Of Mice and Men

Of Mice and Men

What is the reader's first indication that Lennie is mantally disabled?

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I believe that the first hint we get that Lenny is mentally disabled came at the riverbank where he was "gulping" from a pool of "standing" water, not fresh. George warns him to stop before he gets sick again.

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