... emphasizes again how immature Lennie is for his age and his general incompetence which people may find hard to believe and depressing that Lennie is in such a mental state so the audience feels sympathy for Lennie. Lennies reactions when George throws the dead mouse away also adds sympathy for the same reasons, his childishness. 'Lennie's lip quivered and tears started in his eyes'. This reaction was caused because George rid Lennie of a dead mouse which Lennie had 'broke' which is the more sensible option. But Lennie has the mental age of a child and does not see the reason why George rid Lennie of the mouse. Lennie thinks George did this as an act of spite, which means he does not understand the reasoning, even though George explains it all to him clearly. Then Lennie explains a memory of his. 'I remember a lady used to giv' 'em to ...

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