He urges Lennie to come straight here As the fire begins to die down, Lennie and George make small beds on the ground out of their bindles. As they drift Part 2. George and Lennie arrive at the ranch. An old man named Candy, who is missing a hand, shows After the boss leaves, George chastises Lennie for talking. Lennie apologizes, insisting he forgot to stay quiet.
George orders Lennie to remain Curley approaches Lennie and asks if he and George are the men the boss has been waiting on Lennie begs He asks George if he and Lennie are the new guys, and whether they travel around together. George says they do—he must Slim introduces him to George and Lennie as Carlson. Carlson asks Slim whether his dog had her litter of puppies yet, and Lennie excitedly asks George if he heard the men talking about the puppies, and if George George and Lennie leave the bunk house as George confides in Lennie that he himself is worried about Part 3.
George thanks Slim for giving Lennie one of the new puppies, and says Lennie is probably so excited about his new Lennie comes into the bunk house, breathless with joy over his new puppy, and lies down Lennie and Carlson come into the bunk house together. Lennie gets into bed, and Carlson begins Lennie asks George how long it will be until they get their piece of land. Lennie continues focusing intensely on the fantasy of raising—and petting—as many rabbits as he wants.
Still, as he begins doing the math, he realizes Curley notices As Curley reaches a fist back and swings at Lennie , Carlson takes Curley away to go to the doctor in town. George tells Lennie to wash his bloody face. Part 4. Saturday night, Crooks sits on his bunk alone, rubbing liniment into his sore back, when Lennie appears in the open doorway and looks in on him. Though Lennie smiles amiably at Crooks begins telling Lennie about his past, explaining that he grew up in California—his family was the only black Lennie calms down.
Crooks urges Lennie to see things from his point of view—he is alone Crooks continues reminiscing about his childhood, telling Lennie about how he and his two brothers used to all sleep in the same bed, Crooks tells Candy that Lennie is with him. Candy comes to the doorway but makes Lennie , staring into his lap, replies, Candy tries to comfort Crooks, but Crooks plainly states Part 5. The next afternoon, while the other men play horseshoes outside in the bright sun, Lennie is alone in the barn.
He is staring at his puppy, which is dead on Lennie feels badly and goes over to retrieve the puppy so he can hold it in Lennie shows her the puppy, and she is surprised to see that As the sounds of the horseshoe game echo in from outside, Lennie wonders aloud if he could avoid trouble with George by throwing the puppy away. He puts his hands over her nose and mouth to stop her from screaming, Both of them realize that Lennie is responsible for her death, though neither of them will say the truth aloud.
Slim asks George where Lennie might have gone—he seems sad at the prospect of hunting the man down and killing Part 6. Lennie sits at the edge of the green pool on the Salinas River, drinking thirstily from Aunt Clara points out Aunt Clara morphs into a giant rabbit.
George comes crashing through the brush to find a hysterical Lennie screaming and rocking back and forth. Lennie embraces George, and begs him on his knees We don't know exactly what the problem is, but we know that Lennie has a serious mental disability. He can't remember anything; he fixates on things like owning rabbits ; and he's painfully eager to make George happy. He even gives away all of the imaginary ketchup: "But I wouldn't eat none, George.
I'd leave it all for you. You could cover your beans with it and I wouldn't touch none of it" 1. This still doesn't help us figure out why Lennie gets a friend like George. In fact, it seems like Lennie shouldn't have many friends at all—even George thinks he's a little annoying. Lennie almost gets it: "I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you" 1.
What Lennie doesn't quite understand is that Lennie provides a need. He needs to be looked after, and George needs someone to care for. Sure, it might sound like co-dependency. But for guys like Lennie and George, co-dependency is all that's keeping them from the whorehouses—or the asylum. Lennie also adds a daily dose of sunshine to George's life, even if George doesn't seem too grateful.
He's always talking "happily" 1. Even when George is yelling at him not to drink too much, he says, " Tha's good … You drink some, George. You take a good big drink " 1. Because he doesn't understand all the nasty currents of the adult world, Lennie is an innocent.
All he wants is for George to be nice to him, and to pet soft things. And about that obsession with soft things: Lennie just can't keep his hands to himself. He likes to pet rabbits and mice and puppies and women's dresses, which is problematic when they end up 1 dead or 2 accusing him of rape.
The thing is, we're not sure exactly how innocent Lennie is. He stares at Curley's wife when she struts around the ranch, even though George tells him to stay away. All the animals he pets ends up dead, so he can't be all that gentle. He does not mean to cause harm but is not aware of his own physical power. Lennie is very innocent and sweet-natured; he always means well and is focused on simple pleasures, which his dream with George reminds the reader of.
He lacks awareness of social conventions and so does not feel the same racism and prejudice against women that many of the other male characters feel. Lennie only gets angry or aggressive when he feels that his friendship with George is threatened.
For example, when Crooks suggests that George might abandon Lennie, Lennie reacts angrily, worried that Crooks is threatening violence against his friend. Lennie is described as a very large, slow man. Behind him walked his opposite, a huge man, shapeless of face, with large, pale eyes, with wide sloping shoulders;.
He was so little, said Lennie. The use of ellipsis here shows how upset Lennie is as he is not able to speak fluently, demonstrating that he did not mean to cause any harm to his puppy.
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