Of Mice And Men Critical Lens Analysis

“We pay a price for everything we get or take in this world.” L. M. Montgomery
In Of Mice and Men expresses openly that nothing is free in life. The same applies to our world. Some people will be treated better than others and others will be better off in life. The Great Depression proves to be a great example that everything has price. To properly evaluate the conflict and characterization of John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men through a physiological lenses so one can understand the relationships and show the truth behind Montgomery’s quote.
Throughout the book it shows that Lennie loves animals. A majority of the time he talks, he talks about animals. Like a child, Lennie loves to touch and pet soft things. “ I wasn’t doin’ nothing bad with it, George. Just strokin’ it’”(9). When his words often concern rabbits and how he would tend to them. In the book Lennie has been constantly described with animal like features. His animalistic traits clearly show Lennie’s lack of intelligence. Steinbeck refers to his hands as paws and mentions that he is somewhat bear like. These …show more content…
Only a few of the characters actually realize this.“‘Sure he’s just like a kid. There ain’t no more harm in him than a kid neither, except he's so strong.’”(43) George knows that Lennie never means any harm, he just doesn't know any better. Of Mice and Men show many examples of Lennie’s childness, one being his need to repeat things to remember. Lennie, just like any child does however make mistakes. The town of Weed, for example. “ ‘Jus’ wanted to pet it like it was a mouse---- Well how the hell did she know you jus’ wanted to feel her dress?’” (11). The man child has a lack of social skills due to George sheltering Lennie from others. Or he may possibly be keeping others from Lennie? Either way Lennie cannot be blamed for his actions towards other people because he has little to no experience with

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