In
, the character ofseems to have a developmental disability, which is
indicated in his own words, the other characters comments, and the narrators descriptions and
presentation of events. Lennies memory is not good, and he is comfortable with concrete things
and information but struggles with abstractions and hypotheticals.
The mice
he plays with and accidentally kills remind him of those he played with as a child, he tells ,
which that lady used to give to him. George has to remind him that the lady was your own
Aunt Clara.
When Crooks attempts to have a conversation with Lennie, he is
surprised to find that George had not exaggerated Lennies limitations. Crooks tells him, you
dont understand nothing. He also goads him to imagine what he would do without George, should he
get hurt. Lennie tries but is unable to process this abstraction, so he assumes it is a fact. He
angrily demands to know, Who hurt George?
Through their...
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