After accidentally killing Curley's Wife, Lennie went to the bush to wait for George. George always told Lennie to go to the bush if he ever did anything wrong to wait for him, and Lennie actually remembered. While Lennie was waiting, he had hallucinations talking to him in his voice. First, Lennie's Aunt Clara came to talk to him. She said to him in his voice, "'You never give a thought to George. He been doin' nice things for you alla time"' (101). Aunt Clara kept telling Lennie of how he never appreciated George. She said George spent his time caring for Lennie, but Lennie never cared enough to not get in trouble. Lennie also had another hallucination in his voice in the form of a giant rabbit. The rabbit said to him, "'You'd forget 'em and let 'em go hungry. That's what you'd do. An' then what would George think?'" (102) after Lennie starting talking about "tending the rabbits". I personally think that Lennie's Aunt Clara and the gigantic rabbit represent Lennie's mind telling him everything he has done wrong. Lennie kept telling the visions that he was sorry and how he really tried. Lennie never does anything wrong on purpose for the most part, but he usually always thinks of what George will do afterward. In this situation, Lennie kept telling himself how mad George will be. Eventually, George showed up and shot Lennie, so Curley wouldn't hurt him first. Before he shot Lennie, George told Lennie to imagine the place they were going to get and the rabbits Lennie was going to tend. Even though it wasn't true George wanted Lennie to be happy before he died.
-Paige
That's what I thought too! Lennie has been cared for this entire time by George, when he never did anything.
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