A Good Listener

     In Of Mice and Men, there are times when the characters feel the need to confide things to each other. Though I think Lennie is far from being a good listener, Crooks told him about when he was kid and the fact that he can't play cards with the other workers. Later on in the story, Curley's wife revealed her past to Lennie as well. The reason I don't believe Lennie is a good listener is simply because he didn't seem to pay attention to either of the previously mentioned at all. Instead, he kept talking about the rabbits.
     Contrasting myself to Lennie, I think I'm a fairly decent listener. Friends confide things to me all of the time and I pay attention, even giving advice. In return for the trust they must have for me, I never repeat anything they tell me to anyone else. Another part of being a good listener is being good at keeping a secret which is another quality Lennie lacked.