Lennie Small

Lennie is a huge man with a not remarkable face. He has large and pale eyes. He walks bent over like a old man. It doesn't fit with his body. His movings are like the one from a bear. He has much muscles and can't control his strength. When you look at him you see a man who is very strong but you wouldn't think that he is mentally retarded and his behaviour is like a child.

We can see that he is not that bright because he forgets everything and his thoughts are the same like that one from a child. He always wants to touch what he sees and likes. That's because Lennie and George often get in trouble.

He has a big dream of a farm with alfalfa for the rabbits and a lot of other animals. To petting animals he likes very much even if they are dead. He can't feel the tenderness of the animals and so he kills them often by mistake. George has always to tell about the ranch. It was just a dream of George and Lennie but Lennie told everyone because he can't have secrets.

In the beginning of the book, he was very dependent on George and he just did what he was told. But during the book he gets more independent.

George told him not to speak to Curley's wife but he didn't listened to him and started to talk with her. During the conversation she allowed him to touch her hair. This leads to the catastrophe because he can't stop and she started to cry. He gets panic and kill her by mistake. He broke her neck. So he had to leave the farm because Curley wanted to kill him. Thats why George searched him in the bush and killed him finally.