Lennie is incapable of making decisions by himself and relies and depends on George entirely and also looks to him as sort of a big brother. Lennie also sees that George is helpful for guidance and answers which relates to Lennie’s mental abilities. Lennie feels a sense of safeness and comfort when he is with George, whereas when Lennie is without George he sometimes feels awkward and misunderstood by others. George refers to Lennie as his cousin in the book, only to avoid questions being asked and hassle from the ranch owner. But the truth to the matter is that George promised Lennie’s Aunt Clara that he would take care of him when she passed away.
We know this got him into trouble in Weed when he tried to feel a girl's soft red dress: she thought he was going to attack her. He can be forgetful - George continually has to remind him about important things. He is very gentle and kind, and would never harm anyone or anything deliberately. He is extremely strong: he can work as well as two men at bucking barley. He is often described as a child or an animal - he drinks from the pool like a horse and his huge hands are described as paws.
The simple and humble dreams and ambitions of Lennie provide hope and motivation for a lot of key characters, including George, Candy and Crooks. Lennie is an intensely simple and innocent character who is entirely dependent and faithful to George due to his mental disability. Lennie’s dream is of simply owning a farm with George where he is able to ‘live off the fatta the lan’ and tend to the rabbits, which ideally would be large enough for Lennie to handle without hurting. Lennie’s dream is immensely simple, and does not seem all that impossible in retrospective, but with the harsh conditions of the times and the disability suffered by Lennie, the dream seems all the more difficult to achieve. George also shares this dream, but with a more well rounded and realistic
George and Lennie want to own a farm together, but with how Lennie acts it might not happen. TT [George is doomed from his friendship with Lennie.] George and Lennie are really close friends. George and Lennie’s P1 [friendship] doesn’t have any issues that could break their friendship. TT [Lennie holds George back, but George cares so much for Lennie that he’s willing to overcome the challenges.]
However, George could walk away from Lennie at anytime, but he chooses to stay loyal. George knows that Lennie holds him back, "If I was alone I could live so easy" (11), easy is exactly what life would be like without Lennie. Without Lennie George could hold down a job, buy his own farm, and start a family. Although he’s aware of this, he knows Lennie stands no chance in the real world. George’s loyalty even causes him to put his life on the line for Lennie, “So we sit in an irrigation ditch under water all the rest of the day.
He looks up to George like someone that he’d love to be, he imitates him like a child “Lennie who had been watching, imitated George exactly.”, and George is like a father to Lennie as well as his best friend. They’re only friends because they have no one else, “Because I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that’s why.” Also he likes to be told he’s done well, especially from George considering he’s the person he looks up to “Lennie choked with pride. ‘I can remember.’” He also likes touching soft things, he likes to keep mice in his pocket and stroke them, but eventually when they bite him, he’d give them a little pinch to tell them off, which would kind of kill them, this shows that he really
Making his death slower would have shown a better portrayal of an important outlook of Lennie’s life and struggles, and how important Lennie meant to George. For anyone who has ever had a dream, Lennie too visions of one day owning a vast farm with a copious amount of rabbits, food, and livestock. Similar to the book, the film does a spectacular job characterizing Lennie to live for that American dream and strive to reach it one day.
Just because he printed University of Virginia on his sneakers doesn't mean they've got to graduate him, Uncle Willy!” Miller time movement is very important in the play. It arrays many different themes, one of them being loyalty. Willy tries to be loyal to his family. He tries to make them the best and most successful people possible. “That's just the way I'm bringing them up, Ben – rugged, well liked, all around.” Willy is loyal to Ben, he tries show off and show how well his little brother has gotten along.
George must take all of the responsibility for Lennie, for his own good; Lennie is a burden to him but can’t throw him aside, time has made the link between them stronger and they will stand side by side until they reach their dream; The American Dream. George and Lennie travel together to reach their goal, along the way they fantasies about what the future may hold for them. They dream of freedom and peace. Lennie being a child lets his imagination run riot; owning rabbits with different colored fur and to get their own
He is always there to love and cuddle. The down side of a ferret is that they are expensive. Positive things about owning a ferret are that ferrets can brighten any mood. They love to give kisses. Ferrets can also be very lazy and just lie around all day.