Lennie’s Narrative I grabbed the hay and threw it down at the puppy and scooted more hay onto it until it was half covered. “You.. you dumb dog! Why’d you have to break your neck? I was gentle, I did what george told me to!” I yelled at the puppy before I heard footsteps. I hurried to cover the rest of the little body. I raised my head to see the purrty woman that george told me to stay away from. She gave me a smile and leaned against a beam in the barn. “Howdy, whatcha doing here alone?” She flipped her hair because of the hay dust around her and walked towards me. I looked towards the little hay bump on the ground. I could feel eyes on me and heard the clank of her shoes. “What are you looking at?’ she said as she bent down. She reached …show more content…
What is it?” I looked down and let go of her hand and un covered the puppy. Her face twisted but quickly went back to another face. “Aw poor thing what happen?” I twiddled my fingers before answering. “I-I was petting him and I pushed harder because he was so soft and he broke.” “I’m sure he was just a runt don’t worry.” She stood and walked to a hay stack and sat down and patted the hay next to her. I stayed kneeling on the ground until I got what she meant and walked over and sat next to her. “Since you like soft things would you like to touch my hair?” she slipped it to the side i was on and smacked my face. I was confused at first but I gladly took the offer and started stroking her hair. Gosh golly, her hair is soft. I wonder if the mice bush their hair like she does. Maybe if she comes with us to the farm I could brush her hair. And she could help me with the bunnies. She lets out little giggles I don't really understand why. I wonder why George told me to not talk to her she seemed pretty alright to me. I’ve been sitting here in silence as she rambles about something about movies or sumthing. I’m not really paying any attention to anything but the smooth strands of her hair. But she looked up at me with a face I didn't
At first Lennie tries to dodge her advances, but his childlike sense of morality is easily altered. He gives in and strokes her hair, laughing contentedly until she starts to resist and struggle, “Now don’t” he says, covering her mouth, “I don’t want you to yell. You gonna get me in trouble, jus’ like George said” (91). Alarmed and furious that George will find out and be angry with him because he wouldn’t be able to tend the rabbits, he silences her by breaking her neck. This shows that though his intentions were innocent in petting her hair, it can create horrible consequences.
The problem with this is that Lennie is always getting in trouble because he loves petting soft things, but he would always end up hurting what he was petting or possible killing it. Lennie ends up killing a puppy that one of the ranch workers was going to let him have and he is scared George will be mad at him, when Curley’s wife, who is the wife of the ranch owner’s son, tries to comfort
Lennie was mentally handicapped and he was not sure of what he had done when he accidentally killed Curley’s wife. This was much like the situation in Weed that was referred to in the beginning of the book. George had told about the time that Lennie had wanted to feel a dress that a woman was wearing. Lennie grabbed the dress and she started screaming. Lennie, out of fear, held on.
George ran down the room.” (Steinbeck 63) Lennie’s actions in response to pressure or even
Her eyes were a deep brown, several shades darker than her fur. Her ears were perked high, twitching at the crackling of branches in the distance. She maintained perfect eye contact with me. It was like looking in a mirror. Her face was narrow, long and brown.
This was primarily described through the weed incident, where Lennie clasps onto a lady’s dress because of its soft and tactile fabric, leading to him and George having to run away as girl accuses him of assault. This incident demonstrated that Lennie was obsessed with soft objects and he didn’t understand the limitations of society. Lennie’s inability to control his strength is then indicated through the ‘killing of the puppy incident’, where Lennie accidentally snaps a puppy’s neck, consequently killing
Her face was blank revealing no emotion. I couldn’t explain how I felt about her. Her hair was dyed an emerald green and her eyes were like plain black buttons. Her skin was a pale unhealthy complexion and she had scares the shape of patterns all along her arms.
she inquired. " Hi Grandma. " I spoke. Grandma looked over me with sunken eyes.
In Chapter 1 George brings up the incident that has happened in Weed to the absent minded Lennie giving information to the reader stating “Jus’ wanted to feel that girl’s dress - jus’ wanted to pet it like a mouse…”. This gives basic information the Lennie may have a strong compulsion to soft materials, but in looking further into what George says is give a key point to an event that will happen in the future. George explains that Lennie has a possible problem with things being wild or making loud noise like when the girl screams Lennie clings to her like she is a mouse trying to squander her from moving and further and making more of a commotion. This is a relevant key that leads to the death of Lennie’s puppy. Whilst Lennie plays with the puppy it creates a quick and sudden motion as if the puppy was about to bite Lennie.
Lennie on the other hand is Large, strong, but is mentally slow and cannot seem to fully comprehend all situations. Lennie loves to pet and hold soft things, whether it is a dead mouse, a nice dress, or even a puppy. Lennie also does not know his own strength, and these two characteristics that Lennie possesses makes him a somewhat dangerous man. George and Lennie head to a ranch so they can acquire enough money for their dream job of owning their own ranch, where Lennie can tend to the rabbits, and where no one is the in charge of them. At the farm they met many characters.
Lennie understands that since he has done something bad, George won’t want to let Lennie tend the rabbits they plan to have. Because Lennie was only focusing on his puppy at the time, it took Lennie a while to realize that he had done something that would upset George. He now thinks that George will not let him tend to the rabbits, which shows that Lennie’s desire has now become an
“Oh! Please don’t do that. George’ll be mad.” (Steinbeck 45). This part of the novel shows that Lennie never meant any harm he just wanted to pet something soft.
The men in the bunkhouse defended Lennie. The text states: “‘You told me to George’... ‘I didn’t want to’, Lennie cried. ‘I didn’t want to hurt him.’” (Steinbeck 64).
In order to save Lennie from harsh consequences, George would always help Lennie by attempting to make him aware that his actions cause damage. Lennie’s killing of small animals foreshadows the incident that occurs in the ranch as the power of his strength is shown.
Lennie shows how he is babylike by always wanting to touch soft objects, not remembering what people do or tell him, and always needing to be taken care of by George. Lennie’s babyish personality is shown by how he always wants to pet soft objects. In the beginning of the story Lennie keeps a mouse in his pocket and pets it as George and he walk to the ranch. George asked Lennie“’What you want of a deadmouse, anyways?’ ‘I could pet it with my thumb while we walked along,’ said Lennie.”