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Weaknesses Of Lennie In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

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Weakness in “Of Mice and Men” (Add Hook)In the book “Of Mice and Men” if you are weak, you die. What is weakness? Lennie is the strongest character in the book, things most men cannot. Lennie is still considered one of the weakest characters because of his mental illness. In this world Steinbeck has created, if you are weak you will not survive. This is shown again with George, he is an average man. George wouldn’t have a weakness, if Lennie wasn’t with him. But, George feels bad for Lennie . Making him feel responsible to take takes care of him. It doesn’t matter how much trouble Lennie gets in, George sticks with him until it goes way too far. Candy is one of the first characters we meet, He is a frail, one armed, old man with an

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