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miz-tiff
miz-tiff
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High School - 10th Grade

What does Lennie have in his pocket?

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Posted by miz-tiff on Tuesday July 22, 2008 at 6:12 AM and tagged with characters, george, lennie, mouse, of mice and men.

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  1. clane Teacher
    High School - 10th Grade

    Lennie likes soft things and while he and George are traveling to Soledad Lennie is carrying a dead mouse in his pocket. Lennie likes to take the mouse out and stroke it while they walk. This upsets George because he suspects the mouse wasn't dead when Lennie picked it up, even though Lennie assures him that he found it dead. George makes him throw it away and promises that when they are able to he'll get Lennie a puppy because puppies can be pet much harder and not die.

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    Posted by clane on Tuesday July 22, 2008 at 7:23 AM

  2. semoody
    semoody Teacher
    Elementary / Primary

    Lennie has a dead mouse in his pocket, and when pressed to throw it away by George, he reluctantly agrees, but secretly keeps the mouse.  The mouse symbolizes Lennie's love for soft things, which will eventually get him into trouble.

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    Posted by semoody on Monday July 28, 2008 at 11:05 PM

  3. bkadilley
    bkadilley Teacher
    High School - 10th Grade

    Lennie has a dead mouse in his pocket.

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    Posted by bkadilley on Thursday August 21, 2008 at 6:42 PM