Lennie In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

Of Mice and Men
1. George constantly stands up for Lennie because he is his friend and is preventing anything from destroying their goal of acquiring their own farm. George's main purpose is to protect Lennie in any way possible. When Curly starts to interrogate Lennie, George stands up for him because he knows if Lennie starts to speak Curly will notice Lennie's mental issues and will not get the job on the ranch. Another, example of George standing up for Lennie was when they were working on a ranch in Weed, CA. Lennie noticed a woman in a red dress and wanted to touch the dress. The woman tried to run away but Lennie gripped onto the dress harder. George saw the incident and knocked Lennie out trying to protect his friend and the

In the beginning of the novel, Steinbeck uses vivid description by describing the physical properties of the two main characters George and Lennie. "They had walked in single file down the path, and even in the open one stayed behind the other. Both were dressed in denim trousers and in denim coats with brass buttons. Both wore black, shapeless hats and both carried tight blanket rolls slung over their shoulders. The first man was small and quick, dark of face, with restless eyes and sharp, strong features. Every part of him was defined: small, strong hands, slender arms, a thin and bony nose. Behind him walked his opposite, a huge man, shapeless of face, with large, pale eyes, with wide, sloping shoulders; and he walked heavily, dragging his feet a little, the way a bear drags his paws. His arms did not swing at his sides, but hung loosely" (Steinbeck

In geometry class, Arnold notices his mother's name written in the front of the geometry book and understands how poor the school is if they have to reuse extremely old textbooks. Later in the novel, Arnold finds hope and decides to go to the white farm school just outside of his reservation. This makes him feel conflicted, identifying as an Indian when he is on the reservation and as white kid when he is at school. The ending of the novel resolves the key conflict of the novel because Arnold's old best friend Rowdy finally understands that Arnold is only trying to better himself and go farther than all of the Indians in the