Of Mice And Men Characteristics Of George And Crooks

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In the story, “Of Mice and Men”by John Steinbeck, the characters Lennie, George and Crooks have many different character traits that make themselves unique and remarkable. These characters face many obstacles and conflicts all around the story, but overcome them in a particular way. Throughout the story, Lennie is shown to be childlike and friendly while George is forgiving and wise and Crooks being displayed as sharp-witted and lonely. Lennie is shown to be a friendly and childlike person in the story. Lennie is shown to be friendly as he wants George to come and enjoy the water from the pond. “Tha’s good he said. You drink some George, you take a good big drink, he smiled happily” (3). This shows that Lennie wants George to get some water too, so he won’t be left out. This implies towards Lennie’s friendliness because he cares for George to get some water too. Lennie is also shown to be childlike as he has a …show more content…

George is proven to be forgiving as he always forgives Lennie for his mistakes. “George?” “What you want?” “I can still tend the rabbits, George?” “Sure, You ain’t done nothing wrong” (65). Lennie is worried that he won’t be able to tend the rabbits because of the mistakes he made, but George will still him tend the rabbits. It shows how George is forgiving and wants to avoid Lennie from getting into trouble. George is shown to be wise in predicting that Lennie will get in trouble as he sets up an escape plan. “Well, look. Lennie-if you jus’ happen to get in trouble like you always done before, I want you to come right here an’ hide in the bush” (15). George makes this escape plan in case if Lennie gets into trouble, he can hide in the bush and then meet up with him. This proves that George was wise to develop this escape plan because they had to use this plan when Lennie killed Curley’s wife. This is how George is shown to be forgiving and wise in the

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