On page 9, George tells Lennie “Lady huh? Don’t even remember who that lady was. That was your own aunt Clara.” The only difference between Lennie and the mouse is that Lennie does have a dream. He focuses on getting the “dream ranch” with George.
George sacrifices the chance to have a better and more fulfilled life to stay with Lennie. First, when George was introducing himself and Lennie to their new boss, he said, “I never seen one guy take so much trouble for another guy.” This shows that George was portraying that he cares about Lennie enough to be picked up on by others. He was willing to lie about being Lennie’s cousin to get him a job. Also, when George and Lennie were talking to each other at their camp spot George said, “I could get along so easy and nice If I didn’t have you on my tail.”
George from George Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men” made the right decision of killing Lennie in the story, while other might disagree. George shot Lennie in the back of the head to save him from the suffering and humiliation from a mad and revengeful Curley. George did this not out of hate, but out of the love of their friendship. “George raised the gun and his hand shook, and he dropped his hand to the ground again” (Steinbeck). George is struggling to come to terms that he is going to shoot his best friend.
Page 2: Character descriptions The antagonist and the protagonist in this story are Curely and George respectively. George: small and quick, dark of face, with restless eyes and strong features, strong hands, slender arms and thin bony nose. Is like the protector of Lennie, and saves him from every trouble he gets into.
He pulled the trigger.” Steinbeck does not covey characters emotions in the novella; the line of description here gives us insight to George’s battle of conscience. George killing Lennie by most accounts is murder, it would suggests to readers George hates Lennie and wants him dead. In Georges case it is the opposite “ I aint mad.
Additionally, in chapter four, Crooks warns Lennie that if George doesn’t come back for him ‘“ Want me to tell you what’ll happen? They’ll put you in the booby hatch. They'll tie you up with a collar like a dog”’ (72). In short, without George’s help, society would lock Lennie up, in jail or a mental institution, and treat him like an animal. In chapter six, Slim explains to George what would happen to Lennie if he got away from Curley and the authorities caught him instead: ‘“ If we could keep Curley in we might.
Once in school there was a girl who couldn’t speak well. She could only make out a few words, but not sentences. Kids bullied her because of her issue. Teachers ignored her and let it slip. The kids bullied her even physically, and nothing was done to help her.
George and Lennie had already run from one place because of Lennie’s actions, and now they had to be on the run again. The question arose that a life of running from bad things was not a life at all. Also, George knew that if the ranchers were to catch Lennie, they would kill him as revenge for killing Curley's wife. At the very least, George would be thrown into jail and he due to his mental disability, he would not even comprehend the reason for his incarceration. George’s compassion for Lennie made him believe that there was no other choice but to shoot Lennie himself preventing Lennie from suffering the at the hands of the
In the novel, Lennie accidentally kills a young woman who is the wife of the boss's son, Curley. Once Curley figures out that Lennie did this he says he’ll shoot him in his guts which is a very painful and slow death. George says that he won’t let anyone hurt him around the same time that Curley said this. Later when Slim, the jerkline skinner, asks George where Lennie would’ve went, he says Lennie would’ve gone South even though he would’ve gone North.
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.
Of Mice and Men Epilogue There was an eerie silence that flowed through the bunk house. The dust settled on the table, cards set up for solitaire. The whitewashed walls seemed to turn greyer every minute that passed. The room seemed to be growing bigger making the men feel tiny.
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.
George feels the need to explain that he and Lennie aren't brothers. This is where we learn a key detail about Lennie and George's friendship. It is explained that following the passing of Lennie's Aunt Clara, George assumed responsibility for Lennie. George confesses he initially bullied Lennie and had him do absurd things, like leap into a river without knowing how to swim. This led to him almost drowning.
For example, he assures both the boss and the other workers that Lennie is a good worker and therefore deserves the job “...he’s sure a hell of a good worker. Strong as a bull” (Steinbeck 24). Lastly, George considers himself and Lennie lucky to have each other and thinks that they are not as lonely as the other workers because they have each other. They also have their dream of having their own place together, a dream
This relates to Of Mice and Men because George wanted Lennie to be happy and still hold onto his pride when he died. He made sure Lennie didn’t feel like he was trapped with no way
