George and lennie have a strong bond and with that bond they make it through the day,Of Mice and Men is a book written by John Steinbeck is about the great depression, and the hard time that the american people faced some which has a disability. George and Lennie's relationship is strong because of what keeps them together ,the difficulties they have, and how they are different. The Things that kept George and Lennie together is. When George and lennie was younger George pushed Lennie into a river. And george felt bad so he would look after him. Another thing that keeps them together is the dream of the ranch.(40) “Why he’d do any damn thing I tol’ him … I was feelin’ pretty smart. I turns to Lennie and says, Jump in. An’ he jumps. Couldn't swim a stroke.” …show more content…
(14) “With us it ain’t like that .
We got a future… We’re gonna have a little house.When George told Lennie to jump in it showed how mean George was but he changed because he saw that Lennie couldn't defend himself so george decide to be there for him and it makes their bond strong. And every time George tells Lennie the story of the ranch they are going to buy it like calms them down and keeps them happy.With all of this this great bond that George and Lennie share prepares them for some of the difficulties they will face. What difficulties George and Lennie faced together and alone. Are when curley keeps barging in and looking for his wife trying to start a fight. When Lennie was alone with curley's
wife. In Weed Lennie grabbed a girl’s red dress And when he grabbed her, she screamed and said to the police that Lennie raped her . after that George and lennie had to hide in an irrigation ditch When lennie grabbed the dress it show how easily he gets in trouble. Because when she was screaming lennie would grab tighter instead of letting go he also keeps picking up mice and accidently killing them.And when this happens it shows how different george and lennie are. George and lennie are very different. George can be very mean ex( when george pushed lennie into the river and bullied him) and Lennie is really nice just don't fully control what he is doing .( all the times that he accidently killed the dogs and mice.) When they were younger george are very different and they show it . as young children Lennie was bullied by George and on day he took it too far by telling Lennie to jump in the river even though he could not swim.But even with their differences they stayed together and was some what happy. The relationship of George and Lennie has some difficulties, things that keep them together and also how they are different. But through all of this they stay strong. george and lennie have a strong bond and with this bond they have made it through tough challenges. So the thesis would be correct George and Lennie's bond is like that of a tarantula and a frog the spider protects the frog and the frog protects the spider . so they help each other out just like George and Lennie.
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Since the begging George and Lennie have stayed together, but as they work there are times when they are separated. George docent
It is not, however, a one-sided friendship. George must be very close to Lennie because he goes to a lot of trouble to make sure that they both stay together. When Lennie got himself into trouble in Weed George didn't abandon him; they ran away to a different ranch together. I think George relies on Lennie for companionship because of the unfriendly and lonely environment they are in. he obviously cares about lennie because he says, "God, you're a lot of trouble.
The emotional symbiosis between George and Lennie helps each man. Lennie’s attachment to George is most strongly visible when Crooks suggests George is not coming back. Lennie is almost moved to hysterics and his fear does not quickly abate. George prefers to feign dislike for Lennie to Lennie’s face: “I could get along so easy and so nice if I didn’t have you on my tail” (7). When pressed, George reveals his true feelings for Lennie. “I want you to stay with me Lennie” (13). They stay together because “It’s a lot easier to go around with a guy you know” (35). Both men need and value their strong emotional relationship.
George’s relationship is meaningful with Lennie because he took in Lennie after his Aunt Clara passed away and no one else would take him. For instance, when George was talking to Slim he said,”When his Aunt Clara died, Lennie just come along with me out workin’. Got kinda used to each other af...
chance I get I’ll give you a pup” (p14) then he gets George to re tell
George cares a lot about Lennie and makes sure that he doesn't have to worry about anything. Even though Lennie is mentally ill George doesn't abandon him, but takes him everywhere. Though Lennie can't really do anything to help them with money wise George still lets Lennie tend the rabbits at there dream ranch. Lennie likes touching soft things and goes too far whenever he pets something soft and George knows that so he doesn't let him touch any of the animals on the ranch or on the way to the ranch but it is all out of care for Lennie. George also doesn't want Lennie to kill any more animals too. George also sometimes uses Lennie to his advantage. He uses him like a shield since Lennie is strong, enormous, and masculine and George is small and the brains of the duo. George doesn't have what it takes to defend himself so he uses Lennie to do so like the time when Curley picked on Lennie he told Lennie to get him even though he knew Lennie could kill him. All the things George does is like any father towards his son, Lennie, so their relationship not any ordinary best friend relationship. It is actually more than
George and Lennie take care of each other through out the story. In the story it says, “Because… because I got you to look after me and you have me to look after you, and that’s why” (Steinbeck14). This quote means that as long as George and Lennie are together, they take care of each other no matter what happens to them. This goes with the topic because they take care of
...ie had a special bond and friendship that may not have been understood by most of the other men on the ranch. Lennie is a static character because from the beginning of the story, up until his death, his love and intentions remained pure. George, on the other hand, is a very dynamic character. George’s complex relationship with Lennie is the ultimate factor that changes him; despite loving Lennie like a brother throughout the story, he begins to accept that he had to kill Lennie in order to do the “right” thing. “If I was alone I could live so easy” (Steinbeck 90). This line expresses verbal irony, because no matter how much Lennie annoys George he would not be the same man without him. “I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that's why” (Steinbeck 65). This line represents the true companionship that was present between George and Lennie.
