Similarities Between George And Lennie In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

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Manveer Singh Nijjar Mice and Men In this novel the author explains the dependence of one person on another person. Though George and Lennie were both different individuals and have different nature, but they were dependent on each other. From the beginning to the end of the novel, it was seen that there was not even a single instance when they had not helped each other. Despite of Lennie's being the troublemaker and creating any nuisance, George was always with him and tried to help him.

Lennie was a man with a child's brain. Lennie had the strength as a bull, Lennie can put up a four hundred pound bale. Lennie wasn't very smart he was told repeatedly that if he kept playing with the puppies the way he was he would end up killing it and sure enough he did. When conflict was between Curley and Lennie Culey was beating up on Lennie and he didn't know what to do until George told Lennie it was ok to fight back, Lennie broke Curley's hand and he didn't mess with Lennie after that. The stunt that was the dumbest by Lennie was when Curley's was visiting Lennie in the barn she told Lennie to feel her hair and Lennie freaked out and shaked her and broke her neck, Lennie tried to hid her body under the mound of hay in the barn, when her body was found Lennie was long gone. Lennie was an innocent man with unbelievable strength that he couldn't control.

George, Lennie’s caretaker, at one point tried to cover up Lennie's disability. “‘ He got kicked in the head when he was a kid. He’s awright. Just ain’t bright. But he can do

In the book Of Mice and Men there are two main characters. Their names are George and Lennie. They are now brought together because Lennie’s aunt died, and george promised he will watch out for Lennie. This book takes place in the great depression when it was hard to find a good paying job. They embark on a lot of problems on their journey.

George and Lennie encounter a vast amount of problems throughout the story. One of them being survival. Since Lennie cannot take care of himself George looks after him, which makes survival twice as hard for George. George even says on page five to six, “I could get along so easy and so nice if I didn’t have you on my tail. I could live so easy and maybe have a girl.”

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.

This story is about two friends, Lennie and George, who work on ranches and end up at a ranch where they fantasize about owning some land of their own.

It states, “Because of his handicap, Lennie is rejected by everyone at the ranch except George. The ranch hands are suspicious of Lennie and fear him when they recognize his physical strength and his inability to control himself. “(Gale

tried to bribe Lennie to stay but he knew that he was and didn’t take the bait. “Lennie

In the previous passage taken from the novel Of Mice and Men, author John Steinbeck, through the use of multiple literary terms, allows for readers to envision the strong bond between his two main characters, George and Lennie. One key element Steinbeck uses to help bestow a voice to his characters, as well as strengthen their personalities, is tone. By developing a specific tone of voice for George and Lennie, the audience can easily distinguish the nature of their friendship. Georges tone is portrayed as very powerful, straightforward and determined. As he recites their dream of becoming farmers, he proudly states, “With us it ain’t like that.

The compelling story of two migrant workers during The Great Depression. George is small, quick and smart but, his best friend, Lennie is huge, strong, and mentally disabled. George takes care of Lennie They make their way to a ranch in Soledad with a dream of owning their own land but their hopes become doomed. As a result of Lennie’s struggle with misunderstanding and being a victim of his own strength with ultimately affects their dream. George and Lennie are an unusual pair seeing as they stick together while nearly all migrant workers are loners. The final scene between George and Lennie is absolutely laced with sadness and devastation making it an evocative ending.

The novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck takes place during the Great Depression in California. At the beginning of the story, the reader is introduced to the two main characters, George Milton and Lennie Small. George is a small, quick man with strong, defined features. Lennie Small was the exact opposite. He was a strong, huge man with a shapeless face and no intelligence. George and Lennie make their way to a new job on ranch, trying to put their past behind them, and their dream is to own their own piece of land and farm. Although Lennie never means any harm, he unintentionally kills a woman, and then he runs away. George finds Lennie, but he is forced to kill him because George would rather have to do it then someone else. Of Mice and

i’ll be talking about are Lennie, Crooks, and Candy. George was afraid Lennie would be discriminated at the ranch. Lennie is a big strong guy, but also has mental problems. Lennie and his friend George watch after each other. When they were in the boss’ office, Lennie didn’t say anything because they knew they wouldn’t get the job if the Boss knew Lennie has a disability.

In the beginning Of Mice and Men, George and Lennie stood at different levels on the social hierarchy. Disabilities were regarded as a negative drawback to others and thus, Lennie was given lesser treatment and authority than George. For example, George hid Lennie’s handicap believing that it would automatically disqualify any job they get into,” 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.” (7). From the rancher’s perspective, Lennie’s disability of short-term memory loss is disadvantageous, but Lennie’s work ethic would be beneficial enough for the boss to keep him. The other ranch workers discredit and outcast the disabled characters. For instance, the ranchers don’t invite Lennie, Crooks, and Candy to town. Curley’s wife states, “They left all the weak ones here. Think I don’t know where they all went? Even Curley. I know where they all went.” (77). Lennie, Candy and Crooks are excluded in the community, because of how different they are from their