This book is about 2 men named George and Lennie. They want to make money and move into a ranch so they can work for themselves. Lennie is very clumsy and always costs George's job. They start to work at a stable and live in a bunkhouse with many other men. They want to make money and then quit so they can buy a ranch. Lennie isn’t sympathetic because he's dangerous he doesn’t change and he always causes trouble and kills people and animals and he isn’t learning what to do. Lennie is dangerous because At the end of the story Lennie kills Curley's wife. He also kills a mouse and a puppy. On page 91 the book says “She struggled violently under his hands. Her feet battered on the hay and she writhed to be free… And then she was still, for Lennie had broken her neck.” People are scared of Lennie and it affects the story because he is constantly hurting and killing animals and humans and throughout the the story he dosen’t change. This affects the story because Lennie isn’t sympathetic because he doesn’t know how to be sympathetic. He gets confused a lot and doesn’t know what to do when something bad is happening. Lennie is dumb because He doesn’t think things through and doesn’t have a good memory because he never remembers anything. On Page 91 Lennie said “George gonna say I done a bad thing, he ain't …show more content…
gonna let me tend no rabbits.” In the story Lennie is dumb throughout the book and that doesn’t really change. George tries to help him but he can’t. It gets him into a lot of trouble if he can’t remember things. This affects the story because Lennie’s character is to be dumb. He doesn’t remember what he’s supposed to he remembers things that don’t matter. Lennie doesn’t change through the course of the chapters.
He’s remains the same throughout the book. Lennie is gullible throughout the story because In the story George always tells Lennie they are going to get a ranch when george knows that's not going to happen. He wants Lennie to think that so he doesn’t get upset. It’s their dream to do it but all along george knew it wasn’t going to happen. On page 58 Lennie says “An rabbits”, Lennie said eagerly. “An’ i’d take care of ‘ em. Tell how i’d do that George.” This affects the story because he doesn’t realize that they aren’t going to get the ranch. George just tells him so he will think they are getting a
ranch. I’ve learned that Lennie has a lot of conflicts with remembering things. He isn’t sympathetic because he kills animals and humans. It may not be on purpose but he does it anyway. He has trouble remember things. Although he cares about George and he loves animals he doesn’t realize what he does. Steinbeck was not successful at making Lennie sympathetic because he’s dangerous and won’t ever change.
George obviously cared for Lennie or else he would have left him by himself afte...
Lennie's stupidity and carelessness constantly causes him to unintentionally harm people and animals. When he gets into sticky situations, George is there to help him get out of them. Ever since Lennie's Aunt Clara died, George has felt that he has a sense of duty
In the beginning he was forgetful and made many mistakes and by the end he was about the same. Throughout the entire book Lennie doesn’t learn from his mistakes as he keeps getting in trouble. At the beginning of the book, he was forgetful and he continues not to remember anything as the story goes on, this got him into trouble multiple times throughout the book. Sometimes he doesn’t even know what to do on his own. An example of this was when Curley was punching him, he needed instructions on what to do. Lennie never grows throughout the book, and this affects him because he needed to change for the better to begin with and he didn’t which lead him to many
Although Lennie was unattractive and has the tendency of accidental violence, compassion was still something readers had for him. Steinbeck constantly reminded us that he has a mental disability which automatically makes someone feel pity for him. Additionally he was ignored and made fun of by other characters, “Blubberin’ like a baby! Jesus Christ! A big guy like you”(Steinbeck 10). Him getting in trouble was beyond his control because of his mental disability which is something else that makes a reader feel sympathetic for him. Also, the readers are solicitous towards Lennie because of how much he looks up to George. This is portrayed when Crooks asks Lennie what he would do if George never came back, “Well, s’pose, jus’ s’pose he don’t come back. What’ll you do then?”(Steinbeck 70). Because of his inability to comprehend information, he got extremely defensive and said, “George is careful. He won’t get hurt” (Steinbeck 70). This scene is crafted in such a way that it automatically
Curley's wife, an accident that seals his own fate and destroys not only his dreams but George's and Candy's as well. In the beginning Lennie used to pet mice that his Aunt Clara used to give him, he would always end up killing them because he didn't know his own strength. Lennie never killed any pet or person purposely; he pets too roughly and kills them accidentally. An example of his rough tendencies is in the first chapter (page7) when Lennie wants to keep a dead mouse and George wouldn't let him Lennie says" Uh-uh. Jus' a dead mouse, George.
Lennie has always been told what to do by George. George really helps him through problems that keep happening during the book. Lennie is incapable to live because he does not know his strength and George has to play the role as a living assistant for Lennie. Lennie does not mean to harm but because of his condition he essentially harms people. In the book it explains the
Lennie had a soft spot for petting animals and soft things. He is totally oblivious to the fact that he hurts almost every thing he touches. He had pet mice and ended up killing them and when he played with the 'pup' he ended up killing it too. His uncontrolled strength also caused him to kill Curley's wife. "Lennie's fingers fell to stroking her hair... he stroked harder... "Let go!" she cried... She struggled violently... and then she was still; for Lennie had broken her neck." (Page 91). With the death of Curley's wife, Lennie's innocence was taken. He had unwillingly killed. He had to pay the price, by losing his life.
