What Factors Lead to Lennies Death and What is their Importance in Terms of Structure in the Novel?

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What Factors Lead to Lennies Death and What is their Importance in Terms of Structure in the Novel?

The beginning , or near beginning of “Of Mice and Men” , starts at a quiet pool in the secludedness of the Salinas Valley. It is a peaceful scene, contrasting with the previous episode in which George and Lennie found themselves fleeing from an angry mob.

 While in the peacefulness of their temporary refuge , Lennie insists that George tell him about “the rabbits” and “how I get to tend the rabbits”. George does so with slight fatigue at the monotonousy of the repeated subject. “All right , but after this you get some rest , you hear?” . The proceeding story is on of glamour, an idyllic dream with the harshness of life carefully cut out. Goerge tells the story as if talking to a child, and Lennie responds with the same child-like ideas. “Tell them about the rabbits George” . Lennie even eagerly adds to the far-fetched fantasy with child like enthusiasm, “and we have different coloured rabbits George.”

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In short , Lennies motives and state of mind are that of a child. George is a kind of parental figure to Lennie. Althought Lennie could talk about the rabbits for himself, he prefers that George does so , as he feels that whatever George says and does is right, and harbours an undeniable truth. This makes Lennie happy because of the fact that because George told him about the rabbits , then to Lennie , this must be true.

When George and Lennie find a job on a nearby ranch , not to far from their refuge, ...

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