Lennie2

• lennie wears 'denim' suggesting hes working class like many others in americas 1930s
• constantly described with animal imagery like when he 'drag[s] his feet ... the way a bear drags its paws' or 'snorting into the water like a horse' - suggests he's powerful but could also be infered as he's animalistic, wild and inferior
• lennie 'nearly ran [George] over' when 'follow[ing]' him - suggests he's clumsy and follows geoorge both physically and metaphorically
• 'look, george. look what i done'
• 'somewhere id find a cave' - doesnt belong in society wo george
• 'i wasnt kicked in the head with no horse was i, george?' & 'looking helplessly to george for instruction' - vulnerable and relies on george for reassurance
• 'too frightened to defend himself' and 'bleated with terror' - again animal imagery but is associated with a sheep which is prey like and innocent
• 'lennie smiled in an attempt to make friends' - doesnt understand racism and discrimination against crooks
• 'looked at the little dead puppy' and 'picked up the pup and hurled it from him' - oblivious about his own strength and is mad he killed the pup but is mainly due to george 'aint gonna let [Lennie] tend no rabbits'
• 'dum dum' 'cuckoo' 'they left all the weak ones here'
• 1. intro
  2. relies on George 'nearly ran [him] over' when 'follow[ing]' him 'imitated george exactly' 'obeyed george'
  3. clear that he relies on george when seek reassurance from him 'i wasnt kicked in the head with no horse was i George?' 'looked helplessly to george for instruction'
  4. also referred to with animal imagery 'dragging his feet ... the way a bear drags its paws' 'somewhere id find a cave'
  5. doesnt understand discrimination 'smiled in an attempt to make friends' called 'weak' 'dum dum' 'cuckoo'
  6. 'looked at the dead puppy' concerned that 'george aint gonna let me tend no rabbits'
  7. conc