George and Lennie seem like an entirely contrasting pair at first glance, but further observation yields several noteworthy similarities. Most notably, they are both driven by the same ultimate aspiration in life—to live independently on their own land. Constantly, Lennie asks George whether he will still be allowed to tend to the rabbits on their future farm despite his missteps. After Lennie horrifyingly disfigures Curley’s hand, his first and only question to George is about the rabbits, not about the egregious act he has just committed. Finally, George and Lennie are devoted to each other through whatever may come their way.
While reading John Steinbeck’s The Pearl, I noticed numerous similarities to Of Mice and Men. The first one being the strong emphasis on the importance of family. In Of Mice and Men, George and Lennie were basically family, seeing as how George never failed to protect Lennie, even when Lennie got into trouble. For instance, when Lennie caused a commotion in Weed, George stuck by him, helping him escape. In The Pearl, Kino struggles to provide for Juana and Coyotito.
Have you ever read the novel Of Mice and Men? In the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck George and Lennie wanted to live in the American Dream, but Lennie kept getting into trouble, so George had to make a decision about how to make Lennie stop getting in trouble. George made the right decision to kill Lennie, so Lennie wouldn’t get into anymore trouble. George made the right choice because it let Lennie go through a painless death, it stop Lennie from making more mistakes, and Lennie can now live in the American Dream like he always wanted in heaven.
For the entire duration of the story George is taking care of Lennie who portrays a lack of ability to take of himself, George through the book implies to the reader without Lennie he could have better chances in life but as George says these things and constantly brags to Lennie about how he could leave him he continues to stay with Lennie and not pursuing opportunities that would be more convenient and better without Lennie in return weighing George down because he does not leave. In the book, the author wrote “if I was alone I could live so easy. I could go get a job an’ work, an no trouble. No mess ' all, and when the end of the month come I coul' take my fifty bucks and go into town and get what‘ ever I want. Why, I could stay in a cat house night.
George, looks after Lennie because he has a disability and cannot take adequate care of himself. George and Lennie have a dream of having their own farm one day when they have the money to buy the land, and they talk about it numerous times in the novella, such as, “Someday-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-” (Steinbeck 1). This dream, however is far out of reach for the two men because of their social class, wealth, and because of the people that get in their way.
“Lennie looks at George helplessly.” The way that George has to handle Lennie is like a father dealing with a difficult child. He has to make sure that looks after Lennie in the most basic ways, from making sure he doesn’t drink too much to holding onto his work papers; even to the point that he has to tell him ‘bedtime stories’ in the form of the tale of them getting a ranch. A tale that makes them both feel better about their situation and
When Lennie killed Curley’s wife, the possibility of the dream farm was destroyed. My favorite part of the story is how the author writes about the relationship between Lennie and George. They are more than just normal friends. George is the guardian of Lennie. He takes care of Lennie and helps him get out of the trouble Lennie causes.
Contrasting his own words, George’s ideal future includes Lennie. Lennie’s death in the end of the novel was inevitable. George is a fatherly figure to Lennie. Before they get to the ranch, George tells Lennie that if he gets in trouble, like he has in the past, to back to that brush. George wanted to ensure that he could find Lennie if something bad were to happen.
“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” says Abraham Lincoln. I personally agree with this idea, for many reasons which include the following. The first reason I agree with this idea, because it shows in Of Mice and Men, when Curley's wife knows she has power so, she presents her real character by using racism on Crooks, calling Candy old, and calling Lenny stupid. Without power she would be absent, fearful, and desperate, which would tuck away her real character. The second reason I agree with this belief, is that I have even experienced this with my siblings.
Imagine having a mental disability at a time of the Great depression and having no one to guide you. Likely, there is George to help you to your determined path towards your dream. Lennie who suffers from a mental disease, has George to guide him. Being together since they were young, watching out for each other and striving, together, to reach their daring goal to own a ranch. Not everyone can do so!
In the novella, Of Mice and Men, the author John Steinbeck illustrates a ranch in the 1930’s during the great depression where those who fit into mainstream society run the show, and those deemed “outcasts” are rendered useless. Steinbeck depicts characters with setbacks that diminish their value in the eyes of society, and contrasts them to characters that have no difficulties conforming to the norm. Crooks, being a black man isolated by his race, and Candy, a elderly man limited by his age and missing limb are examples of Steinbeck characters that experience hardships because of the differences. The poor treatment of Crooks and Candy by the other characters, and their chronic unhappiness in a place that doesn’t value them, comments on how
They are doomed from the start because of Lennie’s fatal flaw—he is developmentally disabled and therefore incapable of bringing the dream to fruition—but his naïveté also allows both him and George to pursue the dream. Lennie’s innocence permits George to believe that the dream might be attainable: “George said softly, ’I think I knowed we’d never do her. He usta like to hear about it so much I got to thinking maybe we would.’” Lennie is the keeper of the dream; he does not question its inevitable fulfillment, he simply believes. Without this innocence, George would be like all the other ranch hands, wasting his money on whiskey and women, drifting aimlessly from one job to the
In the story no one loves Lennie except for George, and as Lennie says,” I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you,”(14). Over the course of the story George teased Lennie about how he could easily leave him, but he never does. Also all the other people on the ranch note how strange it is for the two to stick together. George also shares a dream with George of buying a farm. At the end of the story Lennie kills Curley’s wife and runs away because of the fear he has of what will happen to him.
Of Mice And Men John Steinbeck’s novella ‘Of Mice and Men’ published in the 1930’s employs carefully considered narrative techniques that effectively inject sympathy within the reader. The chain of events are foreshadowed through speech, Death and Lennie Small. Curlys Wife soon becomes the instrument who destroys the dream. Steinbeck demonstrates this through various techniques including of foreshadowing, realism, symbolism, circular structure, significance of the title and setting.
In the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, the character George undergoes a major physiological changes due to the had work from the physical environment, the geographical seclusion, and the cultural environment created by the men he works with; these factors cause him to realise that he needs to get rid of his only companion Lennie, who is dragging him down into a life that George is unhappy living, even though it is a tough choice to make. First off, the physical environment causes him to change because and see he needs to leave his friend because it is hard to survive because of the draining workload. The setting of this novel takes place on a farm, but it is soon learned that they have been working on farms for awhile, and that hard work is a the only lifestyle
