Of Mice and Men

George kills Lennie after a party is put together to lynch Lennie. The story Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is a tale of a small man wanting just to work and a giant of a man that just wanted his dream to come true. Lennie and George are very different people both mentally as well as philologically. First Lennie Philologically is much larger then George. Physically George is not that big. The best way to describe George would be he is a small quick man “The first man was small and quick, Dark of face, with restless eyes and sharp, strong features” (2). Steinbeck made George smaller just to portray brains vs. bronze. With George being so small he has to rely on his own mind more than his strength. Lennie is a giant of a man that towers over every one. Lennie is a monster of a man that towers over every one. Lennie is a monster of a man “Behind him [George] walked his opposite, a huge man, shapeless of face, with large, pale eyes, with wide sloped shoulders” (2). Lennie is one of the best workers on the ranch “But he’s sure a hell of a good worker. Strong as a bull” (22). Though Lennie may not be the brightest person he is the strongest person on the ranch by far and knows how to do just about anything manual labor wise on the ranch. If you compare Lennie to George you would see a monster of a man towering over a smaller man but the smaller man would be smarter. Secondly psychologically George is like the average person his age and build were as Lennie is the age of maybe a five year old. George is the smarter of the two and is always trying to look after Lennie. When Curly is first introduced into the book by threatening Lennie after George tells Lennie “ ya know Lennie, I’m scared I’m gonna tangle with that bastard myself.”(37). Or the case when George is talking to Slim after he kills Lennie he says “Lennie never done it out of meanness, all the time he done bad things but he never done one of ‘em mean.”(95). While George may be the smarter person and