In the song “Red Rabbits,” James Mercer, an American singer, musician, and songwriter for the band The Shins, sings, “I can't go into this no more. It puts too many thorns on my mind, and the necessary balloon lies a corpse on the floor.” This song describes a person, the narrator, who is associated with someone who has committed a crime. The narrator reaches a point where he can no longer take the mental stress that comes with protecting his friend because their means of escape, or the “necessary balloon,” is no longer available, or rather “a corpse on the floor.” A similar concept is presented in John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men when Lennie, one of the main characters, kills a woman after his friend George has been protecting him for many years. The duo’s dream of paradise, or their necessary balloon out the their current life of moving from town to town in order to find work, is now dead, along with the person that Lennie killed. Then, George, for various reasons, including to get out of the predicament he has been made a part of, makes the decision to kill Lennie. George justifies his desire to kill Lennie in order to rid himself of a burden, because he loves Lennie, and so that he can worry about only himself and not Lennie. Of Mice and Men starts with two men, George and Lennie, on their way to a new job. Lennie is a big and strong, but has a mental handicap and is very forgetful, while George is Lennie’s opposite–short and smart. George has to remind Lennie several times that they are on their way to a new place to work after having to leave their previous home because of something that Lennie did. George makes it obvious that Lennie is rather inconvenient to take care of when he carries on about how easy life would be without Lennie. It is clear that Lennie could not manage on his own because of his carelessness and lack of common sense. Despite this, George seems to be somewhat fond of Lennie as he often entertains Lennie with a story of how the two of them will one day live in a house on their own where they can work on their own schedule and will not have to answer to anyone but themselves. When they finally get to their new job, a man named Curley, the boss’s son, starts to cause trouble with
George the smaller leader and Lennie the mentally challenged friend. They travel around looking for jobs. They get a job at a farm when Lennie accidentally kills curley's wife. Which makes George do the unthinkable and kill his friend. This all takes place in California during the dust bowl. George is the protagonist in the book of mice and men by John Steinbeck. Lennie is the antagonist in the novella.
Of Mice and Men is a beautiful story of two men, George and Lennie, Lennie being mentally handicapped. The two men embark on a journey to capture their dream: being their own bosses, owning a farm, and living off the land. They encounter hardships along their journey but seem to get through them alright. The two men begin working on a ranch, They meet some friends on the farm such as Candy, a one handed handyman. They also meet Curley, the boss’s mean son.
Mice and Men is a novel written by John Steinbeck about the life of two men named Lennie and George. In the novel, a main overarching theme is the brotherhood and friendship between George and Lennie, and how they will do anything to protect each other. To start at the beginning, Lennie and George find themselves running from their old town weed after Lennie scares a little girl, “They run us outta weed, he explodes triumphantly. Run us out, hell, said George disgustingly. We ran.
The Story Of Mice and Men is about two buddies that go on to find work or any kind of income. The only problem is that lennie, one of the main characters, has a mental disability. Thankfully George, the other main character also lennie’s best friend, is around to help lennie. In the story more characters come into play including a nice old man named candy who has been working on the farm for many years. Like George candy has to take care of his old dog that he raised from a pup. Unfortunately one of Candy’s so called buddies took the dog out and shot him for the dogs own good. In the end George also loses his closest pal. Through the story George and candy have some similarities and
In Of Mice and Men the main characters are George Milton and Lennie Small. Lennie a kind of heavier set guy had been taken care of by his Aunt Clara almost his whole life up until she passed. He has a mental problem which has him act like a child and also makes him forgetful. “He’s dumb as hell, but he ain’t crazy” was how people viewed him. His mental problem makes him get into many problems. Meanwhile, George is an average guy with no mental problems.
John Steinbeck creates an odd pair of men to assume the role of protagonist in his novel, Of Mice and Men. George, a small and quick-witted man, is the dominant personality. Lennie, his clumsy companion, is a character who displays a child-like demeanor and is often compared to an animal throughout the novel. The couple’s relationship closely resembles that which is often found between a father and son. Steinbeck later introduces Curley, the boss’s son, as an entitled, pampered brat. Throughout the novel, Curly becomes more obnoxious and the reader is encouraged to dislike him as the rest of the characters obviously do.
