Lennie is like a mouse in the sense that he is gentle and innocent, but can unknowingly cause harm due to his size and strength. Like a mouse, Lennie also relies on George to protect and guide him in a world that he struggles to navigate on his own.
The main two main reasons why George didn't want Lennie to have a mouse are that he kills the mouse without knowing/realizing his own strength when the mice bite him, and Lennie bothers George by bringing that same mouse but Lennie doesn't know that bothers him. Lennie acts like a child mental.
The main two main reasons why George didn't want Lennie to have a mouse are that he kills the mouse without knowing/realizing his own strength when the mice bite him, and Lennie bothers George by bringing that same mouse but Lennie doesn't know that bothers him. Lennie acts like a child mental.
Lennie takes a dead mouse out of his pocket, which causes George to yell at him because he knows that Lennie's habit of petting soft things often leads to trouble. George doesn't want Lennie to get in trouble again.
A dead mouse
The main two main reasons why George didn't want Lennie to have a mouse are that he kills the mouse without knowing/realizing his own strength when the mice bite him, and Lennie bothers George by bringing that same mouse but Lennie doesn't know that bothers him. Lennie acts like a child mental.
Lennie kept a dead mouse in his pocket because he enjoyed petting soft things and found comfort in touching the mouse's fur.
Lennie had a dead mouse in his pocket as a pet. He enjoys petting soft things, like mice and rabbits, but his strength unintentionally causes harm to them. This scene helps to establish Lennie's innocence and his inability to control his own strength.
George didn't want Lennie to have a mouse because Lennie often pets animals too roughly, unintentionally causing harm. Additionally, George believed that having a mouse would contribute to Lennie's habit of getting into trouble and causing problems.
A dead mouse
Disease is one of them.
Lennie brings back a dead mouse that George takes away from him. Lennie's fascination with petting soft things causes George to remove the dead mouse as it is not suitable for petting.
Lennie held it so tightly that it died, but Lennie was not able to understand that he had accidentally killed it.