Zusammenfassung der Ressource
"Lennie covered his face with his huge paws
and bleated with terror. He cried, "Make 'um
stop George
- Suggests that Lennie is a coward
- 'Fights like a girl" - instantly hiding his face.
- Hints at previous fights, where Lennie may have been injured.
- Huge paws- shows that Lennie is like a bear.
- Big and intimidating but shy and afraid.
- Basic animal needs, no desire for anything.
- Little reliability
- Hunter animals, solitary
- Links to the theme of loneliness
- Bears are meant to be solitary, the partnership of George and Lennie isn't working.
- Bleating makes Lennie seem like a sheep or goat.
- Sheep live in herds, and they all follow the other sheep.
- Lennie follows the other men on the ranch.
- He looks to them for instruction.
- Goats are aggressive
- Sharp horns, Shrill cries
- Lennie is aggressive when provoked and told to be.
- Terror - Night terrors, like a child.
- Lennie is terrorised by the men all the time
- Lennie is vulnerable like a child
- Harsh and overuse of the 'r' sound
- He cries in desperation, like a child
- Crying like a child
- Reference to Chapter 1 where Lennie is blubbing about George
- Begs George to help him
- He is scared despite his size and strength
- Much like an animal