Character Analysis Of Lennie In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

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Some traits of his are that lennie is Big, DimWitted, Tall, and Strong George says that he wouldn't let go of this girls dress and he couldn't get him off of her Dress and that he had to get a lot of men to get him off of her. Lennie doesn't really have a mind of his own he usually does what George tells him to.But all lennie wants to do is protect and have a back up to help with. Pg 40 “i Used to play jokes on him because he was too dumb to take care of himself.But he was too dumb even to know he had a joke played on him.” It hurts him personally because he doesn't know what's right or what's wrong and this makes him dangerous because he might things too seriously and hurt someone and then him and george might get killed or kicked

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