How do the diffrent animals in te story affect lennies view on life and his view of the world

Eric Thomas                                                                                                                              Thomas 1
Mrs. Parkinson
English 3B
March 14 2016

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Lennie is naturally a very happy person. He is very curious and childlike in nature. Sometimes this friendliness and curiosity can get the best of him.  Some examples of this is when he touched that girls dress in weed or when he pets the mice to hard and kills them. In both situations he does not have any bad intentions but that does not come across in his actions. I think the animals in this book are teaching Lenni how to be more mature and put his childlike instincts aside to think about how others might feel about his actions. I say that because of this quote " I looked at em a lil, slim said not to pet them to much" (Steinbeck 69).  This shows how lennie is thinking about how the dog feels and putting his own instinct of petting it aside so that the dog is happy. I think this will continue to grow in lennie so that he can feel that same sympathy for humans as he does for the animals.