friend’s head, Lennie Small. Without context, this would be seen as murder, as a crime. But, in this particular scenario, this act was not murder, it was mercy. Lennie was a disabled man, he was forgetful, unempathetic, and easily frightened. Not to mention he just killed a woman. Lennie is not a terrible man, a bit disadvantageous maybe, but all the same he has never hurt a single thing with malice. He simply can’t understand what he does is wrong, he can’t comprehend death. “And Lennie said to the
of his main characters in great depth. In Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, a story of two traveling laborers who are on their way to a job loading barley at a California ranch. The two most important characters in the novel are George Milton and Lennie Small. They are ordinary workmen, moving from town to town and job to job, but they symbolize much more than that. Their names give us our first hints about them. One of Steinbeck's favorite books when he was growing up was Paradise Lost by John
takes place in the Salinas Valley of California. The drama is centered around two itinerant farm workers, George Milton and Lennie Small, with a dream of someday owning a place of their own. Lennie Small is a simple-minded, slow moving, shapeless hulk with pale eyes whose enormous physical strength often causes him to get into trouble. George Milton on the other hand is small in stature, clever, dark of face and eyes, and acts as Lennie's guardian and calming force. Early in the story the prospect
These men were George Milton and Lennie Small. George was "small and quick and hard of the face, and had sharp strong features" (9). Lennie was the opposite a " huge man, shape less of a face, with large, pale eyes, with wide sloping shoulders" (9). While the simple minded and powerful Lennie tries to keep out of trouble at the ranch, he worries about how George may get angry at him if he makes a blunder. Curly, the boss's son, is a trouble maker and pressures Lennie into fighting him which he does
positive frame of mind and try earnestly to improve their standard of living. An example of this is would be George Milton and Lennie Small. The other option is to walk around with a chip on their shoulder, not bother to improve oneself but eradicate those around him or her that serve as a frustration or nuisance. An ideal example of this would be Curley when he decides to target Lennie as a'frustration' and subsequently attacks him with no real valid reason apart from jealousy and spite. The last option
friend, Lennie Small. George and Lennie are on their way to a farm that has harvesting jobs available. While camped along side a river George and Lennie talk about their dreams of someday owning a farm with rabbits for Lennie to take care of. The next day George convinces the farm boss to hire Lennie and him. Lennie's Love for feeling soft things becomes a problem when he is playing with a puppy and accidentally kills it. The wife of Curley, the boss's son, comes into the barn to talk to Lennie. The
The Not So Small Character of Lennie Small “Trouble with mice is you always kill 'em. ” This quote was taken from the famous story, Of Mice and Men, written by John Steinbeck. It is directed to one of the main characters, Lennie Small, and although seemingly inconsequential can describe him and his actions almost perfectly. Through this quote, the author expresses Lennie's inability to know his own strength, the reason he accidentally kills the mice. He consistently makes mistakes like these
Kallie Canfield Mrs. Lutrell 2/05/2018 English 11 Lennie Smalls; A Man With No Chance Allegedly, those in the game of life, all have a chance to win. For a man like Lennie Smalls, in John Steinbeck’s novella in “Of Mice and Men”, has less of a chance as everyone else. Lennie is a mentally handicapped man who wishes to pursue a life as normal as others. In the novella, John Steinbeck provides no chance for his dehumanized character, Lennie Smalls, to obtain the American Dream because he is mentally
peculiarities. Lennie Small is a main character and not many people understand what kind of person Lennie is. He’s big and has a limited mental capacity. George is also the main character and is described as physically small with very sharp features, an opposite to Lennie Small. And Curley, the boss’s son. He is aggressive, pugnacious, and a decent box fighter. Lennie Small is a very interesting character. He is big with power and mentally disabled. However, he is still defenseless is a way. “Lennie looked
The Dumbing Down of Lennie Smalls Tayven Nguyen P.2 What if you were traveling in hot and rural California in the 1930’s from job to job for money to buy land for a farm. You have no family and are just on the road trying to work. This is what George and Lennie did in Of Mice and Men wrote by John Steinback. But there’s one trick to George and Lennie, Lennie is mentally disabled and George has to take care of him while traveling/working. George has to take care of the responsibilities of
