Similarities Between George And Lennie In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

Working to achieve what you want in life is always an honorable task. Doing it while homeless is even more of an accomplishment. George and Lennie in the novella, “Of Mice and Men” are being used by the author to show this. They were homeless men traveling from one workplace to another along this journey. The ranch hands in this story were all homeless men looking for their way to a better way of living.

Working to achieve what you want in life while being homeless is such an honorable task. George, Lennie and a couple fellow ranch hands set on one day owning their own homes and land. They were forced to live in horrible conditions like one of the negro ranch hands crooks. He was forced to live in a barn compiled of animal feces and horrific
smell. While they worked their way out of poverty they had to keep their goal in mind and keep moving forward no matter the circumstances. Though often mistreated Lennie and George kept their heads about them and continued to get their jobs done.
As you can see the author has shown that in his novella “Of Mice and Men” that things aren’t always going to go your way. You may be homeless at some point in time like George and Lennie but your goal, whatever it may be can always keep you pressing forward for greatness.