In the book of mice and menwhy does steinbeck describe lennie with animal imegery

Steinbeck often compares Lennie to animals because in the first page, Steinbeck writes, "he walked heavily, dragging his feet a little, the way a bear drags his paws." ... It is an important comparison because Lennie seems to be very slow and innocent, but does have the ability to be dangerous like a bear. To be more specific, Lennie has a serious mental disability and seems like he is slow and innocent but in reality he is very dangerous.

the narrator is a first person, participant one, who describes in the simple past tense important and difficult events in his earlier life. he also provides temporal markers as the month (january) and the time (12: 30 pm). finally the account of his experience is very detailed, to the extent that a participant narrator would talk the same way about his experiences. a good example of such detail is the mention of the “bovril ration” which historically was a native american food adopted by european explorers in arctic and antarctic regions due to its high level of calories.