Lennies Passion for Soft Objects in Of Mice and Men :: Papers

Lennies Passion for Soft Objects in Of Mice and MenWorks Cited Missing Definition of the discussion trace follow, hint, and mark out. In this essay I will trace in detail soft things that Lennie pets in the novel, showing that the petting grows more weighty as the novel goes on. In the novel Lennie pets mice, he dreams about petting rabbits, destroys someones dress in Weed, hurts Curlys hand, kills a pup, and kills Curleys wife. Bad things come in threes, Lennies two inadvertent killings of animals foreshadow the final killing of Curleys wife, an accident that seals his own fate and destroys not only his dreams but Georges and Candys as well. In the beginning Lennie used to pet mice that his aunty Clara used to give him, he would always end up killing them because he didnt know his own strength. Lennie never killed a ny pet or soul purposely he pets too roughly and kills them accidentally. An example of his rough tendencies is in the first chapter (page7) when Lennie wants to keep a short mouse and George wouldnt let him Lennie says Uh-uh. Jus a dead mouse, George. I didnt kill it. Honest I found it. I found it dead. The dead mouse is also an allusion to the novels title, a reminder that dreams will go wrong, level off petting a mouse.