Of Mice and Men

why is lennies last name ironic and symbolic?

chapter 2 of mice and men novel

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His last name is small....... rather ironic because he is so big, and symbolic becauese mentally he's so young.

Lennie's last name is Smalls yet he is a big man. There is a paradox here because Linnie is a personality of extremes both emotionally and physically.