Quotes on Lennie

• "A huge man shapeless of face... and he walked...the way a bear drags his paws. His arms...hung loosely."

  Suggests lennie has size and strength but also that he is simple like an animal
• "an' I won't get no mice stole from me."

  Lennie is childlike and innocent but he knows how to manipulate George by making him feel guilty.
• "Lennie can put up more grain alone than most pairs"

  Lennie is incredibly strong and George sees him as a work asset
• "he was so scairt he couldn't let go of that dress and hes so damn strong you know.

  Tells us lennie hangs on and uses his strength when he is scared
• "I didn't want no trouble"

  Lennie doesn't mean any harm. he just doesn't realize his own strength
• Me an' him goes ever' place together

  Lennie is dependent on George
• "why 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 deaths, because they are so tiny, he is unwilling to blame himself
• " I done a real bad thing,' he said , I shouldn't have done that. George'll be mad

  Lennie reveals that he cannot control himself, and he has no moral judgement. things are 'good' or 'bad' to Lennie based on what George will think of it
• "I remember about the rabbits, George."

  
  

  "The hell with the rabbits. That's all you can ever remember is them rabbits."

  this quote shows how Lennie tries to impress George with his memory of part of their shared dream. it also shows how Lennie can remember things he cares about a lot
• Lennie kills the puppy slim has given him and tries to bury it in the barn.
• Curley‘s wife enters the barn and encourages Lennie to stroke her hair. When she feels Lennie‘s strength she panics, and Lennie shakes her to death.
• Lennie hides by the pool where we first saw him, and is shot by George