Lennie, a character from "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck, is portrayed as having immense physical strength but lacking awareness of it due to his mental limitations. This lack of awareness contributes to his unintentional actions that often lead to destructive consequences.
Lennie held it so tightly that it died, but Lennie was not able to understand that he had accidentally killed it.
Lennie did not understand his own strength and the consequences of his actions. He did not intend to harm the girl when he touched her hair, but his lack of awareness of his own strength led to a tragic accident.
Lennie is in the barn and he is petting the puppy. And then while he is petting him the pup tries to bite Lennie. Lennie hits the pup. not knowing his own strength and kills it.
Lenny doesn't realize his own strength.
I have never analyzed Lennie's hand, but more than likely symbolically, the hand represents two things, love and brute strength. Lennie does not know his own strength, and in loving something, his hand cuddles too hard with animals and people. Unknowingly, Lennie kills.
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.
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 is very gentle and protective of the puppies, often petting and playing with them. However, he ends up accidentally killing some of them due to his lack of awareness of his own strength.
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 lady who used to give Lennie mice was Lennie's Aunt Clara.She was a kind-hearted woman who cared for Lennie like a mother figure, as he had no family of his own. She would give Lennie mice to pet and care for, not realizing the danger he posed to them due to his strength and lack of understanding.
Lennie accidentally kills Curley's wife by breaking her neck during an attempt to calm her down after she becomes frightened of him. Lennie is extremely strong but lacks the understanding of his own strength, leading to tragic consequences in this moment.
Lennie's fascination with small and soft things, like mice and puppies, and his inability to control his strength in handling them shows that he lacks the mental capacity to understand the consequences of his actions. Slim observes Lennie's innocence and childlike behavior, which leads him to believe that Lennie is not intentionally mean or wicked, but rather simply lacks awareness of his own strength.