Between the Line

Why do Lennie constantly kill every animal he touches?

I believe every animal Lennie touches were helpless. Defenseless compared to the strong person Lennie is! Do you know the phrase many people say retarded strength, well that's what I think Lennie has. He failed to know his strength and that's how he kills all them animals. They can't fight back so they just have to stay there and suffer. That's the reason why I think Lennie constantly kill every animal he touches.

Do you think Lennie is violent?

During the story Lennie was involved in multiple altercations. Curly provoked the fight but then Lennie broke every bone in Curly's hand with his very own hand. On the other hand Lennie kill Curly's wife by breaking her neck. Last but not least every animal Lennie set his eyes on he killed, for example the puppy and the bird. Even though Lennie didn't start every fight but yes I think Lennie is violent, don't you?


What do the puppy symbolize?

In the book Mice of Men the puppy in there symbolize something new. A new life in other words! Lennie and George started something fresh which is good. They got new a job working on the ranch and made new friends. Everything was going fine and dandy until the the puppy died. Their lifestylle changed it did a whole three sixty! Lennie soon was killed by his own friend. Puppy symbolized good and bad things in a way in Mice of Men.


What is one theme of the story?

One of the themes in the story is that loneliness is a human's worst fear. Crooke experienced the feeling of that! All he ever did was to be left alone reading books. He got the chance to finally be accompanied by Lennie one day. He told him all about how he felt to live his life without anyone to talk to or just be wth. Us people needs some kind of connection with others to function correctly. Crooke even stated, ""A guy needs somebody to be near him. A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody. Don't make no difference who the guy is, long's he's with you. I tell ya, I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an' he gets sick." Loneliness is one of the main themes in the story, you think?