Lennie has the mind capacity of a young child, and is therefore easily influenced by others actions and affected by their words. An example of injustice is when Curley meets Lennie. He seems as if he is intimidated by Lennie’s rather large size, and as most guys do, bulk up to show dominance. Curleys’ “hands [closing] into fists”(25) made Lennie uncomfortable from the beginning. Curley, as most others back in these times, doesn’t understand the way Lennie acts nor does he seem to care. Curleys jealousy over Lennie leads to him later swinging at him, in return, poor Lennie gets frightened and reached for his fist, holding “the flopping little man”(63) like a fish on a line, and ends up breaking his hand. Later in the story the reader is faced with the conflict of Lennie
Lennie has the mind capacity of a young child, and is therefore easily influenced by others actions and affected by their words. An example of injustice is when Curley meets Lennie. He seems as if he is intimidated by Lennie’s rather large size, and as most guys do, bulk up to show dominance. Curleys’ “hands [closing] into fists”(25) made Lennie uncomfortable from the beginning. Curley, as most others back in these times, doesn’t understand the way Lennie acts nor does he seem to care. Curleys jealousy over Lennie leads to him later swinging at him, in return, poor Lennie gets frightened and reached for his fist, holding “the flopping little man”(63) like a fish on a line, and ends up breaking his hand. Later in the story the reader is faced with the conflict of Lennie