All Boys Orphanage sat on a hilltop in an empty town hidden in the hills of California. Georgie and his companion Lennie were sitting on the cement watching other orphans wander the empty playground. Lennie had gotten in a fight with another child after he stole his red shiney action figure a day ago. He tried to run when the kids came for the toy but they caught him and beat him up. Georgie wiped some dried blood off traumatized Lennie's face. “Never do that again Lennie, they told me next time they’ll take you to a different orphanage. You’ll never see me again.”
“I won't” cried lennie.
“We've got to be good if we want to be adopted together. Georgie said quietly.
He thought to himself and gazed around the playground as he’d been doing since the two of them got to the orphanage at the age of 5. He saw other kids playing alone, and some
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Georgie looked down and hit the tree house with his fist causing a hole. His eyes searched the graveyard of a playground and when he saw Lennie riding the red shiney bike, he knew he had to take matters to his own hands before Curley did. Curley had also spotted Lennie and took off after him.
“I swear when I get ahold of you you're dead!” he threatened only making him ride the bike faster and crash the bike. Lennie was soon picked up by Georgie who carried him to the front doors of the office. He looked him in the eye,
“Lennie you're my best friend and I love you and you are going to be adopted one day” He hugged him tight before he pushed him into the office where he had been a few minutes prior telling the admin Lennie stole and broke the bike and they had set him up with a ride far away to a new orphanage. Curly came hauling around the corner with his fists in the air only to come to a stop when he watched Lennie get into a car and drive away...
“Lennie was trouble, maybe us two can get adopted together now” added candy. A lone tear fell from Georgies eye as he walked
... him (72). Lennie tries his best to protect George and does not let anyone talk about him also (72). George is not the only person that tries to protect Lennie. When Curly’s wife come into the barn and tries to cause tries to cause trouble, Crooks and Candy stand up for him. They tell her to leave them and also to leave Lennie alone, because they know that Lennie cannot defend himself (80). When George and Candy find out what Lennie has done to Curly’s wife, they do not want to say anything about it. Candy tells George, that Curly will kill Lennie. But George will not let anyone hurt Lennie (95). Lennie trusts in George, and believes everything that he is telling him. When George is ready to kill Lennie, Lennie reminds him that they got each other, even if they are not a family (104).
Candy thought "I am not going to no one for help. This ranchers was thrilled to kill Lennie and now they don't even care about George who was caught in their place."
There was a heavy rain outside, but other than that, the room was silent. George stared at the bunk where Lennie slept, unable to sleep. He was filled with hatred of the world that forced him to kill his own friend. As the night dragged on his hatred shifted to Curley’s wife, then Curley. “If Curley hadn’t let his tramp wife go around and cause trouble Lennie would still be here” George thought. Just then, Lennie appeared in front of him with a look of deep sadness and pain. Seeing Lennie’s pain and suffering, sent him over the edge. “That god damn Curley!” George thought, grabbing Carlson’s gun while he slept. “This is all his fault!” he thought, consumed by rage. He shuffled over to where Curley slept and pulled out the gun. George aimed the gun at Curley and pulled the trigger. An instant later he is horrified by what he has done. A couple seconds pass and Slim comes into the
She continued, mad, in Lennie’s voice, “Don’ say you tried. He been doin’ nice things for you alla time. You ain’t...
George realizes in the end of the book Lennie has done too much harm and needs to essentially go away. George then shoots Lennie in the back of the head because Lennie couldn't live on his own if he were to run away from Curly and the rest of the gang of workers coming after him. George did the right thing
Due to child like qualities, Lennie is a person which would be easy prey and a vulnerable person. Lennie is a vulnerable person who is quite dumb. His has an obsession for touching soft thing and this will often lead him in to trouble. But poor Lennie is an innocent person who means no harm to anybody. When he and Curley get into a fight Lennie is too shocked to do any thing. He tries to be innocent but, when told to by George grabs Curley’s fist and crushes it. George is Lennie’s best friend and Lennie does every thing he tells him to do as demonstrated in the fight with “But you tol...
George is pretty much in charge of Lennie and is the brains of the operation. He thinks very big of himself and thinks he's got the rest of his life planned out. He wants to own a farm someday with Lennie. He really likes to cuss and get drunk on Friday night. He always says to Lennie "If you weren't around I would have a job by now," but he really cares about him. At the end George puts Lennie out of his misery and shoots him. He said "it was the hardest thing I've ever had to do in my life."