I would have to say Lennie is the protagonist of the book even though George is an extremely critical character as well. Lennie Small is described as being a monstrous man with the mind of a child, a shapeless face, big pale eyes, sloping shoulders, and big feet that dragged a bit when he walked, much like a bear. George has taken Lennie under his wing and thus Lennie depends solely on George for everything. Ever since Lennie has been with George, he has told Lennie stories of a great place
the beginning of the story, two men named George Milton and Lennie Small are trying to make their way to a small ranch in Salinas Valley, California. George is the leader of their two man tribe, despite Lennie’s intimidating size. George is filled with determination and confidence while Lennie is a simple man with a big heart. Up north, they had recently been run out of a town called Weed on account of Lennie. First of all, Lennie is not very smart, and becomes frightened and confused easily
Of Mice and Men: Lennie and George Of Mice and Men, written by John Steinbeck, is the story of two simple farm hands, Lennie Small, who incidentally, really isn't very small, and his better half, George Milton, on their quest to have "a place of their own," with plenty of furry bunnies, of course. Sound strange? Read on to get clued in. The book opens along the banks of the Salinas River a few miles south of Soledad, California. Everything is calm and beautiful, and nature is alive. The trees
Men by John Steinbeck, George Milton is shown many times playing the game of Solitaire, a card game which requires only one man and a pack of playing cards. His companion, Lennie Small is never asked to play cards or other games because George knows emphatically that Lennie is incapable of such a mental task. Although Lennie and George are companions, George has the idea of being "solitaire" to be no longer burdened by Lennie's company. Solitaire, meaning alone, is a metaphor for the loneliness
named George Milton and Lennie Small are trying to get to a ranch in Salinas Valley, California. George is the leader of the two men, because of Lennie’s small size. George is filled confidence while Lennie is a simple man with a big heart. On account of Lennie they got kicked out of town called Weed, up North. Leenie is a type of guy that is not very bright and gets frightened and confused really easy. Petting animals and picking up things that are interesting to him. Lennie and George decided to
The Most Loyal Friend: Lennie Small Back in the day far too often people looked down on or took advantage of people with mental or physical disabilities. Those are the kids nowadays that ride the short bus, are in a wheelchair, or their brain or other organs or limbs never completely developed so they have trouble completing simple everyday activities. About 15% of the people in the world today have either a significant mental or physical disability (according to Disabilities of America website)
This book focuses on two main characters: George Milton and Lennie Smalls. The story starts out with both of them out in the wilderness of Soledad after their bus dropped them off a few miles away from their destination. George reveals that they left their original town in Weed after his companion, Lennie, lost both their jobs. During George’s conversation with Lennie, it is revealed that Lennie was bad at remembering things and had a tendency to pet objects when George finds out that he kept
Lennie Small is a very large, strong man with the mind of a young child. He often makes mistakes that he cannot handle. He travels with his friend, George Milton to farms where they are vegetable laborers. Their ultimate goal is to have a piece of land of their own. The book “Of Mice and Men” is a fictional novella written by John Steinbeck and was published in 1837. Throughout the story, Lennie often makes mistakes he never means to make. Lennie is very big and strong. He loves animals and has
the relationship between the two main characters, George Milton and Lennie Small. He described them as displaced migrant ranch workers, aspirating to obtain a piece of the American Dream. Steinbeck defines the American Dream as, owning a piece of land, obtaining financial stability and breaking the cycle of Lennie’s destructive behavior. Therefore, the contributing factors that led to George killing Lennie are, as follows: a) Lennie was mentally handicapped, who could not control his desires to touch
Steinbeck was “small and quick, dark of face, with restless eyes and sharp, strong features. Every part of him was defined: small, strong hands, slender arms, a thin and bony nose.” (Steinbeck, Pg.2) George was Caucasian and it looked as if he had stepped out of an old movie containing drifters, better known as migrant workers. Although physically George was very small, he had complete control over his companion Lennie, the way a father controls a son. George not only controlled Lennie but he also