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Of Mice and Men Motifs

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George has to kill Lennie himself because he loves him the most. He doesn't want Curley to shoot Lennie like Carlson shooting Candy's dog.

Significance

George doesn't want to kill Lennie but he doesn't want someone that hates Lennie's guts to kill him either.

Significance

George truly wishes he lived alone but then feels like its his responsibility to take care of Lennie.

Significance

Motif

George shoots Lennie.

Motif

George shoots Lennie

himself.

Motif

Candy regrets that he didn't shoot his dog himself.

Motif

George says this a lot in the book, but he is only saying it. He really loves Lennie.

Motif

Carlson shoots

Candy's dog.

Motif

George wishes he wasn't burdened with Lennie's care

Lennie messed up their job in

Weed and George doesn't want

them to loose their jobs again.

Significance

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George tells Lennie

not to talk to

Curley's wife.

Significance

George cares about Lennie and he knows Lennie wil do something stupid and George doesn't want Lennie to get hurt.

Motif

George tells Lennie

to return to the

campsite

Motif

Lennie was told

not to touch

soft things

Motif

Significance

Lennie's obsession with

touching soft things always

gets him in trouble.

Motif

Lennie goes to the

campsite

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At Weed, Lennie

frightens the girl in

the red dress.

Incidents, images, or ideas

which appear repeatedly in

a literary work

Motif

Lennie frightens another girl, Curley's wife, by touching

her to aggressively.

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