In the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck and the play "The Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams, the relationships between the protagonists deteriorate over the course of time due to the society's viewpoint on the troubled protagonist. George's perspective of Lenny changes in a negative sense as does Stella's outlook of Blanche. What starts out as friends or sisters, slowly turns into the destruction of the relationships and the abandonment of Lenny or Blanche.
Lenny and Blanche are both similar in their failed efforts to fit into their surroundings. Lenny, from Of Mice and Men, is a mentally retarded man who has the mentality of a child. Lenny is an extremely strong, powerful man who has yet to learn the extent of his potency. This attribute eliminates the possibility of him being careful around small, weak objects such as the puppy he did not mean to kill. Lenny talks to the puppy after it is dead saying he "didn't bounce [it] hard" (Steinbeck 85). The puppy could......

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Title: Of Mice And Men Vs. Streetcar Named Desire
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