In Steinbeck’s novel, Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck shows the reader Lennie’s mental state as opposed to telling the reader. On page 6, Steinbeck displays that Lennie is mentally immature. Steinbeck writes about Lennie taking a dead mouse out of his pocket and saying that he likes to pet it. This shows that he doesn't have the mental development of an average adult, perhaps one of a young child. Similarly, Steinbeck shows how Lennie is forgetful, to the point of having his mental disabilities being obvious. George asks Lennie is he knows where they were going and Lennie couldn’t remember, despite have being told recently. Lastly, Steinbeck shows rather than tells that Lennie doesn’t have much common sense. When George blows up at Lennie on page