Lennie in "Of Mice and Men"
My revision notes for Lennie
- Created by: Helen Mulligan
- Created on: 18-05-13 14:53
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- Lennie
- Crafty/Manipulative.
- "he sensed his advantage"
- "Spoke craftly"
- Uses his retardness to his advantage, to get out of something or out of trouble.
- ******/Childlike
- "I like beans withe ketchup"
- "Blubberin' like a baby"
- "Jes' like a kid "
- Speech/Language-"Aw, levae me have it, George"
- Stupid/Forgetful- "I tried not to forget"
- Digging Deeper
- Dreadful progression in his victims from the dead mouse to Curley's Wife.
- Lennie doesn't always understand the ordinary values of "good+bad"
- Until the end, he never takes responsibility for his actions.
- Sympathetic Character
- At the start: childish, silly, seems harmless, innocent.
- "Wiggled his fingers so the water arose in little splashes."
- because he is slow we feel pity for him.
- Narrative Function
- He keeps the story going, causes them to leave Weed, kills Curley's Wife and hurts Curley etc.
- Dreams
- Seems to be fixated, obsessed with the dream, every decision, every bad thing revolves around the dream- "George'll be mad.."
- Follower/Loyal
- "the follower nearly ran him over"
- "Lennie, who had been watching imitated George exactly"
- Animal-like terms
- "walked his opposite"
- "walked heavily, dragging his feet a little, the way a bear drags his paws"
- "tried to redirect"
- "Lennie covered his face with his huge paws"
- "his fist lost in Lennie's paw"
- Frequently described as bear like, tendency to hold onto his prey and inflict great damage but also survival instincts.
- Crafty/Manipulative.
- Dreadful progression in his victims from the dead mouse to Curley's Wife.
- At the start: childish, silly, seems harmless, innocent.
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