During the course of the novel, Lennie is faced with a variety of challenges. The first impediment he encounters is remembering everyday things in general. For example, at one point he thinks he has lost his working ticket when he was never in possession of it in the first place. George and Lennie are run out of the town of Weed because Lennie had once again gotten himself and George in trouble. He saw a girl wearing a soft
Throughout the story George recites a description of how easy his life could be if he didn't have to keep up with Lennie. "God a'mighty," he could "get a job, an' work, an' no trouble (pg. 11)." At the end of the month, he could take his 50 bucks and go into town and buy whatever he wanted. George says these things like he's only teasing, but in actuality he's dead serious. George started building his alibi when he first arrived at the farm. He wanted to seem like he deeply cared for Lennie, and that Lennie was an overall good person. George then strengthened his alibi, and gave a glimpse of his true motives when he talked to George about why he stopped making fun of Lennie. George said that he told Lennie to "jump in," and that Lennie did it and "he damn near drowned (pg.
Due to child like qualities, Lennie is a person which would be easy prey and a vulnerable person. Lennie is a vulnerable person who is quite dumb. His has an obsession for touching soft thing and this will often lead him in to trouble. But poor Lennie is an innocent person who means no harm to anybody. When he and Curley get into a fight Lennie is too shocked to do any thing. He tries to be innocent but, when told to by George grabs Curley’s fist and crushes it. George is Lennie’s best friend and Lennie does every thing he tells him to do as demonstrated in the fight with “But you tol...
Lennie was not very smart and couldn't do much by himself. He had to be told what to do or he wouldn't do anything at all. He fits all the profiles for a retarded person. He doesn't have any self-control. When he starts to panic he gets out of control and even kills Curly's wife because she starts to scream. Lennie loves animals and can't stop talking about them. He always says that when they get their own place that he wants lots of rabbits, his favorite animal. To him George is like his father figure, since Lennie never really had any parents. He is easily amused and panics quickly.
First, when Lennie sticks his head in the scummy water from the stream in the beginning of the book it shows his inability to think things through before he carries through with them. Another example includes when he grabbed the woman’s dress in Weed. He did not think it through when a normal fully mentally capable person would be able to think that grabbing a strange woman’s dress would not be appropriate. Similarly, he almost duplicates the situation except this time instead of finally letting go of the dress he accidentally killed Curley’s wife resulting in a worse outcome than the situation in Weed. Lennie is unable to think for himself in a safe and well opinionated manner, therefore, he needs someone like George to take care of him and prevent him from bad situations. However, the worse part about Lennie’s neverending trilogy of mistakes is that he does not learn from them. He makes the same mistake of killing multiple mice because he pets them too hard and never learns to be more gentle. George states in the novel ,”He’s awright. Just ain’t bright. But he can do anything you tell him.” (Steinbeck 22) This statement shows that though George is telling the boss how well he can work, he is also expressing how he doesn’t make decisions for himself and that he needs George to take care of him. George also says,” Yeah, you forgot. You always forget, an’ I got to talk you out of it.” (Steinbeck 23) This statement also portrays some of the reason he doesn’t learn from his mistakes. Lennie has a very difficult time remembering anything other than instructions that George gives him. George could not have just let Lennie go because he would not be able to make good decisions, nor could he take care of himself on his own, therefore George made the right decision to end Lennie’s
This is a novella written by John Steinbeck in 1937, about two men that lived during the depression. They were migrant workers, who wanted to buy a farm. ()
Without George, Lennie does not understand what to do. Lennie gets frightened and uses his strength to hold on to objects. Lennie is just like a child. He will do what ever George tells him to: "Curley was flopping like a fish on a line, and his closed fist was lost in Lennie's hand. George slapped [Lennie] in the face again and again and still Lennie held on. Through Lennie's actions we can see that Lennie is very similar to a child. Lennie's first instinct when he is scared is to hold on. Just as a little kid holds on to its mum or dad when they become frightened, Lennie holds on to objects. As of Lennie's low intelligence to understand his strength, he bec...
He keeps saying that he’ll run away and live in a cave if he got in trouble. Considering that Lennie doesn’t even remember his aunt at certain moments, he wouldn’t have gotten very far. He is “...jus’ like a kid”(43). Many people compare him to a big baby and he isn’t too bright. He also hallucinated for a little bit. Lennie is next to the water, when he starts seeing his aunt and a rabbit, both of them criticising his decisions. He is clearly mentally unstable and unfit to live by himself in the woods. He has always had George with him, and that is the only reason he has lived as long as he had. He is an extremely dependent person due to his disability, so George did the right thing in killing him. Others would say that George and Lennie could go off together and find some other job, but there is no guarantee that he wouldn’t mess up again or that the people wouldn’t find them. All in all, George did the merciful