Lennie Sympath
As our class was reading Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, I came to realize that most of the characters had something that we could sympathize with. For George, it was how he always had to run away from jobs because of something Lennie did, for Crooks, it was the fact that he was treated so poorly for having a different skin colour. However, Lennie seems to have it the worst. He has the mental capacity of a child, ends up killing a woman on the ranch, and his best friend has to kill him by the end of the book. Lennie was born with a disability that causes mental retardation, because of this he doesn´t always know right from wrong and acts like a kid. He shows this when he gets upset at George for taking away his dead mouse that he hid in his pocket. George tells him that he can say a word when they get to the ranch that they are going to work at, if he does then they might not be hired because of Lennie's impairment. George says to Lennie, ¨If he finds out what a crazy bastard you are, we won´t get no job, but if he sees ya work before he hears ya talk, we're set¨ (6). This tells us that
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This woman is the boss´ sonś wife, Curly's wife. The other men described her as attractive but scandalous and says that she flirts with all the ranch hands. George tells Lennie to stay away from her by saying, ¨you keep away from her, ´cause she's a rattrap if I ever seen one¨ (32). When they first met Curly’s wife, she seemed very friendly and it didn't sit well with George. However, Lennie didn't listen to George and him and the young lady ended up in a barn together alone towards the end of the book. She tells him that he can feel her hair because it’s soft but once he does she gets upset by him messing it up. As she tries to get him to let go he holds on tighter and eventually ends up breaking her neck. This causes him to get scared and run to where George told him to go if he got in
This woman is the boss´ sonś wife, Curly's wife. The other men described her as attractive but scandalous and says that she flirts with all the ranch hands. George tells Lennie to stay away from her by saying, ¨you keep away from her, ´cause she's a rattrap if I ever seen one¨ (32). When they first met Curly’s wife, she seemed very friendly and it didn't sit well with George. However, Lennie didn't listen to George and him and the young lady ended up in a barn together alone towards the end of the book. She tells him that he can feel her hair because it’s soft but once he does she gets upset by him messing it up. As she tries to get him to let go he holds on tighter and eventually ends up breaking her neck. This causes him to get scared and run to where George told him to go if he got in