Of Mice and Men Part 2

I think that Lennie is wants to leave, because he is afraid, or at least intimidated. When Curley was interacting with him it was clearly his intent to intimidate him. "He glanced coldly at George and then at Lennie. His arms gradually bent at the elbows and his hands closed into fists. He stiffened and went into a slight crouch. His glance was at once calculating and pugnacious. Lennie squirmed under the look and shifted his feet nervously." When Curley's wife came in it didn't help either. Lennie hadn't done anything wrong and George kept talking to him like he had, "Listen to me you crazy bastard," he said fiercely. "Don't you even take a look at that bitch. I don't care what she says and what she does. I seen 'em poison before, but I never see no piece of jail bait worse than her. You leave her be." Lennie was becoming overwhelmed with instruction from George. He was to stay away from Curley, and he was not even to think about his wife. In Lennie's mind, he didn't understand how delicate the matter, was, he hadn't messed up and George was making him uneasy by putting such heavy demands on him. When George acted like this place was nothing but trouble, Lennie just wanted to get out of there and go some place where he did not fell threatened, or like he was in a situation that could so easily explode.