Insight about Lennie:Chapter 5

In this chapter the insight we get about Lennie is seen to be more violent but only because he starts to panic. It is once again seen that because he is mentally disabled he doesn't understand what he had done or what he is capable of. For example Lennie killed the puppy without knowing it was his fault, "Why do you got to get killed? You ain't so little as mice. I didn't bounce you hard.” this tells us that Lennie didn't understand what he had done, because he was questioning the dead puppy why he had died.

Suddenly his anger arose. “God damn you,” he cried. “Why do you got to get killed? You ain't so little as mice.” He picked up the pup and hurled it from him. He turned his back on it. He sat bent over his knees and he whispered, “Now I won’t get to tend the rabbits. Now he won’t let me.” He rocked himself back and forth in his sorrow. However this quote is different from how Lennie is seen throughout this book. Usually Lennie doesn't get angry, however in this scene Lennie is angry with the pup for dying because he thinks George won't let him 'tend to the rabbits' when they get there dream of the ranch and the rabbits.

In this chapter Lennie also killed Curley's wife once again Lennie had panicked  when he was stroking through Curley's wife's hair. 'Lennie was in a panic. His face was contorted. She screamed then, and Lennie’s other hand closed over her mouth and nose. “Please don’t,” he begged. “Oh! Please don’t do that. George’ll be mad.” Steinbeck used the word 'panic' as this was to describe that Lennie just panicked and didn't now what to do, he didn't know how to react with what was happening.

In this chapter I think it has given more of an insight into Lennie and how he thinks because he is mentally disabled. Steinbeck wanted to make the readers feel what Lennie would be like as though he were real.

(Didn't fully understand it)