Poor ol’ Lennie
Many things in life go wrong sometimes, we lose a job or or even a house at times. Friends come and go, even family members get sick. But personally, I don’t think there is a person who has it harder than Lennie from the book, Of Mice and Men. He goes through so much to find things that make him happy or proud of himself then George just puts him down right after. Lennie doesn’t know any better though. He thinks just like a kid, but how can you handle a kid who’s bigger and stronger than you? There’s no way he could survive on his own, which is another reason why we will all say. Poor ol’ Lennie. There are many things that the reader finds out about Lennie. He has Autism, his Aunt died very early on, and George did some mean things to him. Autism? But Lennie has gotta be a young boy traveling with a family member. Think again. Lennie does act like a small child but not because he is young, he can’t help it, his mental state isn’t everything it should be. …show more content…
Just like in the last paragraph, George took away a mouse he was petting in which the book said, “George took the mouse and threw it across the pool to the other side, among the brush”. Even though the mouse was dead in that scene, he still got it taken away from him. Though, there is another scene where he was given a puppy that was alive to have from one of the guys on the ranch. Lennie tried to bring it into the bunkhouse to be able to pet it on his bed, then George found out. George first asked Lennie what he had just to see if Lennie would comply, then he walked to Lennie and as the book quotes, “He reached down and picked the tiny puppy from where Lennie had been concealing it against his stomach”. Of course Lennie got yelled at to go put it back because he couldn’t have it yet, and though he did put it back, he stayed with it with all the other