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Lennie Small In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

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Lennie Small is a character in Of Mice and Men that shows the true possible weaknesses that come with having a mental disability. Just because Lennie is strong, doesn’t always mean he can do good. While petting a puppy that was being mean to him, he got mad at it and hit it, accidentally killing it. After the puppy was killed, Lennie was in fear that when George returned to a dead puppy and Lennie wouldn’t get the rabbits he wanted. Even though he has an addiction, he may not always know when it is inappropriate to touch something soft. His addiction is petting soft things, from mice all the way to women's dresses which both can lead to bad endings. When petting mice, it always ends up with the mice dead and with touching the dresses he is
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