George Milton In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

Despite being a physically small man, George Milton is strong-willed and mentally tough. George is a dear friend of Lennie’s in the book Of MIce and Men by John Steinbeck. He often complains about having to take care of Lennie, although he knows that life would not be the same without him. George can be short-tempered when it comes to Lennie but he is still a devoted and loving friend. George shows his short-temper in the novella when he is stern with Lennie, he also shows his devotion and love towards Lennie by the way he always protects him and the fact that he would do anything to keep Lennie out of trouble.

George’s short temper towards Lennie is shown when George is stern with him when he drinks too much of the water from the pool and George says to Lennie,

George then says to him, “‘Lennie. You gonna be sick like you was last night.’”(Steinbeck 3). George also stern with Lennie when he sets boundaries for Lennie. George sets many boundaries for Lennie, one of those boundaries would be with Lennie and his pup. George told Lennie he had to leave his pup in the barn until is was big enough. Of course Lennie said he would but one time he thought he could get away with sneaking the pup into the bunk house. When George noticed he had the pup his temper fell short and he got stern with Lennie and told him, “‘You get right up an’ take this pup back to the nest.’... ‘You take him back or I’ll tell Slim not to let you have him.’”(Steinbeck 43). George also set a boundary between Lennie and Curley’s wife. When she came into the bunkhouse Lennie was eyeing her up and down. After she left, George sternly told Lennie, “‘Don’t you even look at that bitch. I don’t care what she says or what she does. I seen ‘em poison before, but I never seen no piece of jailbait worse than her. You leave her be.’”(Steinbeck