But it was jus’ a dead mouse an’ I was on’y pettin’ it. Then suddenly I made George upset ‘cause I said I liked them beans with ketchup an’ that I would like rabbits ‘cause they ain’t that small. He told me that I’m way too irresponsible for any kind of animal an’ he told me how happy he would be without me. He also told that I ain’t gonna say nothing tomorrow. An’ that I need to hide in the bush if I get in trouble.
Animals play an important role in much of the symbolism found within the novel. A common motif throughout the book, bunnies symbolize the hopes and dreams of the future. The fantasy rabbit farm shared by George and Lennie, two friends and companions working on a ranch, keeps them moving toward the goal of one day realizing that dream. Lennie’s love for soft creatures helps show his innocence, despite his tendency to kill the very animals he adores, due to his brutal strength. Their deaths and Lennie’s eventual death result in the unfulfillment of the dream, leaving everyone lonely and without purpose.
In the novel, Of Mice And Men by John Steinbeck, George is Lennies flashlight. He guides Lennie through the bad time and shows Lennie other ways of solving his promlems. Without George his friend would be lost in the world with no references. George has many feelings for his best friend Lennie. He is sometimes mean to Lennie, complaining that he misses out on somethings in life because he has to look out for Lennie.
The 15 year old Christopher Boone of ‘The Curious Incident’ suffers under the Asperger syndrome and therefore has a different perspective on life than normal people. Lennie Small, who plays one of the main characters in ‘Of Mice and Men’ is mentally retarded and needs to get through a tough life style in another way. Although Lennie of ‘Of Mice and Men’ is among the principal character, he perhaps is the least dynamic. He does not change, develop or grow throughout the novel and remains the same for most of the time. Lennie is mentally retarded, which can be seen in his actions; he loves to pet soft things, is very faithful to George and their vision of the farm and possesses incredible physical strength.
This situation is repeated when Candy walks pass looking for Lennie and expresses to Lennie “this is the first time I ever been in his room”, which triggers Crook to invite him in too as he follows on to say “You can come in if you want”. The sense of eagerness is repeated which shows he longs for company which is further hinted as he says “A guy goes nuts if he’s lonely.” Loneliness and Isolation is something Crooks is used to, structurally speaking, section 4 starts and ends by Crooks rubbing oil on his back, alone. The sense of isolation is emphasized with the fact that throughout the whole book of Of Mice and Men there is only one section on Crooks, and the whole section focuses on him which brings up awareness of segregation which was at its peak at the time towards black
St uses complex discriptions using detailed ADJ to help the R visualise entrance of CW. The R encouraged 2 consider the reasons why she dresses flirtatiously, reason why followed L into barn + ultimately desperate need 4 Attention CW’s loneliness is the focus of the scene – long persistent dream not reality | P7 | Death of CWAudience is concerned for CWR knows L’s history with soft thingsStrokes her hairLennie panics | CW = “what makes you so nuts about rabbits?”L = “I like to pet nice things…sof’ things…”L= “George’ll be mad!” Simile = ‘..her body flopped like a fish’ | L is concerned about his dream not being fulfilledST depiction of CW is a significant development – transformed from self-absorbed manipulator to R feeling sympathy
Yeah!- Oh, what an excellent idea. 2No, no, wait a minute.Who'd wanna read a book made by mice? Cinderella would read it. And if you made it,I know that she'd love it. But we don't know how to make a book.
Lennie knows he had done something wrong because he was thinking George won’t let him have rabbits, so he hid the puppy in hay in the barn. This is one of many ways that Steinbeck explores desired in the characters of, of mice and
Thomas Nast was born September 27, 1840, Landau, Bandan, which is now Germany. He was the son of a musician in the 9th regiment Bavarian band. His mother took him to New York in 1846. He studied art there for about a year with Alfred Fredericks and Theodore Kaufmann and at the school of the National Academy of Design. After school (at the age of 15), he started working in 1855 as a draftsman for Frank Leslies Illustrated Newspaper; three years afterwards for Harper's Weekly.Nast drew for Harper's Weekly from 1859 to 1860 and from 1862 until 1886.
For example, Lennie loves to pet soft things like mice, puppies, velvet and as mentioned earlier, dresses. But because Lennie is so quick to get emotional, so unable to be rational, and so physically large it is difficult for the other ranchers to see his