Comparing George And Lennie In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

It is probable that during one time or another in one’s life, there has been someone there as a guide, a guardian, a person that protects one from the outside world. To start off, In “ Of Mice and Men” written by John Steinbeck, the book itself is a winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. The two main characters, George and Lennie, are acquaintances that travel together working on different ranches. Although George is not exactly acquaintances with Lennie’s Aunt Clara, she asks George if he can watch over him and, in a way, be Lennie’s family. Therefore, George protects Lennie from getting in trouble with others to avoid getting fired from the ranches in which they work on. But there is something else about Lennieㅡ He has a form of a mental disability and has a

This sadly got Lennie and George in some trouble on another ranch, and Lennie also had some misfortunate events occur on the new ranch including death. George definitely made the correct choice during this unfortunate event since his choice was to protect Lennie. When Lennie first killed Curley's wife, He was very scared of what was going to happen. So he ran, ran to the brush just like George told him to. In many instances, George is Lennie's protection; once again giving Lennie a way out when he makes mistakes. But this time was different, Lennie committed a murder, and the way out was going to a lot more dreadful. The men of the ranch were going to give Lennie hell. But George could not stand by and wait for them to hurt and likely kill Lennie like Carlson had done previously to Candy’s dog. George knew that Lennie had to