Lennie Smalls plays an important and unique role in John Steinbeck's work Of Mice and Men. The whole novel revolves around the adventures and journeys of Lennie and George, and throughout the book each character’s traits and characteristics develop and become elevated, especially during problematic times. With these adventures there is almost always something that goes wrong, and Lennie constantly finds himself to be in the middle of it. Despite Lennie’s not wanting anything bad to happen, more than often, the worst case scenario ends up occurring. While George seems to make most notable decisions, Lennie’s child-like, innocent, and benevolent qualities are extremely prevalent throughout the book. Even though many might think George is the one looking out for Lennie, it becomes evident that Lennie is extremely selfless as well and looks out for George on numerous occasions. Lennie is a sympathetic character through his benevolence, aspiration to do the right thing, and selflessness.
Of Mice and Men teaches a grim lesson about the nature of human existence. Nearly all of the characters, including George, Lennie, Candy, Crooks, and Curley’s wife, admit, at one time or another, to having a profound sense of loneliness and isolation. Each desires the comfort of a friend, but will settle for the attentive ear of a stranger. Curley’s wife admits to Candy, Crooks, and Lennie that she is unhappily married, and Crooks tells Lennie that life is no good without a companion to turn to in times of confusion and need. The characters are rendered helpless by their isolation,
Of Mice and Men consists of two best friends, Lennie and George, who travel and work together. George takes care of Lennie because he is mentally ill and also because he promised Aunt Clara he would (Shmoop Editorial Team). In their past job, Lennie had a small accident where he touched a girl’s dress and everyone thought he had raped her. This caused for Lennie and George to move to the ranch in California, where the novel actually takes place.
Analysis : Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men is infused with an abundant amount of themes, symbolism, and hidden attributes. By using George and Lennie as the main characters he is able to convey the ideal of friendship and overcoming adversity .Lennie ‘s adversity consist of the fact that he does have a disability mentally . However, together George and Lennie face the adversity of being unemployed and dispossessed males during the Great Depression. In the novel ,they describe themselves as “different” and George continuously tells Lennie they have each other. (Citation) They were able to conquer their adversities
Of Mice and Men explores the theme of relationship through different characters, but mainly through George and Lennie. Their friendship was unique as during the Great Depression, it was rare to see ranch workers stick together and form friendships the way George and Lennie had. Lennie was portrayed as a grown man with a childish mind, which was why he was so dependent on George. This was a positive relationship in this text even though George demanded Lennie around, it was for his own good. The different camera techniques in this text help capture the essence of their relationship which include over the shoulder shots and
Of Mice and Men starts a few miles south of Soledad, California. Two men are walking near a river bed. One man is large and the other small. The small one is names George and the bigger man is Lennie. After being warned Lennie drinks from the river by putting his entire head under the water. The men are headed to work at a new ranch. The large one, Lennie, is carrying with him a dead mouse, which George makes him discard. Lennie and George were apparently ran out of the town where they previously worked. After a supper of beans George tells Lennie the plan for their future and tells him that they will not be lonely like all the other ranch hands because they have each other.
The title of this book is Of Mice and Men written by John Steinbeck who is an American.
Lennie is the most sympathetic character in Of Mice and Men because he’s not very bright when it comes to things and happens to forget a lot. As George and Lennie are walking to go to a new ranch George asked Lennie
In the novel Of Mice and Men By John Steinbeck George is not a good friend of Lennie’s, instead he is a fake friend of Lennie’s and he pretends to care about him by being “nice”. George and Lennie are “Friends” because George promised Lennie's aunt that he would take care of him. Lennie is not very smart and needs to be closely watched and told what to do. Lennie likes mice because he likes to touch soft things. Lennie does not know his own strength and doesn't know when to stop. George is a smart person, and knows what he is doing. George and Lennie have been through a lot together. Before they moved to the ranch, Lennie touched a girls skirt making them have to leave and move to the ranch. Lennie did things that got him into trouble, for example Lennie does not know his own strength so when he was holding a mouse he crushed the mouses head. He also accidently killed a puppy, and he broke Curley's wife's neck causing her to die. George tries to keep Lennie out of trouble but sometimes that doesn't work out well.