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As the story begins, Steinbeck highlights the beauty that revolves around the Salinas river as a setting for the introduction of the two characters, George Milton and Lennie Smalls. I believe that with this introduction of the setting, the foundation to the theme of a peaceful and serene environment is established. However, with this first taste of freedom, Steinbeck later shows that this theme of peace will unable to be sustained as the story evolves and more characters are introduced. George and Lennie are soon introduced into the story after the setting is described. Steinbeck first gives readers a taste of the character's personality through their appearances. George is small, witty, and defined, while Lennie is large and awkward. We learn more about their personalities however, through their interactions with each other. George’s first word of dialogue is an abrupt shout of Lennie’s name to draw his attention away from a pond of water that may contain harmful substances. With just this, readers can infer that George has a sense of care for his fellow travelling partner, having attempted to sway Lennie’s attention away from the murky pond water. I believe that the first chunks of dialogue when a character is introduced can often times give insight as to their personality and how this character might play out in the story. …show more content…

This story is the dream that the two hope to accomplish after receiving enough income from the ranch job they hope to acquire. The dream involves animals, crops, and their very own farm in which they hope will provide enough money for free and leisure life style. George starts the story with an image of a ranch workers life, explaining that a ranch worker has nothing to look forward to and nobody to accompany them. He then explains that the two of them are different because they have each other. Steinbeck uses this to give the reader a powerful sense of friendship between the two

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In John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men”, Lennie and George travel together to work. They discuss the trouble they experience with Lennie's touching things he shouldn't and how that forces them to run, hide, and constantly search for work. Throughout the book, Steinbeck gives just a small picture of all the trouble Lennie has caused and how George continues to guide him to get by. A problem with a girl leads us to chapter 1 and 6, and how they share in setting, but George and Lennie's interactions differ. The similarities and differences of chapter 1 and 6 show how Lennie and George's cohesive friendship with a bright future develops into a loving bond that had to end.

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In the book, Steinbeck uses diction as the main literary device to describe the characters and what was going on. For example, he points out that George while talking about his dream “..repeated his words rhythmically as though he had said them many times before” (Steinbeck 13) . The author accents the words “rhythmically” and “repeated many times before,” which creates a sense of repetition, so it looks like George is not excited at all and even annoyed. With Lennie it’s different; he repeated many phrases such as “Go on George!”, no matter how many times he hears about the dream he is always wanting to hear it repeated, possibly to see his goal and not forget it(14). George’s and Lennie’s behavior is very different, because George thinks

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George asks Lennie is he knows where they were going and Lennie couldn’t remember, despite have being told recently. Lastly, Steinbeck shows rather than tells that Lennie doesn’t have much common sense. When George blows up at Lennie on page

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Throughout the book George precedes to demean and put down Lennie consistently throughout the book. “Jus’ tell Lennie what to do an’ he’ll do it if it don’t take no figuring. He can’t think of nothing to do himself, but he sure can take orders” (Steinbeck 43). This is just one of the many examples throughout the book. When George constantly does this it is an issue to Lennie’s mental health.

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(Steinbeck 7). Even though Lennie got into big trouble, and Lennie had a very decent job going in Weed, he still helped Lennie escape. George could have kept his job in Weed and have Lennie get caught by the people chasing him and not have to ever deal with him again, but he didn’t, he helped out his friend and stayed right by his side. They also stuck together when Lennie threatened to go live in a cave all by himself. As soon as George is done yelling at Lennie, he says back, “‘Cause I can jus’ as well go away, George, an’ live in a cave.’”

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The death in the beginning and at the end of the novel shows the cycle and how no progress was made. The novel also starts off by the Salinas River near the Gabilan Mountains, “A few miles south of Soledad, the Salinas River drops close to the hillside bank and runs deep and green.” The story ends in the exact same place, “The deep green pool of the Salinas River was still in the late afternoon.” The significance of the novel beginning and ending in the same setting is to convey that there was no movement for George and Lennie. They did physically move but they did not progress in the wat that they were hoping – just as if they stayed in the same place.

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Steinbeck 's characters show different types of inhumanity. Every character feels isolated and lonely, which causes some to attack those who are weaker than they are. Loneliness and the cruelty of others caused George and Lennie to stick together during many hard years, but the violence of their fellow workers overcame George’s good intentions to care for Lennie.

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Lennie is huge, sweet, caring, unsmart guy in the book. Steinbeck was successful at making Lennie sympathetic because he cares about everything and will always be there for George but other characters keep sizing up to him and he doesn’t know how to fight. Lennie is clueless, kind, but forgets things easily. Others say that Lennie is useless at his job and should stay with George at all times. Lennie likes to make trouble without even knowing what he is doing.

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Lennie’s mental difficulties often frustrate George, and at times he lashes out at Lennie. When Lennie complains, George explodes, “‘Whatever we ain’t got, that’s what you want. God a’mighty, if I was alone I could live so easy’”(Steinbeck 11). Lennie doesn’t understand that George can’t give him everything. At times, George gets angry that he always has to support Lennie, “‘You can’t keep a job and you lose me ever’ job I get’”(11).

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In this work, Steinbeck lets the reader identify and empathize with those who live on society's periphery by depicting their separation from the humanity that surrounds them. Because Lennie is confined throughout the story, readers feel sympathy for him. Despite having George beside him, Lennie lives in his own world owing to his mental

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(Steinbeck 71). This quote from the book shows Lennie literally freaking out just because another character, Crooks, was purposefully trying to trick him into believing that George had been hurt and was not coming back. It shows his attachment to George, and his fear of being alone. George does not like to leave Lennie alone, either, mostly because he does not want Lennie to do something that might get them into trouble, but readers can also pick up on an emotional attachment to Lennie as well. Steinbeck puts a lot of emotion into his storyline, which in turn makes the readers become emotionally attached to these characters, and he builds on that emotional attachment to really get his main messages

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As George tells Lennie, “I could get along so easy and so nice if I didn’t have you on my tail. I could live so easy and maybe have a girl. ”(Steinbeck, page 6). This alone speaks for the genuine sense of companionship George feels for Lennie; he is willing to sacrifice a more stable life in order to keep Lennie with him. And although it is perhaps not tasteful nor considerate to remind Lennie of this constantly, it does not diminish the sacrifice George has made in order to essentially care for Lennie, and it is understandable given the endless frustration caring for Lennie inevitably causes.

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One of John Steinbeck most notable works, Of Mice and Men, a novella based on American life in the 1910s, tells the story of George and Lennie. Two ranch workers based in California who travel around the state trying to find work during the Great Depression. As George and Lennie are hired at a new farm, concepts such as friendship and violence appear in the novella. Steinbeck develops these ideas using elements such as imagery, syntax, and details. Towards the end of chapter one, Lennie and George had gotten into an argument, an argument bad enough for Lennie to suggest that he leaves.

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