In John Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men, two men: George Milton and Lennie Small both land jobs at a ranch in the Salinas Valley and plan to pursue a dream of earning enough money to buying an acre of land and living the rest of their lives together. George has one major issue of making this dream come true. Lennie, who has a mental disability, struggles to act like a normal human being and cannot distinguish right from wrong. His innocence combined with his mental limitations make us feel sorry for Lennie, and Steinbeck uses our sympathy for Lennie to emphasize the tragic way in which society treats people like Lennie. One of the ways in which Steinbeck arouses our sympathy for Lennie is that, he makes Lennie seem like a victim. In other words, the awful decisions he makes are not really his fault. For example, he did not want to fight Curley; Curley
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He cannot make decisions on his own without the help of his friend George. This is relatable to the time in the book where Curley was beating up defenseless Lennie until George commanded Lennie that he had have to fight back. Also, when Lennie said: (crying) “ I didn’t wanta, I didn’t wanta hurt ‘im” (64) you could not help but to feel bad for him and realize how much of a big heart Lennie has, and might as well mention that we had shown sympathy for him. When he was first introduced into the story, George had already demonstrated that he was already not that bright by showing he had to carry Lennie’s own work card because he could not trust him to carry it on his own. George had also refused to have Lennie carry around a dead mouse on their way to the ranch. By doing that he thrown the mouse across the pool to the other side, among the brush. He had also called Lennie “good boy”(p.15) in some parts of the beginning of the book and that kind of portrays him as a dog which most people would find an insult for calling somebody
He cannot make decisions on his own without the help of his friend George. This is relatable to the time in the book where Curley was beating up defenseless Lennie until George commanded Lennie that he had have to fight back. Also, when Lennie said: (crying) “ I didn’t wanta, I didn’t wanta hurt ‘im” (64) you could not help but to feel bad for him and realize how much of a big heart Lennie has, and might as well mention that we had shown sympathy for him. When he was first introduced into the story, George had already demonstrated that he was already not that bright by showing he had to carry Lennie’s own work card because he could not trust him to carry it on his own. George had also refused to have Lennie carry around a dead mouse on their way to the ranch. By doing that he thrown the mouse across the pool to the other side, among the brush. He had also called Lennie “good boy”(p.15) in some parts of the beginning of the book and that kind of portrays him as a dog which most people would find an insult for calling somebody