In Of Mice and Men how is Lenny like a mouse?

Answer 1

because he is really harmless and a gentle creature, and doesn't mean to hurt others.

Answer 2

A character sketch might help:
Although Lennie is among the principal characters in Of Mice and Men, he is perhaps the least dynamic. He undergoes no significant changes, development, or growth throughout the novel and remains exactly as the reader encounters him in the opening pages. Simply put, he loves to pet soft things, is blindly devoted to George and their vision of the farm, and possesses incredible physical strength. Nearly every scene in which Lennie appears confirms these and only these characteristics.
Although Steinbeck’s insistent repetition of these characteristics makes Lennie a rather flat character, Lennie’s simplicity is central to Steinbeck’s conception of the novel. Of Mice and Men is a very short work that manages to build up an extremely powerful impact. Since the tragedy depends upon the outcome seeming to be inevitable, the reader must know from the start that Lennie is doomed, and must be sympathetic to him. Steinbeck achieves these two feats by creating a protagonist who earns the reader’s sympathy because of his utter helplessness in the face of the events that unfold. Lennie is totally defenseless. He cannot avoid the dangers presented by Curley, Curley’s wife, or the world at large. His innocence raises him to a standard of pure goodness that is more poetic and literary than realistic. His enthusiasm for the vision of their future farm proves contagious as he convinces George, Candy, Crooks, and the reader that such a paradise might be possible. But he is a character whom Steinbeck sets up for disaster, a character whose innocence only seems to ensure his inevitable destruction.
Besides mice, Lennie’s puppy is one of several symbols that represent the victory of the strong over the weak. Lennie kills the puppy accidentally, as he has killed many mice before, by virtue of his failure to recognize his own strength. Although no other character can match Lennie’s physical strength, the huge Lennie will soon meet a fate similar to that of his small puppy. Like an innocent animal, Lennie is unaware of the vicious, predatory powers that surround him.

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Answer 3

Lenny is shy and fearful and runs away from any form of conflict. Mice are known for being scared and very skiddish just as Lenny was.

Answer 4

Harmless, and gental. And I think he also kept to himself most of the time. It's been years since I last watched that movie. But I sure did love it. I think I might buy it on DVD here in about a month or two... I forgot, didn't Lenny die at the end of the movie? If he did how?

Answer 5

Mice give the appearance of being harmless, but they can carry disease and sometimes it is necessary to destroy them to protect ourselves even though it may seem cruel.

George killed Lenny at the end.

Answer 6

He's treated the same way by george as he treats the mouse in his hand (kind and eventually killing it)

Answer 7

1. He's stupid
2. He's harmless
3. He doesn't want to hurt people

Answer 8

His mind is usually one track, he's dependent upon others (his brother), mostly gentile and simply doesn't understand his own strength...