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Of mice and men the relationship between George and Lennie
Of mice and men the relationship between George and Lennie
Of mice and men the relationship between George and Lennie
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When Wrong is Right At the end of “Of Mice and Men” George is faced with grim decision of shooting his best friend and family member Lennie to ease both of their future pains. George has known Lennie for mostly all of his life and he knew that when Lennie was dead their dream of having a house would be over. George then makes up his mind and shoots Lennie making him think if it was the right decision or it was wrong. In this case the decision was right because of many reasons with one being that Lennie would never be able to survive in the world that they live in.
In this essay I will be explaining why George was justified in shooting Lennie. You will read 3 reasons why I believe he is justified such as: Lennie wouldn’t have to face jail time, it would put Lennie out of his misery, and premeditation. To start off my essay I will begin with the reason of him not having to face jail time. Lennie wasn’t the brightest crayon in the box if you know what I mean so he didn’t really understand a lot.
PERSUADABLE Within this novel, we see Lennie be persuaded into many different problems. One of the first instances of this is when George encourages Lennie to fight back against Curley. (Page 63 paragraph two) “Get him, Lennie. Don’t let him do it.”
Lennie is a gentle guy who can 't really control his reactions while in a sudden moment. He makes mistakes very quickly to where he can 't control the outcome. He is a strong guy who isn 't very smart, he lets george do all the thinking out of there group. And his short of intelligence escapes him when he gets into a serious matter. He makes a lot of mistakes very often, but he gets by because everyone knows how he is.
Brittany Aldrich Dolim English 4 26 October 2015 Secret Spoilers John Steinbeck foreshadows Lennie’s death in many ways in his novella, Of Mice and Men. One of the events that foreshadow his death is when Carlson shoots the old dog. Lennie is described often as different animals throughout the book. One of these animals is a dog. Lennie obeys George like a dog obeys his master.
“Sure, right now. I gotta. We gotta.” And George raised the gun and steadied it, and he brought the muzzle of it close to the back of Lennie’s head. The hand shook violently, but his face set and his hand steadied.
Regret is a horrible burden that hangs over all of us. In the novel Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, we see this theme frequently. The story starts with two men named George and Lennie who are best friends. George is a small slender man who although is scrawnier then Lennie he appears to be the brains of the two.
Being powerless in society can cause one to be taken advantage of and mistreated. The book, Of Mice and Men, shows a great depiction of this. Lennie was viewed as a target by Curley, ever since he arrived at the ranch. Lennie, who struggled with his lack of common sense, relied on his best friend, George, to help him constantly. Curley, who saw Lennie as weak, decided to take out his anger on him, punching him in the face, simply for smiling, which is something that Lennie was unable to control.
“Guys like us got no fambly. They make a little stake and then blow it in. They ain’t got nobody in the worl’ that gives a hoot in hell about em’. But not us.” (Page 99)
The author states, “Candy looked for help from face to face”(45). This reaction of helplessness mimics Lennie’s reaction when no-one, or nothing is present to guide him. For example, when Lennie is questioned by their boss on what work he can do at the ranch “In a panic Lennie [looks] at George for help”(22). In the upcoming quote, Steinbeck explains the toll of Lennie on George through an analogy, “His slapping shoulders were bent forward and he walked heavily on his heels, as though he carried the invisible grain bag”(45). From this quote it can be infered that man has been through a lot and has done a lot of working etc.
What is right and what must be done are two different concepts. Often times, life requires people to do what must be done in order to save themselves, or others, from negative consequences. The characters in John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men illustrate how people implement remorseful decisions with astute intentions to help ease the consequences for those they care about. Lennie is a sizable, amicable guy.
Lennie 's death is like candy’s dog 's death. First of all Candy’s dog has almost been just like Lennie except Lennie 's not a dog. Right before Candy’s dog is taken to pasture the guys are having a discussion about how they will kill him, and Carlson goes and says “I got my Luger”(45) and then they use the luger to shoot the dog in the back of the head. After Lennie kills curley 's wife, he runs away to a certain bush where George told him to go if all goes wrong. When Lennie panicked, he grabbed Carlson 's pistol he ran away, George found him there with the pistol, and took it away from him.
Thesis: In the novel Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck George does need Lennie as much as Lennie needs George because Lennie provides George with companionship, and Lennie motivates George to have a dream. Throughout the story Lennie provides George with a sense of companionship. When Slim meets George and Lennie he is curious about how George and Lennie travel together wherever they go.
The conflict I chose for Lennie is that he isn’t able to tend his rabbits when him, George, and Candy get their ranch. I chose this because it is a really mild conflict compared to what Lennie is going through, but Lennie doesn’t care if they get fired, or he gets in trouble, he only really cares about whether or not he gets to tend his rabbits. Lennie stays out of trouble, not for moral reasons, but because he knows if he gets in trouble with George, he won’t be able to tend his rabbits, and that’s all he wants to do. Lennie doesn’t realize that his American dream will never happen unlike the other men, who know even though they want a family and a house it will never happen, so the other men give Lennie hope that his dream will come true.
In the novel Of Mice & Men, by John Steinbeck, Lennie and George’s relationship is not the most quintessential friendship. Though in the first part of the story it is not said that Lennie has any social disabilities, you can pick up the characteristic. George has a way with words, which affects Lennieーbut only within that moment. Steinbeck portrays both these characters very vividly; although he does not just flat out make a list describing each man, he shows each personality and relationship they hold.
