... realizing dreams can be. The major themes identified by commentators in Of Mice and Men are friendship and isolation, hope and futility. Through George and Lennie's friendship, the hope to achieve their dream is kept alive. George, little and clever, feels Lennie has been given into his keeping. Simpleminded and gentle Lennie possesses great physical strength and becomes unwittingly destructive when startled. Although Lennie is ... itself. Steinbeck said Lennie represents "the inarticulate and powerful yearning of all men," and referred to its scene as a microcosm, making it plain this ...

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