Lennie and George Relationship in Steinbeck's Novel Essay

The passage has wonderful imagery it goes into just enough depth to create an image in the reader's mind. Steinbeck does not spend too much time describing all the insignificant details like many other writers might have done. The simplicity of the passage creates the feeling that the story is happening to him and he is telling it as it is with no over exaggerated details. Steinbeck tells the story as he wants to tell

Steinbeck initiates this criticism by effectively using touching diction to paradoxical devices as to assert “American’s way of life”

“Lennie was in a panic. His face was contorted. She screamed then, and Lennie's other hand closed over her mouth and nose. "Please don't," he begged. "Oh! Please don't do that. George'll be mad." … "I don't want you to yell. You gonna get me in trouble jus' like George says you will. Now don't you do that." And she

When Lennie visits the bunkhouse to see his pups, he strikes up a conversation with Crooks and he talks about his history: “There wasn’t another colored family for miles around.” When Crooks was a child, he would play with the white kids. He didn’t feel isolated then. It’s the exact opposite of the current situation - Crooks wasn’t isolated because of his race, nor physically isolated. “...there ain’t a colored man on this ranch” This is Crooks’ current situation. He is isolated because of his race and also physically. He is restricted to the bunkhouse. Crooks tries to substitute his loneliness with his

Lennie is described as a big bulky animal. But his brain, on the other hand, is slow as child’s. Because of this fact, when George was younger, he picked on Lennie and bullied him. In the book it states, “George’s voice was taking on the

In the book Of Mice and Men George and Lennie are good friends who travel from ranch to ranch looking for work. Lennie has a mental illness and is always getting into trouble. At the end of the book, George decides to shoot Lennie before the people back on the ranch get to him. Many people would argue whether George made the right decision when he decided to do this. George made the right decision to shoot Lennie because he would’ve been a danger to others, would’ve been locked up and tortured, and wouldn’t have wanted to go to a mental institution in the 1930s.

‘’Maybe you can see now. You got George. You know he’s goin’ to come back. S’pose you had couldn’t go into the bunkhouse and play rummy ‘cause you was black. ’’(pg.72) Lennie is a very good guy but the thing is with him is that he is not mentally stable.

George does all of this because he cares for Lennie just as a father would care for his

One of the many reasons that the characters Of Steinbeck's novel can be

If he finds out what a crazy bastard you are, we won’t get no job, but if he sees ya work before he hears ya talk, we’re set.” He basically said that Lennie would ruin everything for them (again) at this job if he even dares to talk. Also, George implied that Lennie undoubtedly wouldn’t get a job if the boss knew of his condition before hand, no matter how hard of a worker he claims to be. Also, since Lennie was a man of large size, Curley instantly disliked him. Without giving him a chance, Curley tried to start a fight with Lennie right from the get go on page 26.

Curley ( boss son ), came stomping in the room, with Slim chasing after him, complaining about someone being with her girlfriend, and everyone stood there with a straight face trying to not cause a problem over whatever he said, knowing that he thought he was bossy and all that. But Lennie was still daydreaming about himself petting rabbits. And of course, Curley thinking he was laughing at him, threw a punch and kept at it. Lennie just stayed there not knowing what to do, bleeding and harmless as a fly, which is really realistic cause he doesn’t mean harm to anyone, still did nothing until George demanded him to fight back, and he did, throwing a punch right at him leaving him knocked out, but Lennie was in shock and was squeezing his hand till he broke it. At the end of that, Curley didn’t tell anyone cause they threaten to tell his girlfriend all about it.

Throughout the novel, John Steinbeck alternates the chapters, constantly switching from a third person omniscient point of view, focusing upon the Joad family, to an unknown narrator, differentiating in points of view as the storyline progresses. For example, the narrator focuses on illustrating the scene of Oklahoma during the dust bowl in chapter one, but later uses first person pronouns in the midst of the novel, such as, “Layin’ there. Jesus, what I could do with that, with five acres of that! Why, hell, I’d have ever’thing to eat” (235). The unknown narrator switches point of view quite often, especially within the climax and falling action of the novel’s odd chapters; however, the narrator also allows the reader to further understand

<br>A reader can understand very vividly from his actions and attitudes that George is sensible and able to think quickly in a situation. He seems to have a very good understanding of the nature of others, especially of their attitudes towards Lennie, for example, that if the boss hears Lennie talk and realises his handicapped, then it is unlikely they will get work. He also knows, to make Lennie repeat things two or three times over to himself, to help him remember, for example when he slowly repeats, "Hide in the brush till I come for you, can you remember that?" to Lennie. He also knows that Lennie is likely to do things and attempt to hide them, such as when Lennie appears from his walk in the woods, and is immediately suspected of smuggling a dead

George, a young kid is yet to discover who he really is. Not only physically but emotionally as well. Just as a young as a fourth grader George was just as curious as a kid open up a present on Christmas morning. George had secrets all his life and hid it from his friends and family thinking they would find out and judge him and abandon him for life and George was quite ready for that. George will go through a year of many surprises and challenges.

George is a 71 year old man suffering from the recent loss of his wife of 50 years. George is participating in his first counseling session at the insistence of Michael, his son. Michael reports that George has lost his unyielding interest in fine dining, seldom leaves his house and that he seems to be in a state of depression, reaching to the extent of not showing enthusiasm when visited by his beloved grandchildren.