OMAM - LENNIE - Mindmap in GCSE English Literature

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OMAM - LENNIE
- Loves to pet things
  - Mouse
    - Puppy
      - Curely's Wife
        Character set up for disaster - innocence only seems to ensure his inevitable destruction
      - Character set up for disaster - innocence only seems to ensure his inevitable destruction
- Nearly every scene in which Lennie appears, he confirms these and only these features
  - Blindly devoted to George and their vision of the farm
    - His enthusiasm for the vision of their future farm proves contagious
      - Convinces George, Candy, Crooks, and the reader that such a paradise might be possible
  - Possesses incredible physical strength
    - Lennie’s simplicity is central to Steinbeck’s conception of the novella
      - Blindly devoted to George and their vision of the farm
        His enthusiasm for the vision of their future farm proves contagious
        Convinces George, Candy, Crooks, and the reader that such a paradise might be possible
  - His innocence raises him to a standard of pure goodness
    - Lennie’s simplicity is central to Steinbeck’s conception of the novella
- Lennie is totally defenceless
  - He cannot avoid the dangers
    - Presented by...
      - Curley...
      - Curley’s wife
      - the world at large
- He has limited intelligence, so he relies on George to look after him
  - He can be forgetful - George continually has to remind him about important things.
  - He copies George in everything George does and trusts George completely
- One of the principal characters but least dynamic
"Behind him (George) walked his opposite, a huge man, shapeless of face, with large, pale eyes, with wide, sloping shoulders; and he walked heavily, dragging his feet a little, the way a bear drags his paws. His arms did not swing at his sides, but hung loosely."
He is very gentle and kind, and would never harm anyone or anything deliberately
- He is often described as a child or an animal - he drinks from the pool like a horse and his huge hands are described as paws
- He is a big man, in contrast to his name
  - OMAM - LENNIE
    - Loves to pet things
      - Mouse
        Puppy
        Curely's Wife
    - Nearly every scene in which Lennie appears, he confirms these and only these features
      - Possesses incredible physical strength
      - His innocence raises him to a standard of pure goodness
    - Lennie is totally defenceless
      - He cannot avoid the dangers
        Presented by...
        Curley...
        
        Curley’s wife
        
        the world at large
    - He has limited intelligence, so he relies on George to look after him
      - He can be forgetful - George continually has to remind him about important things.
      - He copies George in everything George does and trusts George completely
    - One of the principal characters but least dynamic
Tragedy depends upon the outcome seeming to be inevitable
- Reader must know from the start that Lennie is doomed, and must be sympathetic to him

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