The setting takes place during the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl George and Lennie are both migrant works who depend on farm work for money. George and Lennie's relationship is different than any other relationship two men have because George is smart and Lennie has a mental disability and is a regular burden on George, but they both are always complementing each other, George and Lennie are friends. There is no family relation between these two men. George takes care of Lennie because he is mentally handicapped and he feels a social responsibility to help him. However, in many ways Lennie takes care of George as well. They lost jobs because Lennie can't control his strength and he is always bothering George about his strength, but George
George raises the gun and steadies it... BOOM! He brought the muzzle of it close to the back of Lennie's head. George made a hard decision at the end of the book, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. Lennie and George are really close friends. George is smart and very aggressive, and Lennie is big and strong, but has a mind of a child. First, Lennie and George arrive at the ranch in Soledad, California during the Great Depression. Lennie keeps getting into trouble, which risks their job, so George has to clean up the mess. Finally, George has to make a decision on how to give Lennie a life he deserves, or letting him suffer. Lennie and George are like brothers and they would do whatever it takes to make eachother happy. Throughout the story,
Of Mice and Men follows George Milton and Lennie Small in an adventure to get their American Dream. It takes place in 1930’s Soledad, California. The novella, by John Steinbeck, focuses on topics of friendship, masculinity, the American Dream, poverty, loneliness, injustice, and mercy. George and Lennie's’ relationship, has a distinct mentor and protegee dynamic.
Have you ever done something you wish you could take back? In the tragic novel “ Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck, one of the main two characters George kills Lennie at the end of the story due to some problems Lennie had caused. Throughout the story it shows how close George and Lennie were and LEnnie would always cause problems. Even if Lennie caused problems George would always think of something before Lennie would get into trouble. When Lennie killed Curley’s wife Lennie decided it was the end for Lennie so shooting him was his last choice, but was it really? Lennie has caused problems before and George has helped him get out of it, why could he not help him this time. It is clear that George had no right to take the life away from
How far would you go to save your friend from themselves. In the novella of mine and men by John Steinbeck. George and Lennie are working to get a nice house and live off the land. To guys George and Lennie work a farm to get the money to buy a house, but Lennie gets into trouble when he accidentally kills curley's wife. Which forced Lennie to kill George.Some of the relationships in the novella are George and Lennie, candy and George, and candy and his dog.
A life is very precious and valuable, and taking away one's life is viewed by many as a crime and violation of human rights. However, under certain circumstances, the taking of someone's life may be viewed as acceptable. When one is in great pain or danger, and could no longer benefit from living, killing them might be the best option for them. This is the case in Of Mice and Men a fiction novel by John Steinbeck. In the book, Steinbeck tells the story of two good friends, George and Lennie, who travel around as ranch workers during The Great Depression. After Lennie commits an accidental murder, George finds Lennie and kills him. George kills Lennie because he knows Lennie’s
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In a book called of Mice and Men there are two characters involved with the book. There names are George and Lennie. Lennie is a very big man that is very strong but is very slow in his thinking. George is a very smart person, but is way smaller than Lennie. George’s and Lennie’s goal that they are trying to achieve in the book, is that they want to own a farm in which is called a “Dream farm”.
The main characters, George and Lennie, seem as if they encounter an obstacle everywhere they move. In chapter two, the reader can detect conflict emerging from both George and Lennie at their new job. Especially with their new acquaintance, Curley, who happens to be the son of their boss, and the husband of a tramp.
The relationship between Candy and his dog has many similarities and differences to George and Lennie. Candy cares a lot about his dog just like George cares about Lennie. For example, Candy has taken a lot of criticism for his dog smelling very badly. Candy loves his dog so he just deals with the criticism. Then a major difference between the two is Candy giving into the pressure of killing his dog. George would never let that happen to Lennie if he had control over the situation. Candy says how he has traveled with his dog ever since it was a pup. This is just like George and Lennie and now they have traveled together for a long time. For example, George told Slim about how George and Lennie came together and now they travel together. There
Lennie would not get in trouble again or forget what he has to do. For
" Of Mice and Men " by John Steinbeck is a novel involving two extremely different main characters. George is a reasonably intelligent, hardworking ranchman. Lennie on the other hand always manages to find trouble. He is equally as hardworking and honest as George but his simple childlike mind always finds him trouble wherever he goes. However they have one thing that unites the two of them as close as any bond can. This is that they both share the same dream of owning their own ranch and after many hard working years, moving from ranch to ranch, living in complete poverty and working for next to nothing they finally try to achieve this life long dream.
The author John Steinbeck presents the relationship between the two characters, George and Lennie in different ways as they are both different characters and have different personalities. He presents it like a parent and child relationship, with George being the parent and Lennie the child.
In Of Mice and Men, George was right to kill Lennie. In the novel, Lennie killed a mouse, a puppy, and a woman. Lennie could have been charged with rape on two separate occasions. In Weed, Lennie grabbed a woman and ripped a part of her clothes off. At the farm, in the barn, Lennie stroked her hair and accidentally killed her. George killed Lennie, because Candy told George he wished he would have shot his own dog, Lennie killed Curley’s wife, the puppie, and the mouse, and the lynch mob would have done worse things to Lennie.
In the novella “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck, there are two guys named George and Lennie. They were friends for a very long time and stood by each other. Some people may argue that George was a bad friend to Lennie but I believe that he was a good friend. Friends aren’t perfect, they will mess up. Just because George messed up and made questionable actions towards Lennie, that doesn’t make him a bad friend. You will not find a friend that has never done wrong by you.
Both Lennie and George would be nothing without each other. Steinbeck clearly shows how important friends are and how they can support and help you in a number of different ways. Lennie needs George for basic survival and without him, Lennie’s life would not be very long. George on the other hand, needs Lennie for a purpose in life. The conclusion of the novel Of Mice and Men illustrates what life would be like for George and Lennie without the other.