Direct Characterization Of George In Of Mice And Men

“Of Mice and Men” is a book written by John Steinbeck about George and Lennie who after running from their previous job on a farm because of a mistake; end up working on another farm to make money for their dream of buying land and running their farm. Throughout their time working George meets new people and interacts with them such as he is to be considered as a good friend. The author uses these interactions to portray George’s characteristics and show him as a good friend. One occurrence when George is shown to be a good friend is when he comforts Lennie before they are about to eat. In chapter 1 George and Lennie are in an unfamiliar place and Lennie asks George to tell him “about the rabbits” so George does to comfort Lennie. On page 13 John Steinbeck writes “Lennie pleaded “come on tell me----like you done before”... “You get a kick out of that, don’t you? Awright, I’ll tell you then we’ll eat our supper…” This shows how George was asked to tell Lennie about the rabbits and he

In this part of the book Candy proposes, he goes with them and George lets him. John Steinbeck states “Then you an’ Lennie could go get her started an’ I’d get a job an’ make up the rest.” This shows how George is faced with the choice of leaving Candy on the ranch or taking him with them to buy land for a farm. Another example of a difficult choice George makes is when Lennie kills somebody and is being chased by everybody on the ranch; he chooses to give Lennie mercy and kill him there instead of letting everyone on the ranch decide his fate. John Steinback uses characterization and difficult choices to display George looking out for the wellbeing of his friends additionally being a good