Lennie Flashcards
He is animal-like
“Dabbled his big paw”
“He drank with long gulps, snorting into the water like a horse”
“His fist got lost in Lennies paw”
He is lacking independence
“He brought out two spoons and passed one of them to Lennie”
“The follower nearly ran him over”
“Lennie looked helplessly at George”
He is very childish
“Ain’t a thing in my pocket” Lennie said cleverly”
“Lennies lip quivered and tears started in his eyes”
“He rocked himself back and forth in his sorrow”
“He wants to touch everything he likes”
“Lennies fingers closed on her hair and hung on”
He recognises George’s authority over him and obeys him
“Lennies closed hand slowly obeyed”
“Now maybe George ain’t gonna let me tend no rabbits”
“George says I ain’t to have nothing to do with you”
Lennie doesn’t realise his own strength
“The flopping little man whom he held”
“Looking in wonder at his crushed hand”
“He shook her; her body flopped like a fish”
“And then she was still, for Lennie had broken her neck”
He sees the best in people, and they confide in him”
“Nothing - I seen your light”
“Lennies disarming smile defeated him”
“Because she had confided in him, she moved closer to him”
Lennie has a close link to rabbits and death
“The rabbits sat as quietly as little grey, sculptures stones”
“I remember about the rabbits George”
