Similarities Between Lennie And Arnie

The disabilities of Arnie and Lennie affect their everyday lives because they both can’t behave appropriately in a normal society. Their mental disability make Arnie and Lennie callow so sometimes they don’t know how to react to certain things. For example when Arnie’s brother Gilbert asked him for help in the basement Arnie said no because their dad killed himself, then he start laughing. Arnie doesn’t know that it’s not funny to laugh at someone when they die. Arnie is 18 and his brother Gilbert is the one that takes care of him, he tries to assuage Arnie’s life because he can’t do most things we can. Arnie’s disability also affect his life because he can’t even wash his own self up. Gilbert has to wash him up. Even a 5 year old can wash their own self up.

Gilbert was hanging out with a girl under a umbrage but he forgot he had to wash Arnie up, so he rushed home and put him in the tub.

Gilbert wanted to go back so bad that he asked Arnie if he when he’s done he could get out the tub and put his clothes on. But Gilbert forgot that Arnie’s disability make him forget things fast so Arnie forgot to get out the tub. Arnie stayed in the tub all night until Gilbert got him out in the morning. Arnie’s disability is so severe that he forgot to get his own self out the tub. Arnie’s disability also affect his everyday life by acting up in public. Every time Gilbert goes to work Arnie runs to this tower and climb it. The cops always come but can never get him down but Gilbert does and that can really get Arnie in trouble. Arnie doesn’t know what he doing is illegal because of his disability. One time the cops actually locked him up but Arnie seemed to didn’t care not realizing he’s really in trouble now. When people talk to Arnie his words is drivel and people don’t really understand what he’s

saying.

Another character that has a mental disability that affect his everyday life is Lennie. Lennie’s caretaker who is George always try to exhort Lennie from doing the wrong things, but Lennie has a bad habit of forgetting things. Lennie’s disability affect his life by not being able to communicate in a grown up manner. When George and Lennie go on new ranches George tells him to keep his mouth closed because if Lennie speaks he probably will cost them the job. This can affect Lennie very badly because would if George died or left Lennie because he was fed up with him how would Lennie make it in life. In order to get a job at a ranch you kind of have to persuade the ranch owner to hire you and not someone else. Since George usually do all the talking Lennie wouldn’t know what to say or how to say it. Lennie would probably have to show them he can work instead on convincing the ranch owner. Actions do speak louder than words. Lennie also can’t remember things that George tell him. But somehow he never forget about the dream of him and George owning their own farm and getting rabbits. This can really affect his everyday life because would if George told him to remember something very important and Lennie forgot then what? For example, the first time Lennie saw Curley’s wife he stared at her and George noticed. George exhorted Lennie to talk to her or even look at her. Curley’s wife tried to talk to Lennie but at first Lennie says no because George told him not to but then she offered to let him touch her hair. So he’s stroking her hair and then he start doing it too hard. She got scared and started yelling then he put his hand on her mouth and shook her which killed her. This really was serious because he killed the boss’s son wife which could cost them their job and get them hung. Lennie would not survive in the world with his disability.

The two characters Lennie and Arnie are alike because they both have a mental disability but they also are different. Arnie and Lennie both tend to forget things there caretaker tell them. But Lennie always remember his rabbits and Arnie always remember his birthday party. It seems like they remember things that’s important to them. They both put dead animals in their pocket because they don’t want the person that takes care of them to know he killed it. They are also very different because Arnie is very fast and Lennie is very strong. If you turn around for too long Arnie will be on the top of the water tower getting himself in trouble. Lennie will kill animals and try to hide it. Lennie killed mice,puppy and a woman. Its pretty hard to kill a grown woman just by shaking them. Now you can’t a real image of how strong Lennie is. But Lennie don’t kill things on purpose, as I said before he doesn't know his own strength. Him not knowing his own strength can have something to do with his mental disability.Lennie is in his 30’s and Arnie is just turning 18. Arnie seems more callow than Lennie but it might have something to do with their age difference. The younger you are the more childish you are even without a mental disability and the older you are the more mature you are. Since Lennie has the mental disability he is more childish than a person without a mental disability that’s in there 30’s. Arnie also have a family that he lives with. Lennie on the other hand don’t have a family all he has is George. Arnie has a stable home that he can go home to everyday. Lennie doesn’t have a stable he’s a ranch worker. Lennie is a bindlestiff, he is a hobo that carry a bedroll. Lennie did have his aunt Clara until she passed away. But he never had a home like Arnie did. There’s a difference between a home and somewhere you stay. This is how Arnie and Lennie’s mental disability can affect their everyday life.