George cares for Lennie, but Lennie’s naive characteristics leads them both to trouble. Lennie is essentially on the run due to the crime he commits; that is why Curley and his men are on a manhunt to kill Lennie. Lennie also becomes a hinderance to George; Lennie’s desire to pet soft things never led to a stable life. No matter all the accidents Lennie gets George into, their bond of a companionship never broke. George never leaves Lennie’s side, and Lennie never leaves George. “Cause I want you to stay with me.” They both need each other to reach the one goal, which is to own a ranch. From all the experiences together, George is the only character who has the right to take Lennie’s life, since George is the only one who understands Lennie and he is his caretaker. “When his Aunt Clara died, Lennie just come along with me out workin’, got kind used to each other after a while.” Proving the long term relationship George has with Lennie, and everything they endure on a daily
George knew that without Lennie the dream would not exist, but even with Lennie the dream felt a little too good to be true.“-I think I knowed from the very first. I think I knowed we’d never do her. He usta like to hear about it so much I got to thinking maybe we would.”(94). George would tell Lennie for years that they were going to get a few acres of land, a small house, and Lennie could tend to the rabbits. This story would give Lennie hope for a future and because George cared about Lennie so much, he wanted to try and make it a reality. When George and Lennie meet Candy and tell him about their farm, Candy tells the men that he has around $300 saved. After George adds his and Lennie’s pay at the end of the month, George and Lennie can see the farm in their future. With the money and the farm picked out, the dream starts to become more of a reality. This quote shows that George deep down knew that even with money and a job that they would not actually achieve their dream because Lennie always go in trouble.Without Lennie, the dream would not have existed because it was not George’s dream. It was Lennies. However they both needed the dream into order to keep going. The dream was there for Lennie to have hope for the future and the dream was there for George so he could have reason to stay with
‘“But not us! Because... because I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that’s why”’ (Page 14). Partnership is very rare during the depression, but George and Lennie’s is different. Along with friendship, other major themes are established in John Steinbeck’s, Of Mice and Men. Friendship, racism, and loneliness is expressed by the characters interactions with one another.
Lennie and George thus represent the two standing conflicts as Lennie represents the need for companionship as shown through his inclination to touch soft animals and objects which “symbolizes the yearning all men have for warm, living contact” (“Bloom’s Guides” Owen 85). George, on the other hand, through his implications of being free from Lennie and the responsibility of being his keeper, is suggested to be man’s wish to be independent and illustrates his ultimate fate to live in solitude. Steinbeck creates an absolute contrast between the two without a potential of being able to coincide, suggesting that there is no compromise to obtain both. Hadella calls attention to the story of Curley’s wife in which the author reasserts the need for man’s companionship (151). Throughout the course of the story, Curley’s wife serves a prime example of man’s unsatisfactory isolated lifestyle as she constantly searches for companionship among the farm tenants, all to no avail. Eventually her search comes to a halt when her drive for her desires ultimately causes her
Lennie and George’s strong bond shows how much they depend on each other. In the beginning of the story,
The connection between George and Lennie illustrates the adversity during their course towards achieving the American dream. Things Lennie did, either on accident or purpose, foreshadowed what was going to happen in the book and the way people acted impacted this. Like millions of other people, George and Lennie were affected during the great depression heavily, and dreamt of owning land of their own. They worked from place to place making barely any money, and didn’t have a real home. To add to this, Lennie got in trouble a lot and in the end George had to make the crucial decision to shoot Lennie so he wouldn’t have to deal with any more difficulty. George knew he had to do what was best for Lennie and himself.