Similarities Between John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

You jus’ stand there and don’t say nothing. If he finds out what a crazy bastard you are, we won’t get no job” (150). Protecting Lennie would not be possible without telling him what to do.

George takes care of Lennie many ways. George has taken care of Lennie for a long time. George took him under his wing even though he didn’t need to. George genuinely cares for Lennie. He feeds him, makes sure he is safe, also he gives him hope. George is constantly watching Lennie. George is a good friend to Lennie; however, George gets annoyed with Lennie very easily. He does this to make sure he doesn’t get into trouble or lost. He never leaves him by himself. This is shown when Lennie offers to leave, but George tells him “I want you to stay with me Lennie”(Steinbeck 104). George really cares for Lennie.

This is why Lennie isn’t violent. Whenever Lennie does something bad, he suddenly thinks back to George, not being violent, or the fact that he just hurt someone. This shows that he can’t help the things he does, he always needs someone looking after him. One example of this is on page 91, when Curley’s wife starts screaming: “Please don’t do that. George’ll be mad.”

The problem with Lennie was that he was mentally disabled, back in the 1930's people did not understand things like that, and had no clue about disabled people. Lennie was sweet and loved thing that were soft. Lennie would put himself in very dangerous situations and with disability he lacked the capacity to control himself physically. Lennie did not understand how strong he was and they damage he would do until after the fact. He also shares the dream of having the small farm and tending to his small rabbit hutch. Since Lennie is mentally disabled he depends on George for almost everything. Lennie is like a small child that has to a have a parent nearby always or he will get into

Without Lennie, George would be a loner. Even though George gets frustrated by Lennie 's mental weakness, he also feels compassion for his friend. Lennie offers George the opportunity to lay plans, give advice, and, in general, be in charge. Without Lennie, George would be just like the other hands, but with Lennie, George has a strong sense of responsibility. In the end, he even takes responsibility for Lennie 's death. George also understands that Lennie does not have an adult 's sense of guilt and does not understand death or murder beyond it being a "bad thing." George makes it possible for Lennie — sometimes — to understand at least partial consequences of his actions. Unfortunately, George does not realize how dangerous Lennie can be, and this lack of foresight adds to the downfall of their dream.

To begin, Lennie and George dream about owning land together. Lennie wants to hear the story about how George and he will one day be worry free and have land together. In the words of Steinbeck, “‘We’re gonna get the jack together and we’re gonna have a little house and a couple of acres an’ a cow and some pigs and-’” (14).

1. There can be many different opinions on whether George made the right choice or not. We can infer that is George didn’t kill Lennie than Curley would have, and that certainly makes you think about this situation more. Near the ending of the book when they are down by the river you can really sense the despair in George’s voice. When george says “No, Lennie. I ain’t mad. I never been mad, an’ I ain't now. That’s a thing I want you to know” (Steinbeck-117). To me George is trying to tell Lennie how much he cares for him even though he has been a hassle. He wants Lennie to know that he is not mad at him.

In the relationship of George of Lennie, George is similar to an older brother. George cares deeply for Lennie, but does not always show it. He is short tempered and get irritated very quickly by Lennie’s actions. When the two of them settled down to eat and Lennie was joking about

George is small and very sharp, an opposite to Lennie his traveling friend. George's personality shows anger and understanding. Of the two of them, he is the one who thinks things through and figures out how their goals can be reached. Once Candy makes it possible for them to have a ranch, George finds where they will get the ranch, how long they need to work to pay for it, and how they will have to keep it to themselves in order for it to work for the next month.

Even though George sometimes says how much better his life would be without Lennie, he will always protect Lennie. George is devoted to watching out for Lennie. He is always telling Lennie not to talk because that will probably lead to trouble. If Lennie gets in trouble that will block the both of them from living their dream. So George is inspired to keep Lennie out of trouble.

The similarities between different characters is immense. Lennie and Candy’s dog were not useful for their caretakers and potentially impacted them in a negative way. The dog was old, blind, could barely walk, and was suffering. Candy was keeping him alive is not considerate toward the life of the dog. He kept him alive for his own personal preference.

Over time, John Steinbeck's classic novella, Of Mice and Men, has faced challenges because of its provocative content. Because of the prominent backlash, it has been deemed by inappropriate for schools’ English curriculums. Although some of the material in Of Mice and Men is argued to be inappropriate for students, the book relays important messages that should be discussed in schools today. John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men should not be censored in schools because of its important themes, historical content, and thought provoking issues. Published in 1937, Of Mice and Men is a story of two friends, Lennie and George, who travel together in search of work during The Great Depression.

One very large development in George is in the way he interacted with Lennie. He had once admitted to Slim that he has “beat the hell out of him.” Of course, now that they travel together George and Lennie get along with much more ease. One thing though, he still had a very short fuse when it came to Lennie. He would yell at him for forgetting or acting

Like when Lennie and George were in weed Lennie wanted to touch the red dress the woman was wearing. When she started yelling he got scared and held it when he did let go she said she had been raped and were chased out of weed. Lennie does not change he is a static character he does not change in the story he has the same personality as the beginning. Lennie is also a really big man who has enormous strength, but since he is a numbskull all that strength is the danger to himself and others. Lennie has shown how strong he was by barley bucking and crushing curly hand with one movement. Since he is so strong and a simpleton, this trait hurts the character and gets him in trouble. Like when he accidentally killed Curley's wife when he cared when she started screaming when he was touching her hair. Lennie has been through a lot he thinks that George does not want him because he was a handful. Also, he says that if Lennie was not there he could, but what he wants and does what he wants.. Which is why at the end of the book he wanted to go to a cave so George would have to worry about him. When George found Lennie, he said that he was never mad at

Lennie is mentally disabled and so always ‘does bad things’, because of this, he constantly depends on George to protect him and get him out of trouble. For example, in Weed, Lennie constantly ‘wants to touch