Flat and Static Character- he remains exactly the same as we first meet him.
Often described in terms of animals- has the strength of a bear and thinks and acts like one: '' I'll go an live in a cave george''
Many childlike quantities- results in him being trusted by some but subject to jokes by others.
Represents the mentally challenged in the 1930's- without george, he would be in a mental asylum.
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George
Blindly devoted and heavily reliant on George
They almost have like a father and son relationship- george takes care of lennie and lennie looks up to him. For example, when george is drinking water and postions his hat -in the first few pages of chapter one, Lennie imitates george.
Lennie adds a dose of sunshine to george's life- he is always talking 'happily' or 'delightedly'
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Petting Mice
Greatest feeling of sercurity coming from soft things- they help him feel safe when the rest of the world gets complicated and scary.
Is innocent- just wants to pet things but retaliates when bitten by the mouse, he pinches their heads-killing them. This might represent the unthinking violence all men are capable of?
Lennie does not mean to kill the mice but does because he is not aware of how physcially strong he is.
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Dream Farm and Death
Lennie is set up for doom from the start, his innocence only seems to ensure his inevitable destruction
His enthusiam for the dream farm is contagious and keeps the dream alive. He manages to convince george, crooks and candy that it will happen.
Lennie is mericfully killed by killed by george because he knows if he isn't killed now, he will be killed by Curley's mob or sent to an asylum.
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