How is Lennie presented in the first chapter of 'Of Mice and Men '?

Lennie Small from the novel of 'mice and men' by John Steinbeck is portrayed as a mindless childlike character with no concern about hygiene or health with a terrifyingly strong fascination with soft tender things such as mice, which is a vulnerably small creature which cant defend themselves. Which is common perceived for someone as masculine as Lennie, His physique is describing in the beginning part of the novel as a number of different animals, showing his almost convulsive nature, he is described as a 'bear', this is because of the way he walks, John Steinbeck describes Lennie as 'his paws... hung' by the use of the word 'paws' he is insisting that these are not normal sized features of the human body, he is almost an animal. And by the use of the world 'hung' and 'paws' put together suggest that it is a certain type of animal such as a bear, which he later goes on to describe him as.

He is also described as a horse which again is another fierce animal, which is suggesting an aggressive pattern in the description of Lennie yet he is one of the most loved character's because of his inalienably to compensate for his actions. That's just one of the whys Lennie is described in the opening chapters of the book.

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