Throughout the novel, Of Mice and Men, we meet an extravagant character, Lennie Small. Consequently, through his journey it is recognizable how personality and traits affect his goals and ambitions. A built massive white male, who is unbelievably strong, is unfortunately mentally retarded. “Behind him walked his opposite, a huge man, shapeless of face, with large, pale eyes, and wide, sloping shoulders; and he walked heavily, dragging his feet a little, the way a bear drags his paws” (2). With a step back from being mentally handicapped, georges lovable character traits can still be shown with the journey he took. Under the circumstances of being mentally retarded, Lennie’s child-like qualities are very noticeable and appear frequently.
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Constantly, through the book Lennie is always bugging george to tell him about their dream about owning their own ranch and owning a place where they are able to tend rabbits. "An' rabbits," Lennie said eagerly. "An' I'd take care of 'em.Tell how I'd do that, George" (58), his eagerness can really show how much the idea of caring for the rabbits motivates him. When Lennie was a young boy he had always enjoyed playing and petting his mice that his aunt clara gave him. Although this may be true, he would always end up harming the mice, due to when he thought they were going to bite him he would strangle them. In effect, there was an end to this because his aunt stopped giving him rats, “...... That was your own Aunt Clara. An' she stopped givin' 'em to ya. You always killed 'em” (9). However, this new idea of being able to tend for the rabbits really eagers Lennie because rather than someone caring for him, he could care for something. "The rabbits we're gonna get, and I get to tend 'em, cut grass an' give 'em water, an' like that” (69). It will be a moment of redemption, due to he would be able to take back his actions and show how caring and affectionate he really is towards the animals. This can also tie up with his innocent ways and attitude, by being able to show how eager he is to care for them. In addition, the idea of the rabbits also can be related to being able to …show more content…
And he continued sadly, "-an' never have no ketchup-but I won't care. If George don't want me... I'll go away. I'll go” (100). Georges commands acted as a form of motivation, as if he followed the commands, he would be able to take care and tend the rabbits. In addition, George’s commands also allowed Lennie to stick up for himself when Curley tried to attack him. Curley was a small man who had no interest in men who were stronger and larger than him, "Well... tell you what. Curley's like alot of little guys. He hates big guys. He's alla time picking scraps with big guys. Kind of like he's mad at 'em because he ain't a big guy “ (). One day, Curley started to attack Lennie because he believed he was laughing at him. Once his hands and arms agressively started harassing Lennie, George started yelling at Lennie of what to do, "Get him Lennie. Don't let him do It” (62-63). Soon enough Lennie fought back and won, this shows how George motivated Lennie to stand up for himself. George acted as a motivational Friend towards
Constantly, through the book Lennie is always bugging george to tell him about their dream about owning their own ranch and owning a place where they are able to tend rabbits. "An' rabbits," Lennie said eagerly. "An' I'd take care of 'em.Tell how I'd do that, George" (58), his eagerness can really show how much the idea of caring for the rabbits motivates him. When Lennie was a young boy he had always enjoyed playing and petting his mice that his aunt clara gave him. Although this may be true, he would always end up harming the mice, due to when he thought they were going to bite him he would strangle them. In effect, there was an end to this because his aunt stopped giving him rats, “...... That was your own Aunt Clara. An' she stopped givin' 'em to ya. You always killed 'em” (9). However, this new idea of being able to tend for the rabbits really eagers Lennie because rather than someone caring for him, he could care for something. "The rabbits we're gonna get, and I get to tend 'em, cut grass an' give 'em water, an' like that” (69). It will be a moment of redemption, due to he would be able to take back his actions and show how caring and affectionate he really is towards the animals. This can also tie up with his innocent ways and attitude, by being able to show how eager he is to care for them. In addition, the idea of the rabbits also can be related to being able to …show more content…
And he continued sadly, "-an' never have no ketchup-but I won't care. If George don't want me... I'll go away. I'll go” (100). Georges commands acted as a form of motivation, as if he followed the commands, he would be able to take care and tend the rabbits. In addition, George’s commands also allowed Lennie to stick up for himself when Curley tried to attack him. Curley was a small man who had no interest in men who were stronger and larger than him, "Well... tell you what. Curley's like alot of little guys. He hates big guys. He's alla time picking scraps with big guys. Kind of like he's mad at 'em because he ain't a big guy “ (). One day, Curley started to attack Lennie because he believed he was laughing at him. Once his hands and arms agressively started harassing Lennie, George started yelling at Lennie of what to do, "Get him Lennie. Don't let him do It” (62-63). Soon enough Lennie fought back and won, this shows how George motivated Lennie to stand up for himself. George acted as a motivational Friend towards