Of Mice And Men Rhetorical Analysis

George says he wants Lennie to stay with him because george is trying to keep lennie from getting hurt or even killed. “Lennie never done it in meanness,” he said. “All the time he done bad things but he never done any of ‘em mean - (95). This quote shows George sticking up for lennie because lennie did something he wasn't supposed to. George is always looking out for lennie as if he were his little brother.

The death of various mice leads to Lennie’s imminent Demise. Because Lennie killed a mouse in the beginning of mice and men, George said “what you want of a dead mouse”. Lennie replies “I could pet it with my thumb (pg.6) the reader knows Lennie doesn’t care about killing the mouse. Just petting its fur. This later could

Lennie cannot survive without food on his own. “I will just live on my own if you want me to.” Lennie said this because the thinks that George doesn’t like him, and wants to get rid of him. George doesn’t want to get rid of Lennie, Lennie just makes George mad.

In many ways Lennie is just like a little kid and we all know that little kids are not ready to be on their own. Even early in the story George is acting like a parent to Lennie.

Page 102: Lennie’s issues with abandonment make me sad as I can relate to him just a little. Instead of internalizing all of fears and the disappointment he is scared to receive for his actions, they being to haunt him. When George appears, he is really happy to see him because George makes him feels like he’s better than that, and takes the fear he has away and gives him the idea of a bright future, which is something a friend should

George had thought about life without Lennie before and he even has mentioned it to Lennie. He implies that Lennie is a type of burden in his life and it would be much easier without Lennie. George didn’t have to take care of Lennie but now that he did he can’t just leave Lennie behind. Lennie needs the

In the book, Lennie likes to pet nice, soft things. In fact, him and George have to leave Weed because he is accused of sexual harassment for feeling a woman’s dress. After Curley’s wife allows Lennie to feel her hair, he will not let go, and due to his tremendous strength, he accidentally breaks her neck. There are many hints in the story that something like this will happen. “‘Jus’ wanted to feel that girl’s dress-jus’ wanted to pet it like it was a mouse-Well how the hell did she know you jus’ wanted to feel her dress? … She yells and we got to… sneak out in the dark and get outta the country. All the time somethin’ like that-all the time….’” (John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men, Chapter 1, Doc B). This quote from Of Mice and Men implies that Lennie gets into trouble often, and leads you to believe that he is bound to get into trouble sometime soon. Right before killing Curley’s wife, Lennie is too rough with a newborn puppy and kills it. “‘Lennie sat in the hay and looked at a little dead puppy that lay in front of him… And Lennie said softly to the puppy, ‘Why you got to get killed? You ain’t so little as mice. I didn’t bounce you hard… You wasn’t big enough, he said’. ‘They tol’ me and tol’ me you wasn’t. I di’n’t know you’d get killed so easy’” (John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men, Chapter 5, Doc B). Lennie’s strength is referenced many times throughout the novel. He kills mice, a puppy,

Reaching into his pocket to find his work card, Lennie brings the fact the he has been carrying a dead mouse with him to the attention of George, the other main protagonist. He has been petting this mouse corpse in his pocket as they walked along the highway but maintains that “Honest! I found it. I found it dead," and that he only has it with him because "I could pet it with my thumb while we walked along." This eventually leads to the discussion of how, as a child, he often accidentally killed pet mice given to him by petting them too hard. He explains himself, “I'd pet 'em, and pretty soon they bit my fingers and I pinched their heads a little and then they was dead-because they was so little.” This conversation tells the reader that Lennie’s simple, childlike, state of mind leads him to act on impulse, and often violently. The amount of detail in this example of foreshadowing lets the reader predict what an important theme this violence will

This "petting" thing is a major issue for Lennie. Lennie likes to pet things a little too hard and a little too long. Which is an activity that keeps resulting in dead rabbits and mice. Lennie and George have an argument over a mouse that Lennie has petted a little too hard and long. Lennie wants to keep the dead mouse in his pocket, but George throws it away.

In the same book George has some other ideas. George also had a goal of living on a farm. He wanted Lennie out of his life and be free with a woman. “I wish I wouldn’t have to deal with you.

Lennie shows his naiveness in many different ways, such as him being forgetful and having a thing for soft objects. “Lennie look startled and then in embarrassment hid his face against his knees. ‘I forgot again.’”(6) By Lennie saying, “I forgot again” in the quote helps the reader understand that it is not the first time Lennie has forgot something. Since Lennie is forgetful, society views him differently. “Uh-uh. Jus’ a dead mouse, George. I didn’t kill it. Honest! I found it dead.”(5) “Aw, let me have it George.”(5) Society normally wants nothing to do with mice, but these two quotes show us that Lennie is not like everybody else. These two quotes also lead one to make the assumption that Lennie lacks in wisdom and

  This passage of the text shows that Lennie is incapable of realizing that keeping a dead mouse is wrong.  Also in chapter one, George says, “‘Jus’ wanted to feel that girls’ dress- just wanted to pet it like it was a mouse- well, how the hell did she know ya jus’ wanted to feel it’” (11).

This perfectly describes the way Lennie is. How he always wants to pet things and how he clings to George. In Stienbeck's novella Of Mice and Men, Lennie pleads, "Give 'um to me, George. I'll take 'em back. I didn't mean to do any harm, George.

During scene one, George discovers a dead mouse in Lennie’s pocket. This angers him, as Lennie has seemed

In the beginning of the novella, Lennie is portrayed as innocent and dependent on George. When Lennie had a mouse and George asked for it, Steinbeck describes Lennie’s reaction