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Of Mice and Men
Lennie
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How Lennie walks. | ‘The way a bear drags its paws.’ |
| He looks to up to George like a child to a parent. | Lennie ‘imitated George exactly.’ |
| Lennie repeats back George's compliment about his strength. | ‘Lennie smiled … Strong as a bull.’ |
| End of fight with Curley when he 'reaches' for his hand on George's instructions). | ‘Curley’s fist was lost in Lennie’s big hand.’ |
| What Lennie remembers about the dream. | ‘Gonna get a little place an’ live off the fatta the lan’. |
| Lennie's response to Crooks' 'torture'. | ‘Who hurt George? … Lennie growled back to his seat …’ |
| How Lennie appears in the brush after leaving the ranch. | ‘Suddenly came through the brush ‘as a creeping bear moves.’ |
| His response when he realises he has killed Curley's Wife. | ‘George gonna give me hell' |
| What he does when George tells him to look to the mountains. | ‘Lennie obeyed him.’ |
| Having crushed Curley's hand, Lennie offers his defence. | 'You tol' me to, George.' |
| Lennie does not want to hand back the dead mouse. | 'Lennie's outreached hand obeyed.' |
| Lennie's view of his friendship with George. | 'Because... because I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you' |
| After Lennie has killed Curley's Wife. | 'He pawed up the hay until it partly covered her.' |