Lennie In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

Lennie is lonely because he is different. He processes the world differently than everyone else. All though that's not a bad thing, it’s very hard for lennie and that makes him lonely. I don’t believe that anyone actually understands his thought process. Granted George makes him feel less lonely, and so do little critters. But they can not understand him. Not being able to function like other men and having to rely on George is very difficult.

Lennie is lonely because he is very rough and does not realize it. He tries to make friends with mice but they do not like him. They bite him, and he snaps their neck. He does not mean to he just does not know his own strength. He longs for a friend, but all he has got is George. That makes him lonely.

George is not always the nicest person, He can be mean to Lennie. George can be mean to Lennie when Lennie forgets things, Lennie does not know any better and that is hard for George to understand. I think that Lennie would of always been lonely if George hadn’t shot him. Because he can not make healthy relationships. Curly’s wife for example, she was being friendly and letting Lennie feel her hair because he liked soft things. She was comforting him, but she got scared because he would not stop feeling her hair after she repeatedly asked him to stop. She screamed and Lennie was worried that George would be upset, so accidentally he snapped her neck. This all happened because he killed a puppy on accident. This is why he would of always been lonely, he can not handle a relationship with any one other than George.

Lennie Processes the world differently than everyone else because he is mentally challenged. Lennie’s personality is similar to a child’s personality. He does not understand the concept of death, like a child. Granted he knew he had done a very bad thing when he killed Curlyś wife, But he does not understand that consequences are bigger than George not letting him tend the rabbits. He is very loyal to George, but he does not understand that he is a great burden to him. Lennie’s feeling of security comes from petting soft things, but he does not see what is wrong with petting dead mice.