Of Mice and Men: George and Lennie's Relationship
What do we learn about George and Lennie and their relationship from Chapter one
In chapter one of this novella ‘of mice and men’ we are introduced to the main character George and Lennie and their friendship which is a key theme in this novella as referring back to the context, the book is set in the 1930s when the great depression has occurred resulting a vast amount of people to migrate and most of the migrant workers were alone.
George
In this chapter we learn that George is very short tempered when he says angrily “we could have just as well of rode clear to the ranch if that bastard bus driver knew what he was talking about”. John Steinbeck used alliteration when he uses the phrase “bastard bus driver” making George more angry and emphasizing on the fact that George doesn’t trust to many people. Coming back to the context, migrant workers travelled a lot in rough conditions and they get very tired so George could be tired from walking, and he blamed this on the bus driver.
Secondly we also learn that George is quite aggressive when he says, “Lennie!” he said sharply”. Again, Steinbeck uses alliteration expanding on the point that George is a hot headed man. ‘Sharply’ tells us that he stern and controlling. How he uses rude language makes him more aggressive but also informing the readers that he strong.
We learn that George is commanding when he says “ you go get wood. An’ don’t you fool around” in this statement George sounds like a teacher or a dictator which is also signifying that George is controlling. By using the word ‘you’ its more personalizing and more dominating which gives us a clue about George and Lennie’s relationship and that George is very decisive to Lennie . We learn that George can be really mean and is used to being bossy telling us about his past that could be very foreboding.
Lennie
In this chapter, Lennie is illustrated as very forgetful when George says “You forget that already, didn’t you! I gotta tell you
In chapter one of this novella ‘of mice and men’ we are introduced to the main character George and Lennie and their friendship which is a key theme in this novella as referring back to the context, the book is set in the 1930s when the great depression has occurred resulting a vast amount of people to migrate and most of the migrant workers were alone.
George
In this chapter we learn that George is very short tempered when he says angrily “we could have just as well of rode clear to the ranch if that bastard bus driver knew what he was talking about”. John Steinbeck used alliteration when he uses the phrase “bastard bus driver” making George more angry and emphasizing on the fact that George doesn’t trust to many people. Coming back to the context, migrant workers travelled a lot in rough conditions and they get very tired so George could be tired from walking, and he blamed this on the bus driver.
Secondly we also learn that George is quite aggressive when he says, “Lennie!” he said sharply”. Again, Steinbeck uses alliteration expanding on the point that George is a hot headed man. ‘Sharply’ tells us that he stern and controlling. How he uses rude language makes him more aggressive but also informing the readers that he strong.
We learn that George is commanding when he says “ you go get wood. An’ don’t you fool around” in this statement George sounds like a teacher or a dictator which is also signifying that George is controlling. By using the word ‘you’ its more personalizing and more dominating which gives us a clue about George and Lennie’s relationship and that George is very decisive to Lennie . We learn that George can be really mean and is used to being bossy telling us about his past that could be very foreboding.
Lennie
In this chapter, Lennie is illustrated as very forgetful when George says “You forget that already, didn’t you! I gotta tell you