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The story of Mice and Men features two friends, George and Lennie looking for work in the Great Depression based in Soledad, CA. This essay answers the prompt given for the summer assignment. I think the relationship George and Lennie have is close and brotherly. The reason I think that is because George makes it him priority to kept Lennie on the same page as him. I also say brotherly because sometimes George wants to be bothered with Lennie, and sometimes not. At the take time George serves as a brother in other ways, such as looking out and covering Lennie. George explains why he strings Lennie along “When his Aunt Clara died, Lennie just come along with me out workin'. Got kinda used to each other after a little …show more content…
while.”(P.40) For the most part different relationships shape peoples choices in life.
George and Lennie’s relationship causes then to be more careful with getting and keeping jobs. With George knowing Lennie he sometimes talks for him to avoid misconceptions and problems for him. In the beginning of the story, they leave the country because Lennie scared a girl by grabbing onto her dress “She yells and we got to hide in a irrigation ditch all day with guys lookin' for us, and we got to sneak out in the dark and get outta the country.”(P.11). George says “You keep me in hot water all the time” (P.11) so he and Lennie keep moving along, staying together though. The story ends when George shoots Lennie in the back of the head. Right before shooting him he has Lennie reminisce about their future farm with the rabbits. This happens after Lennie unintentionally breaks Curley’s wife’s neck leaving her in the farm dead. “And then she was still, for Lennie had broken her neck” (P.91) this was insinuating she has died, this was after Lennie shook her. After killing her Lennie attempts to hide her body then runs into the woods. The rest of the guys find out and find a shaken George “George shivered and looked at the gun, and then he threw it away from him”
(P.106). Reading George’s choice I do agree with what he did to Lennie. With him knowing Curley’s rage for Lennie he just got it over with”Curley gon’ta wanta get ‘im lynched.Curley’ll get ‘im killed.” (P.94). While killing him he made him think of good times to give Lennie closure. Reading about it Candy, Slim, and George didn’t want Curley to kill Lennie. Candy, Slim, and George knew Lennie would never kill Curley’s wife purposely “All the time he done bad things, but he never done one of ‘em mean” (P.95). I don’t believe or see any other way that would have resolved Lennie’s conflict. We all know how Curley is, he wants to be tough and in control. Curley, like Candy said, would have wanted Lennie to be lynched or killed. So George ended his life so Curley and the other men wouldn’t get to him. Of Mice and Men was an interesting story. I can’t wait to read it with you (Mrs. Rowan) multiple times to analyze it from a different view.
In chapter one, George and Lennie are introduced onto the scene and you get to know them a little bit and you get to see how they are related/ their relationship. When I read this first part, I could tell that George was pretty much Lennie’s caretaker and it was his job to find Lennie a job and make sure he ate enough and stayed a live. He kind of resented having to drag Lennie around (pg 11~12: “Well we ain’t got any!” George exploded. “Whatever we ain’t got, you want. If I was alone I could live so easy… But wadda I got? I got you. You can’t keep a job and you loose me every job I get.”), because Lennie’s a bit slow and he messes up a lot. He tries really hard to be good and listen to what George tells him to do, but in the end of every situation, Lennie forgets what George told him beforehand and sometimes it creates a little trouble (pg 45~46: “Well, he seen this girl in this red dress. Dumb like he is, he likes to touch ever’thing he likes. Just wants to feel it. So he reaches out to feel this red dress an’ the girl lets out a squawk, and that gets Lennie all mixed up, and he holds on ‘cause that’s the only thing he can think to do. Well, this girl just squawks and squawks. I was jus’ a little bit off, and I heard all the yellin’, so I comes running, an’ by that time Lennie’s so scared all he can think to do is jus’ hold on. I socked him over the head with a fence picket to make him let go. He was so scairt he couldn’t let go of the dress. And he’s so strong, you know… Well, that girl rabbits in an’ tells the law she’s been raped. The guys in Weed start a party out to lynch Lennie. So we sit in an irrigation ditch under water all the rest of that day.”). But when you look at them, you can tell that George is...
...e ever since they were children. Lennie knew that he owed George for all that he had done for him over the years. Other than that, Lennie just loved George and wanted to be with him. He hated the thought of making George angry. Often times Lennie said he could go by himself and live in a cave if George really did not want to be with him. It was obvious that Lennie could never really think of leaving George. Lennie stayed loyal to George until the very end, unaware of what would happen. Even though George did care for Lennie, he did not give Lennie the loyalty and friendship back like he deserved. It was easy for Lennie to be so loyal partially because of his simple mindedness. He almost acted like a puppy, following around its owner and trying to defend it. If only George realized what a good friend he had in Lennie.
