It was the Great Depression and no one could find jobs. Many people traveled west in hopes of finding work. Some people left their farms in the Midwest to go work for someone else on their farm. In the book Of Mice and Men George and Lennie travel together in search of such jobs. George is "small and quick, dark of face, with restless eyes and sharp, strong features...small, strong hands, slender arms, a thin and bony nose." (Steinbeck 2) His companion, Lennie is the complete opposite of George he is a "huge man, shapeless of face, with large, pale eyes, with wide, sloping shoulders; and he walked heavily, dragging his feet a little, the way a bear drags his paws." (Steinbeck 2) Lennie is also developmentally disabled. The question is though, why did Steinbeck choose Lennie to be developmentally disabled?
             It doesn't take much to conclude that if Lennie wasn't developmentally disabled, there wouldn't be much to a story except for telling a story on how work was on a farm. All of the major events take place as result of Lennie's condition. In the beginning Lennie and George left town to go work somewhere else. They had to leave town because he was accused of rape when ripping a girls red velvet dress. Lennie got in trouble because he could not decipher between right and wrong and when to stop. Other events that happen due to his condition are: caring around a dead mouse, breaking Curley's hand, killing the pup, and in the end killing Curley's wife. If these incidents did not happen there would be nothing to read about.
             Steinbeck also uses Lennie to show a lot of George's personality and character. George takes good care of Lennie and won't leave him behind. George knows that he could have a better life without Lennie he says "if I was alone I could live so easy. I could go ge
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