George Milton And Lennie During The Great Depression

During the Great Depression, things were quite different than they are now. The book “Of Mice and Men” takes place in this time. Most people then didn’t have someone to travel around from ranch to ranch with. George Milton and Lennie Small, however, had each other. Most times During the Great Depression, people used their salary towards having a “good time”. On the other hand, George and Lennie saved their pay so they could buy a property to have a small farm and house. Almost no one back then, or now for that matter, would give away their lives so they could protect and comfort a mentally challenged person. George was different for he took Lennie in, helped him make money, and most importantly gave him hope. George and Lennie were unconventional for their time in the means that they traveled from ranch to ranch together, saved up their salaries to buy some property together, and George stuck with Lennie despite his constant trouble making. When ranch hands traveled from farm to farm they usually traveled alone but George Milton and Lennie Small traveled together. George promised Lennie’s Aunt Clara that he would protect Lennie and help him stay out of trouble. For that reason, when Aunt Clara died, he took Lennie with him to be a ranch worker. Lennie and George also
George went against the grain and took Lennie in and protected him. Most people would not travel around with anyone let alone a person that caused as much trouble as Lennie. George was always on edge trying to keep Lennie safe but he stuck with him because he cared so much about him. George also promised Lennie’s Aunt Clara that he would protect Lennie and make sure he stayed of trouble. He also promised himself he would take care of Lennie because Lennie was his only friend. He killed Lennie because he would rather he kill him then Curley because of the brotherhood between