Throughout this novel Lennie’s thought process stays a mystery until the resolution. The reveal into Lennie’s mind shows important details; how his thoughts are portrayed to himself, how he criticizes himself, and how he takes his actions in. This short scene allowing us into Lennie’s mind is enough to understand him better than before. Rather than Lennie having a conflict of ‘Person Against Self’ you can tell that Lennie creates his own ‘Person Against Person’ battle. “You jus’ say that,” she (Aunt Clara) said sharply. “You’re always sayin’ that, an’ you know sonofabitching well you ain’t never gonna do it. You’ll stick around an’ stew the b’Jesus outta George all the time.”1 Aunt Clara isn’t physically saying that to Lennie, she is just a part of his imaginative thought process. Although I can't say Aunt Clara would never say that to Lennie, you can gather that this is just how Lennie criticizes himself. Rather than sitting down having everyday thoughts, he sees figures who talk his …show more content…
“Tend rabbits,” it said scornfully. “You crazy bastard, You ain’t fit to lick the boots of no rabbit. You’d forget ‘em and let ‘em go hungry. That’s what you’d do. An’ then what would George think?”2 You can tell that much like the encounter with Aunt Clara that this rabbit is just dishing out Lennie’s own self-criticism. Lennie uses things that he loves to experience his thoughts, even if he isn’t loving the current thoughts at that point in time. Aunt Clara, she loved and took care of Lennie until she couldn’t any longer; then the rabbits, Lennie is constantly thinking towards George’s promise of tending to the rabbits on their hoped of ranch. Then there was George, although he wasn’t the one speaking Lennie’s thoughts out, he appeared in both instances as Lennie was worried of what he’d think. Lennie loved George, and I’m sure he’d love him even after what takes place when his thoughts