George and Lennie's relationship in Of Mice and MenIn my opinion, Lennie is very childish; he has a naive, childlike innocence usually found in very young people. He is very trusting and follows blindly, unable to make decisions for himself or even live alone and feed himself, etc. He also has cunning little-child behavior which manifests itself when George goes a little too far in scolding him and upsets the balance between them. Lennie says "George, do you want me to go away and leave you alone?" (p14) he insists until George feels guilty for having upset Lennie and tries to appease Lennie by offering to leave him a puppy "the first chance I'll give you a puppy" (p14), then he asks George to tell him how they were different from the other workers on the ranch and how they would live off the "fat of the land" if they could and had their own place to live. (pp. 15-16) Lennie also seems unaware of the politics of everyday black life when he tries to go to Crooks. room (p67) and make friends and chat with him, he does not realize that white people in the 1930s did not integrate with black people during their leisure time because they looked down on them. On page 68, Crook says, "They play cards in there, but I can't play because I'm black." They say I stink. Well, I tell you, you all stink to me. This goes completely over Lennie's head, he just doesn't understand. He also has no idea of ​​his own strength, because when he kills mice by accidentally petting them and later in the book he kills the puppy (p84), he speaks of this when he says: "I don't 'didn't bounce hard' when he talks to the dead puppy. Also on pages 71 and 72, this shows Lennie becoming dangerously calm and centered when he thinks George might be in danger when Crooks tries to rile him up by saying "Well, suppose, suppose he doesn't come back", he was trying to scare Lennie and that