How Does Steinbeck Create Sympathy In Of Mice And Men

Within many of John Steinbeck’s works, the main characteristics of the novellas he creates all have one major quality. Building sympathy for the characters, as many of the characters in the works lived in the age of the Great Depression. The story of “Of Mice and Men”, a novella created by Steinbeck is a story that revolves around both of our main characters George and Lennie. Both George and Lennie are well-developed characters with their own motivations and personalities, George takes the role of being Lennie’s caretaker, he provides care for Lennie and a shelter though they both desire a new home and environment. While Lennie is described as innocent and kindhearted though despite this, he is reckless and mentally immature. As the scene

In fact, the reason the setting in the first chapter was in the middle of the forest in Soledad was because of Lennie grabbing a woman’s clothes and refusing to let go despite her yelling at him. She later accused him of assaulting her, and I feel like this was major foreshadowing for the last parts in the story where Lennie tries to grab Curley’s wife's hair and wouldn’t let go and when he accidentally kills Candy’s dog. Throughout the story, he is also shown to lack social awareness when harming others whether it’s animals or people, Lennie in the story says, “He was so little, said Lennie. I was jus’ playin’ with him ... an’ he made like he’s gonna bite me ... an’ I made like I was gonna smack him ... an’ ... an’ I done it. An’ then he was dead.'' He says this when he discusses how he accidentally killed his pet, thinking it was going to bite him. This shows us an example of how reckless he is with his strength, Another example would be him accidentally crushing Curely’s hand while he was in a brawl between him. I believe that if Lennie didn’t start this path of ‘violence’ and harming others whether or not it's by accident then George wouldn’t have a reason to end

Since I know George to be his caretaker, he handles the way he acts and how he behaves. If Lennie stuck along with George despite all of this, then George would also be seen as a criminal and many would believe that he was just as bad as Lennie. In one line in the story George says that he took Lennie in with him after the passing of his aunt, "It ain't so funny, him an' me goin' aroun' together - Him and me was both born in Auburn. I knew his Aunt Clara. She took him when he was a baby and raised him up. When his Aunt Clara died, Lennie just come along with me out workin'. Got kinda used to each other after a little while." When he says this, he discusses his relationship with Lennie. I feel as if they both stuck together even after Lennie became a threat to the farm and society because of his violence then George would also be seen in a bad