got [me]’” George tells Lennie on the riverbank while looking at the gun in his hand (Steinbeck 104). In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck‚ George Milton and Lennie Small are two migrant workers that travel together in the 1930s. George is little‚ tan‚ and quick‚ while Lennie‚ contrary to his name‚ is big and strong‚ but also mentally disabled. George looks out for him‚ but he consistently gets into
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Lennie I choose Lennie because I thought that he was one of the more interesting and exhilarating characters in Of Mice and Men. For one of the pictures in my collage I have a picture of Lennie which he was described as "...A huge man‚ shapeless of face with large pale eyes‚ with wide sloping shoulders...". Also in the book when him and George where walking they described Lennie as "...walked heavily‚ dragging his feet a little‚ the way a bear drags his paws...". When Lennie and George were
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Lennie Lennies behaviour is very childlike‚ this can be perseieve from ‘’Lennie put his hands over his ears’’ his manorisms of dealing with issues are very child like and can be seen to be similar to the ideal of ‘out of sight out of mind’. This makes us forget about his strength and we are reminded that he can be dangerous‚ in the scene when he fights with Curley which surprises the reader as he first comes across as a soft person‚ and this i turn prepares the reader for the following events of
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California. One of them‚ Lennie Small whose name does not live up to a person’s expectation; he is big and that’s all he’s got going for him unfortunately. George is small and quick‚ a roving farmworker who takes on a father like role and watches over Lennie. The two are broke and search for work on the farms of Northern California. Being broke is problematic for George and Lennie since they plan to own a farm someday. George is the intelligence behind this plan‚ while Lennie is about as sharp as a
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Lennie’s Eulogy Sometimes things happen‚ and there isn’t always something that we can do to change it. Someone’s death will always be something to mourn about‚ but it also allows us to celebrate their life and bring everyone together. Lennie’s death is most definitely a reason to bring us together‚ and even more of a reason to talk about and cherish. Lennie and I had a different relationship than most people do. We stuck together wherever we went‚ and a lot of people questioned this. It was just
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TINO’S EULOGY We gather here today to celebrate the life of my great great grandmother‚ a mentor and also my closet friend‚ Tino Dinh. She left us after 120 years contributing wisdom and contagious passion to this world. If life were a horror movie‚ great great grandma would be that weird Asian one‚ who figured out who or what the killer was. Despite the unusual talent and logical reasoning‚ she would still be the second to last to die and gave everyone a good laugh in the movie‚ because of her
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