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.

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old disney was more kid oriented as appose to new disney it's more teen oriented.i guess what i'm trying to say is new disney is way more mature and out there then old disney. for instance all you see in new disney is bf/gf drama and old disney it was nothing like that. kids are growing up and as coorpations like disney, nickolden etc they tend to follow what kids follow so they can have more views . therefore   they have inferred   that now days kids want to have relationships and stuff so that's what disney gives them.