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Post by MsElliott on Feb 11, 2015 0:51:04 GMT
Lennie is less concerned about the death of the puppy than that fact he won't be able to tend the rabbits. Does Lennie have the ability to feel empathy for the creatures he kills? Give evidence to support your answer.
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Post by sherimercer on Feb 12, 2015 5:16:33 GMT
Lennon is unable to feel empathy toward the creatures he kills as he doesn't truly comprehend the the nature of his actions. He is unable to grasp the fact that he has been the sole reason for their death, as he only understands his intentions, which are always good. The evidence of this is when Lennie's Aunt Clara stopped giving him mice as he was 'petting' them too hard, not because he intentionally killed them.
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Post by Cassandra on Feb 16, 2015 21:58:43 GMT
Lennon is unable to feel empathy toward the creatures he kills as he doesn't truly comprehend the the nature of his actions. He is unable to grasp the fact that he has been the sole reason for their death, as he only understands his intentions, which are always good. The evidence of this is when Lennie's Aunt Clara stopped giving him mice as he was 'petting' them too hard, not because he intentionally killed them. I agree, because of Lennie's mental disability, he doesn't truly understand what he's done, just the he knows he didn't mean to do anything bad. |
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Post by joshneal on Feb 17, 2015 6:07:04 GMT
Lennie doesn't feel empathy for killing the creatures because he is more concerned about not being allowed to tend the rabbits. At the farm he dreams about with George, he will be responsible for taking care of the rabbits. When Lennie kills the rat, the puppy and Curley's wife, he is only scared that George will be angry at him and not let him tend the rabbits. |
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Post by mercedes on Feb 18, 2015 6:05:11 GMT
Once Lennie has realised that he accidentally killed the pup, he tries to hide it in the hay and think of other places he could hide it but assumes George will find it and won't let him tend to the rabbits. Lennie does and doesn't have empathy for the creatures he kills because whilst he gets mad at the dead puppy and tells it "God damn you... why'd do you got to get killed?", he also sits down and rocks back and forth of sadness. One could say he feels empathy for the creatures because of the way he cherish's them when they are alive, continuously petting them and visiting them. He also just tries to do the right thing by keeping them alive knowing he'll get rewarded with more small animals, and gets frustrated when he accidentally kills them thinking he won't be able to tend the rabbits. He may not get enough time with the animal to feel empathy from its death.
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Post by natashababalis on Feb 18, 2015 7:12:24 GMT
Lennon is unable to feel empathy toward the creatures he kills as he doesn't truly comprehend the the nature of his actions. He is unable to grasp the fact that he has been the sole reason for their death, as he only understands his intentions, which are always good. The evidence of this is when Lennie's Aunt Clara stopped giving him mice as he was 'petting' them too hard, not because he intentionally killed them. Also because his main hope is to be able to tend the rabbits, so each time another animal dies he thinks it is going to jeopardize his chance to have rabbits. |
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Post by callumbrokenshire on Feb 19, 2015 2:25:20 GMT
Lennie doesn't have any empathy for killing animals or even Culey's wife, all he can think about is the rabbits.
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