After reading the novella I think that George is a really good friend to Lennie. The first reason that I think that he is a really good friend to lennie, because that he runs off with Lennie when Lennie gets in trouble. George have a choice of running off with Lennie and been trace by those people or he could just don’t care about Lennie and keep his job. But he choose to run off with Lennie and been trace by those people. The second reason that I think George is a good friend to Lennie is because that in the novella it shows that George care about Lennie. On the first section it shows that George tells to Lennie to get off the the green water and throw away the dead mouse that Lennie had. He did that because the mouse might get him
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
another and create a safe sense of comfort . This bond that has been formed by this dream
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.
Lennie and George are best friends but they don't have any ordinary relationship. In their relationship George is like the boss while Lennie is the subordinate. George is very bossy towards Lennie. He is always telling Lennie what to do. Lennie doesn't ever really have a say on what they do. Like when they reach the ranch, George tells Lennie not to speak to anyone at the ranch because he is scared that Lennie might say something wrong, but George only does that because he is very worried and protective of
He runs away, in the meantime the rest of the folks on the ranch become aware of Lennie’s actions and set out to find and kill him. George knows where Lennie is and sets out to see him. Lennie is scared and asks George to tell him about their dream ranch. As George tells Lennie about the dream ranch he tells Lennie to look across a river to “imagine” the ranch. As Lennie imagines the dream ranch George pulls out a gun and shoots Lennie at the back of his head.
After Lennie’s Aunt Clara died George started taking care of Lennie because Lennie has mental issues, and Lennie had no one else to take care of him instead of George. The relationship is “But not us! An’ why? Because… because I got you to look after me, and I got me to look after you, and that’s why. ”(pg.14). This quote indicates friendship means sticking together, Lennie isn’t that clever but he still understands the meaning of friendship. George promises
In the exemplary classic Of Mice and Men, George and Lennie, two barley buckers, are looking for work during the Great Depression. Steinbeck weaves George and Lennie’s dream as an anchor through the stark loneliness of travelers, the unrealistic want for the perfect life, and the poverty that plagues this time period.
George may seem like the type of person who is harsh and rude, and in some cases he is. However, George's loyal trait usually triumphs his “bad traits” because he sticks with Lennie. By the end of the novella when Lennie is hallucinating and having a conversation with his dead Aunt Clara, his aunt “supposedly” says, . “All the time he coulda had such a good time if it wasn’t for you.” (Steinbeck 101) Although the reader knows Aunt Clara is dead, it is clear that Lennie knew George was sacrificing for him and staying loyal to him. Lennie further says in his hallucinatory state, “But he gotta take care of you.”(101). Although Lennie consistently got into trouble and asked a lot of George, George never betrayed or left. He stayed with Lennie. George staying with Lennie symbolize how much he cares, and how he is willing to sacrifice his life to tend to Lennie and keep him safe. In the beginning of the novella George and Lennie are talking, because of Lennie’s disability he forgets a lot. Which makes George frustrated. Even if Lennie pushes George to his breaking point, he stays calm because George knows and understands Lennie. Almost like a child with a parent, George cares for Lennie like Lennie is his child. “ ‘Yeah,what ya want?’ ‘Where we goin, George?’ “ (4) Even if Lennie is clueless he know that George will be there to protect him and keep him
In John Steinbeck’s novella, Of Mice and Men, an exploration of idealized male friendship unfolds amid the Great Depression. Set on a ranch in Soledad, California, we see the profound companionship between George Milton and Lennie Small progress in one weekend full of comedy and tragedy. Their characters and love for each other display brotherhood, loyalty, sacrifice, and the search for belonging in a world of loneliness. In Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck explores the vital significance of companionship amidst the challenges of the Great Depression. The story follows two unlikely companions, George and Lennie, as they travel to a ranch in California to get the funds to buy a ranch.
The famed nurses study from Harvard found “Not having a close friend is as detrimental to your health as smoking.” Lennie and George’s friendship is necessary to keep the better for each other. Throughout the story, Lennie and George need each other and look out for one another no matter what. Lennie and George’s friendship and journey throughout the story symbolizes the struggles to achieve the American dream. Steinbeck, in the story Of Mice and Men, combines characterization and symbolism to prove friends do whats best for eachother.
George and lennie's Friendship were based on lies as george said lennie was kicked in the head by a horse and made him as he was, but lennie says this wasn't true. Even though george and lennie are not cousins or even related, George takes care of lennie for unknown reasons. George says he promised his Aunt Clara but its was never confirmed, its possible george knew lennie wouldn't last long on his own and end in a asylum or worst hanged or shot in the gut. When chapter starts George is shown teaching the dangers of drinking still water and carrying a dead mouse and apologizes for upsetting. A key in the entire story is lennie keep asking george about the Rabbits and george retells the story. We also find out bits of details of what happened in weed as the story goes on, Lennie was mesmerized by a velvet dress that a lady was wearing and grab too hard and scared the girl and himself, he grabbed harder and didn't let go, this resulted in george hitting lennie with a fence picket to make him let go, the girl want to the police and says she was raped by lennie and resulted in a mob going after lennie.