What Is The Difference Between Lennie's Mental State In Of Mice And Men

Another thing the mouse can signify is the issue of Lennie’s mental state. When Lennie came across the mouse and thought it was dead he picked it up and proceeded to break its neck by petting it. This shows that Lennie is not mentally stable because any person in the right mind would have known the mouse is alive and known when they killed it. Lennie says, “Uh-uh. Jus’ a dead mouse, George. I didn’ kill it. Honest! I found it. I found it dead.” (pg. 5). This is when Lennie finds the mouse and was explaining to George that he just found it and that it was dead when he really found it. This mouse can also shoe how Lennie’s mental state is just like a young child’s mental state. Lennie doesn’t understand or remember much of what George tells him.