Omam part 3 fight scene

In this chapter, we find out that Lennie and Curley fight. When Curley came in to find his wife, he saw Lennie smiling. Curley saw Lennie smiling and then said "What the ---- you laughin' at?" (62) Curley then went ham on Lennie, hitting him and punching him until he was bleeding a lot. Lennie didn't do anything until George yelled at him to fight back. Then Lennie grabbed Curley's hand and crushed it. This is strange because Lennie didn't hit back until George told him to. When George said "Get 'im Lennie," (63) only then did he fight back. I think that this symbolizes how much George is like a father to Lennie. Also, this is another example of Lennie doing anything that George tells him to. Also, at the end of the scene, Curley's hand was crushed and Lennie "didn't wanna hurt him." (64) This shows that Lennie doesn't want to hurt Curley but he is too strong. I also think that he didn't let go because he was too scared similarly to the scene in Weed.