Part 1: Irony

In the first section of Of Mice and Men one thing that I found ironic was how Lennie treated the mice he found. He obviously loved them a lot and liked to pet them. Lennie even picked up dead mice so that he could stroke them! However every time he had a mouse he accidentally killed it. Every time he would pet it, it would bite him so he would squeeze it so it would stop, and he ended up killing it. Also, Lennie's Aunt Clara would give mice to him all the time, but time and time again he would accidentally kill these mice. So, Lennie injuring or killing mice seemed to happen a lot. Lennie obviously wanted to take care of these mice but each time he would accidentally harm them and end up killing them.