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lennie - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Germanic meaning for "of lion's strength"
    - - Could connote many things , one of which is the irony of him being big and strong, yet still being called "small".
      - Could imply his role and how other characters treat him, as they treat him with disregard and disrespect despite the fact that he is much bigger and stronger than the rest. Could be Steinbeck's method of passing across the message that it is not always the strongest person in a place that leads. Could also be his method of conveying the fact that one should not judge a book by its cover.
      - Symbolic of his mental ability and intelligence
- - - - Both bulls and horses are strong farm animals used to perform simple domestic tasks such as carrying big, heavy items such as carts.
    - - Also possesses a wild, an uncontrollable side, whereby he is not able to have a sense of self-control for his actions. Emphasised by his killing of the numerous rabbits as he claims to "pet" them and his killing of two females, one of which is Curley's wife.
    - - Both bulls and horses are strong farm animals used to perform simple domestic tasks such as carrying big, heavy items such as cart
        
        Could mean that George is trying to use him in order to do the bulk of the work on the ranch, linking back to the recurring theme of loneliness; they were purely friends because of business