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LENNIE
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GCSE ENGLISH (Mice & Men LENNIE) Mind Map on LENNIE, created by jo.newdawn on 13/03/2014.
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LENNIE
IDENTIFIES WITH ANIMALS
Very possessive over his animals
mouse and puppy
George treats Lennie like a pet
Orders Lennie around & uses his strength to get them job
In the end George treats Lennie like Candy treated his dog - he shot him
Follows George around
Relies on George for food
Looks like a bear
Eats & drinks like a hungrey animal
drags his feet the way a bear drags his paws
"huge man, shapeless of face...& he walked..... the way a bear drags his paws. His arms ... hung loosely"
Steinbeck describes Lennie as animal more than a child
Animals can be dangerous though he compares Lennie to a dangerous animal a bear
Only way he copes as if he is tied to his master like a tame dog and never let out of his sight.
Lennie also like a wild dog needing to be "put down" by his owner
CHILDLIKE
Powerful man with huge hands
Makes him a good farmer
"He can put up more grain alone than most pairs can"
Innocent & asks alot of innocent ?
Slim immediately sees that Lennie aint mean
Grown up physically but mentally he is like a child
"Sure he's jes like a kid. There ain't no more harm in him than a kid neither, except he's so strong"
His condition is never explained
Called dum dum & Curleys wife & Slim thinks he is cuckoo
George denies he is insane
Likes to stroke & pet soft things
Curleys wifes hair
Has a childs mind in a mans body
"He's jes' like a kid"
His mind has never learnt to control his body
DEPENDENT ON GEORGE IN BOTH BODY & MIND
George looked after him since his Aunt died
Couldn't survive on his own
George has the brains Lennie the strength
Good partnership
Lennie has 1 practical skill he is a good worker
Slim says "There aint nobody can keep up with her 2
Useful for George as it helps them get work
"Me an' him goes ever place together"
READERS FEEL SORRY FOR HIM
in weed Lennie held on to the girls dress because thats the only thing he think to do
Lennie isnt malicious just doesn't know his own strength
George tells him to get Curley
"I didn't want no trouble"
Kills Curley wife because he cant control his own strength
KILLER
Most gentle but most destructive character
His fear tends to turn into anger
Steinbeck tells us twice Lennie is angry with Curleys wife
So angry he shakes her to death
Fear makes him hold onto curleys wife
Panics
He cries with fright
Dangerous and violent
Kills mice
Attacks Curley & his wife
Throws his dead puppy across the barn
"He was scairt he couldn't let go of that dress. And he's so damn strong, you know"
"Why do you got to get killed? You ain't so little as mice. I didn't bounce you hard"
Lennie blames the animals he kills for their own death because they are tiny
Unwilling to blame himself
MOMENTS OF CLEVERNESS
Sometimes he realises how much George has sacrificed for him
When George is unkind to him in Chapter 1 he threatens to go live in a cave
Knows George would feel guilty about leaving him and uses this to get his own way
After George persuades him not to go he uses this to his advatage to get George to talk about the Dream farm
"Come on George Tell me. Please George. Like you done before"
"An I won't get no mice stole from me"
Knows how to make George feel guilty
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