In fact, near the ending of the story, he unintentionally snapped Curley’s wife’s neck trying to quiet her (91). Failing to recognize his own strength, Lennie accidentally took her life, proving that he was perilous. By shooting Lennie, George prevented Lennie from accidentally injuring or killing anyone ever again. His verdict was correct in view of the fact that he sacrificed his friend’s life with the intention to protect the lives of others. Furthermore, George’s decision protected Lennie. As a punishment for his deeds, The workers wanted Lennie executed. George realized this and told candy, “Curley’s gon’ta wanta get ‘i'm lynched. Curley’ll get ‘im killed,” (94). In consequence of killing Curley’s wife, Lennie unknowingly put himself in harm's way. Curley’s motive for wanting to kill Lennie was spite and revenge. So, instead of allowing Lennie to be murdered alone and afraid, George took matters into his own hands and made sure his friend died knowing he was cared for and full of hope. Through it's ironic, George’s choice protected Lennie from the malice of others, thus keeping him unafraid and unharmed. However, others may believe
George muttered to himself “God dam Lennie, I told ya’, I told ya’ and ya’ still.” George became silent and clenched his hands into fists.
that he wants to tend. Lennie has been shot by George in the back of
George looks after Lennie and helps protect him from the hardships of the world. George makes his decisions based upon what benefits Lennie the most. In contrast to how no one cared for either Walker in Devil and Tom Walker, George and Lennie care deeply about one another. These two have stated their pledge to one another through their stating “ I got you an’... An’ I got you” (Steinbeck ###). Even though Lennie is not capable of making decisions for himself, he responds to George’s decisions how he wishes. George made the decision that both of them would be late to their new job, because he wanted to enjoy his time on the creek. George made the decision that Lennie needed to keep his distance from Curley. Then the one time Curley challenged Lennie, it was George’s decision that Lennie would fight back. When Lennie accidentally killed Curley’s wife, George was faced with the most challenging decision of his life. George had to decide what he was going to do with Lennie. George came to the conclusion that Lennie was a burden on everyone and that he wanted to kill Lennie himself. George wanted to make certain that when Lennie perished, he left this world
When Lennie kills his puppy the only thing he can think about is what george will think and whether or not he will get to tend the rabbits (all lennie really ...
Curley's wife wanted to go to Hollywood and be in movies. She explains saying she met a guy that said he would do that for her but he never wrote back. Curley's wife desperately wanted to feel like somebody special. She wanted to leave her little life in her small town behind. She got her dreams cut short when she caught Lennie when he killed the little puppy. Lennie said he likes to soft objects, and then Curley's wife said her hair is soft and offered Lennie to run his hands through her hair. Once it's happening Curley's wife tells Lennie to stop, but Lennie refuses to stop and violently tugs her and Curley's wife starts to scream loudly. Lennie covers her mouth with his gigantic hand and tell her to be quite, because it will cause a dilemma. Lennie's becomes angry, due to Curley's wife is not hushing down, he accidently breaks her neck causing her to die immediately. He drops her on the floor and run to the brushes George told him to run if Lennie ever got in trouble. Lennie ended her Hollywood career with a snap of the
...reaches the clearing, he begins to gulp the water and has hallucinations that contain conversations with Aunt Clara and a rabbit. When George finally finds Lennie he reassures him that everything will be okay. At first Lennie is a bit confused, but asks George to recite their dream yet again. Before telling the story of their unique relationship, George tells Lennie to turn around and face the river. George begins to tell Lennie that their friendship is unique because they are there for another. He also tells him of their dream farm. Lennie becomes comfortable and hopeful suggesting they leave now. George agrees, raises the gun, and pulls the trigger. Shortly after, the lynch mob arrives only to find that George has already killed Lennie. In the ending moments of the novel, Carlson and Curly are confused by the special friendship that Slim and George have attained.
Aunt Leslie then snapped me out of my deep thought asking whether I was okay. I told her I was even if it was obviously a complete lie. "So shall we go back to Geraldine tomorrow morning? Or would you like to leave in the evening?"