Of Mice and Men: The fight for happiness In the novel Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck illustrates the possibilities that life has and its effects on Lennie, Crooks and George. It shows the vision of two outsiders struggling to understand their unique places in the world. Steinbeck suggests that humans have the natural potential to seek happiness, although the potential may be fatal or harmful. Although Lennie does not have the potential to be intelligent, Lennie has the potential to be a hard worker. However, Lennie's strength did not work on him and the result was fatal. Lennie is an extremely large man who had the strength of a bull. Using his strength, he was a hard worker but he didn't understand how strong he was. George explains Lennie's strength by saying that "that big bastard can produce more corn on his own than most couples can." Due to his size and enormous strength, Lennie could work alone with the other men on the ranch. Lennie uses his skills to work hard, but doesn't understand how strong he is. Without George, Lennie doesn't know what to do. Lennie gets scared and uses his strength to hold on to objects. Lennie is just like a child. He will do whatever George tells him to do: "Curley was floundering like a fish on a line, and his clenched fist was lost in Lennie's hand. George slapped [Lennie] in the face again and again and Lennie kept resisting. Through Lennie's actions we can see that Lennie is very similar to a child. Lennie's first instinct when he is afraid is to cling to mom or dad when they get scared, Lennie clings to objects Due to Lennie's low intelligence to understand the his strength, he feels that the potential to be his own boss is lost. Candy says, 'You and I can get that little place, can't we, George?'... Candy lowered his head and looked at the hay. He knew it." Now that Lennie has broken Curley's wife's neck, George realizes that his chance to be his own boss is gone. Without Lennie, George feels there is no hope. As a result, the potential to be his own boss is lost. George has great potential to be his own boss, but with Lennie's death, George loses hope, he has chosen his destiny to be a worker and not to be the boss. of himself.Throughout the novel you can get a sense of what it is.I like to experience the lives of those characters.John Steinbeck portrayed these characters do very well in pursuing their dreams in life.