Lennie - of mice and men
- Created by: Deepali Patel
- Created on: 05-03-13 16:36
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- Lennie
- Huge grown man - but also very childlike
- Powerful man with huge hands - brilliant farm labourer.
- Not grown up mentally - Slim: "He's just like a kid"
- Innocent, doesn't know how to behave.
- He isn't interested in anyone apart from beautiful women
- Takes orders from George. Aswell as Slim - Clear he doesn't want to disobey ANYONE.
- Curley's wife calls him a "dum-dum".
- Big, Stupid, Violent, Strong, Childlike
- Like an Animal
- He looks and walks like a bear - "he walked heavily, dragging his feet a little, the way a bear drags his paws".
- He slavers and drools over beautiful women e.g. Curley's Wife.
- Right from childhood, he has befriended (cuddly) animals before people.
- Stubborn + very possessive over his animals. (Over his mice, pups and his dream of tending his own rabbits.
- Always on the lookout for a pet, perhaps because the're characteristics are so similar.
- Dependant on George
- George has 'adopted' Lennie after his aunt Clara's death.
- Lennie could not survive on his own. Despite his attempts to convince George he could go live in a cave alone. He may be like an animal but he would never survivve in the wild.
- Like an Animal
- He looks and walks like a bear - "he walked heavily, dragging his feet a little, the way a bear drags his paws".
- He slavers and drools over beautiful women e.g. Curley's Wife.
- Right from childhood, he has befriended (cuddly) animals before people.
- Stubborn + very possessive over his animals. (Over his mice, pups and his dream of tending his own rabbits.
- Always on the lookout for a pet, perhaps because the're characteristics are so similar.
- Like an Animal
- Addicted of the vision of their farm, pleading with George whenever he gets the chance.
- Lennie most probably would've been lynched if George hadn't always stepping in.
- George is his big brother and parent, his guardian and friend.
- Lennie does give in return - he does work for 2 men, very useful for George.
- Also a KILLER!
- Gentlest man is also the most destructive.
- He attacks Curley, Curley's wife, kills mice, and throws his dead pup on the barn floor in anger.
- It's not malicious(mean). He doesn't want to cause pain. Only attacks Curley because George encourages him. He didn't want to.
- Little self- restraint. Everything he does is in extreme.
- Liable to panic when someone else does. In these panic attacks, things tend to happen too suddenly.
- Gentlest man is also the most destructive.
- Huge grown man - but also very childlike
- Also a KILLER!
- Gentlest man is also the most destructive.
- He attacks Curley, Curley's wife, kills mice, and throws his dead pup on the barn floor in anger.
- It's not malicious(mean). He doesn't want to cause pain. Only attacks Curley because George encourages him. He didn't want to.
- Little self- restraint. Everything he does is in extreme.
- Liable to panic when someone else does. In these panic attacks, things tend to happen too suddenly.
- Gentlest man is also the most destructive.
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