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Differences Between George And Lennie In 'Of Mice And Men'

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Bryce Louviere Mrs. McLellan English III 8 Mar 2023 In the story “Of Mice and Men”, George and Lennie have a friendship unlike many others. These two do everything together; however, George thinks that Lennie holds him back because Lennie is always getting in trouble. Even Though Lennie holds George back, he knows that Lennie wouldn’t know what to do without him, so they just stick together. Lennie states, “because I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you” (Steinback 14). Although George thinks that he could do better without Lennie, they will always have each other back no matter what. When George mentioned to the other farm workers that he and Lennie travel together, many of them were surprised because that is not common. Slim says, “ I hardly never seen two guys travel together” (Steinback 39). George took in Lennie when his Aunt Clara died and have been traveling together ever since. …show more content…

Lennie is a nice person and would never do anything to hurt anyone. George says, “Course he ain’t mean. But he gets in trouble alla time because he’s so god damn dumb” (Steinback 41). Whenever Lennie does something bad, it’s never on purpose. He likes soft things so he reaches out to feel this red dress and the girl lets out a scream. Whenever the girl started to scream, Lennie got scared and didn’t know what to do so he just held on and didn’t let go. This situation caused George and Lennie to have to run away and find a new

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