george steinbeck's of mice and men follows George Milton and Lennie Smalls, a due that ravel together from place to place in search of work during the Great Depression, as they move to a new plantation. From the beginning of the book, Steinbeck clearly sets the pair's relationship dynamic: George is Lennie''s caretaker, leading readers to believe that lennie is in need of help. Later, Steinbeck states how George had promised Lennie's aunt that he would take care of Lennie and stay with him. Lennie's own slow and dumb speech as well as his difficulty understanding things without George stating them explicitly clearly solidified that he was very simple and most likely had a mental disability. Stienbecks' descriptions of Lennie physically were very telling as to Lennie's character as a whole. When describing his actions and characteristic, Steinbeck used language usually …show more content…
Steinbeck mentioned he would pinch the animals' head a bit after they would bite him. While he did not mean to kill them, he did intend to hurt them, or at least to punish them like George would to him. Because George was his role model, he would mimic how he sat and even behaved. This was Lennie's own way of being in control of something like George was in control of everything to him. That is not to say Lennie was intentionally mean in any way possible, just that he had some idea of what he was doing, even though it was not fully formed and he did not fully understand the result of his actions. Finally, Lennie's character built up to his and George's dream: that of being rich and retired where all they have to do is accomplish having their own far and Lennie being able t tend small, furry animals, precisely rabbits. The fact that this was Lennie's dream told a lot about him. It showed how loyal he was to George that he wanted him with him, how innocent he was that all he wanted to do was tend the