George Milton is our hero in the book, the character traits he's very creative, incorruptible, mellow. First, the reason why he's very creative is because when they George was looking for a job for Lennie and him he had a creative plan to get the job quick and easy. The reason why George was scared it was because he knew that if the boss asked a question to Lennie he would say something dumb and the boss will not want him. he's plan is to whenever the boss asked a question to Lennie, George always responds cause of Lennie dumbness. And it worked at the beginning but Lennie forgets things he talked and the boss was a little suspicious, and he thought the boss was using him, but like Lennie is very creative with his ideas he just said he was