Of Mice and Men Themes
- Created by: abipritchard
- Created on: 16-05-16 11:35
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- Animals /Nature
- Lennie is like an animal
- He acts to satisfy his immediate needs
- Has no concept of the conse-quences of his actions
- "bear" "paws" "snorting... like a horse"
- "drinks like a dog" "terrier" "bleated" "growled" "wary like an animal"
- Many characters are described as animals
- Curley's wife: "rat" "fish"
- "They'll tie ya up with a collar, like a dog"
- "Put him in a cage"
- The water snake, which is alive in the pool at the beginning of the novel and killed in the final section, shows that nature is harsh
- Lennie's death is very similar to the death of Candy's dog showing that Lennie is treated like an animal
- "Right in the back of the head"
- "Without quivering"
- Lennie adores animals and doesn't mean to hurt them
- There is a consistent motif throughout the book of nature being disturbed by man
- For example: when the pool is calm and then George and Lennie can be heard approaching"
- Lennie is like an animal
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