Although Lennie does not have the potential to be smart, he has the potential to be a hard worker. Lennie is an extremely large man who was incredibly strong. Although he was a great worker, he did not understand how strong he was. George explains Lennie's strength by saying "that big bastard can put up more grain alone than most pairs can,"(p. 34) Through his size and his enormous amount of strength, Lennie could odo more work on the ranch by himself than all the other men could.

Without George, Lennie does not understand what to do. He will do whatever George tells him to. Lennie's first instinct when he is frightened is to hold on. Just as a small child holds on to its mum or dad when they become frightened, Lennie holds on to objects, he cannot think of anything other than to hold on to the nearest object till it all goes away, possibly as a means of security? Because of Lennie's inability to understand his st

Unlike Lennie, Crooks' potential is his knowledge, and Crooks has the ability to use this knowledge to try to escape the problems he has on the ranch; however, Crooks has an oldfashioned attitude that black people are not as good as white people, and chooses to neglect his knowledge. He also uses it to express his ideas and feelings to Lennie. "Books ain't no good. A guy needs somebody to be near him. A guy goes nuts if ain't got nobody"(p. 72).

After Lennie had killed Curley's wife, the men on the ranch turn against him. George realises that there is no possible way that they can escape and live out their dream on the farm. He also realises that Lennie is going to be most brutally beaten and murdered, to let him escape from them, he painlessly shoots him in the back of the head, hoping that Lennie will go on to a better place.

Of Mice and Men started out quite quickly, and I didnt even considerputting it away. Throughout the novel, readers can get an insight into what it is like to live those character's lives. The book follows the lives of Lennie and George and what they go through to survive.To me, this is a story about the

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