Lennie+Small

====//**Lennie represents people who are mistreated and discriminated against, because of their Disability.** // //Lennie also represents hope and that no matter how slow you are or whether you have a disability or not, there is always a loving, caring side to you. ////Lennie has a man's body, but a child's outlook. //// He is not only mentally slow he is also ignorant helpless, and childish. Lennie doesn't mean to be cruel, but his stupidity and his carelessness cause him to harm people and animals. Lennie doesn't know his own strength. Lennie's innocents bring us to like him but when he is out of control he can get scary, like when he threatened Crooks. Lennie is quick to get emotional, his feelings and lack of thought are bound to get him into trouble. He gains pleasure from “pettin” soft things like dead mice, and loves puppies and rabbits. He is dependent, emotionally, on George, who organizes his life and talks to him about their future. Lennie is often compared to animals because he doesn't share the the same understandings as humans. In the beginning he is compared to a bear, "He walked heavily dragging his feet like paws." and he is compared to a horse, "He snorted into the water like a horse." Lennie and George both share a dream which is to be able to "live off the fat of the land" They both want to own their own land without constantly having to work for someone else and not having money to save. Lennie's dream is more childish then the way George see's it but the dream for them is to break the pattern of wandering and loneliness and to be happy and to be treated fairly. //====


 * =//**Characteristics**//= || =//**Comment**//= || =//**Quote**//= || =//**Technique**//= ||
 * ===//Huge physical, hands like paws//=== || ===//When the men are first intorudced Lennie is compared to a bear.//=== || ===//"He walked heavily dragging his feet like paws."//=== || ===//Metaphor of a bear//=== ||
 * ===//Lennie is compared to a horse.//=== || ===//When Lennie was drinking water he was compared to a horse.//=== || ===//"He snorted into the water like a horse."//=== || ===//Similie of a horse.//=== ||
 * ===//Lennie is the oppisite of George.//=== || ===//When the two men are first introduced the author tells us that they are opposites.//=== ||  || ===//"Behind him walked his oppisite."//=== ||
 * ===//Lennie is compared to a terrier.//=== || ===//Lennie tries to hide the mouse but George demands it.//=== || ===//Metaphor of a Terrier.//=== || ===//"Slowely like a Terrier who doesn't want to bring the ball back to his master."//=== ||