of others? In the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck‚ is about two ranch handers trying to get through the Great Depression on a farm. The protagonists‚ George and Lennie are best friends‚ unfortunately Lennie has a disability that affects him in every way. This makes George have to make a decision to kill Lennie or be on the run. George makes the decision to kill Lennie because might not be able to get away so he would get beat up for killing Curley’s wife‚ he doesn’t want Lennie to kill anything
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America and to illustrate that the American Dream lacked possibility. In “Of Mice and Men”‚ Steinbeck presents Lennie’s and George’s relationship in a variety of different ways. Steinbeck depicts the George and Lennie’s companionship through body language‚ speech‚ description of the place as well as contrasting other characters’ attitudes towards their relationship. The word relationship is described in the Oxford Dictionary “as the way in which two or more people or groups regard and behave towards
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sloping shoulders‚ and mental disability. Lennie is also very strong and can’t control his strength. His friend‚ George‚ small and quick is responsible for taking care of him. They have been best friends for a long time. George killed Lennie as an act of kindness because George saves lives by killing Lennie and if he didn’t die‚ Lennie would be tortured by Curley‚ the boss’s son. George needed to prevent Lennie from killing more innocent lives. “He shook her then‚ and he was angry with her. ‘‘‘Don’t
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Depression. Throughout the film Of Mice and Men‚ the relationship between George and Lennie is similar to John Steinbeck’s novel. However‚ the film is different because Curley’s wife is amused by Lennie’s stupidity‚ Lennie’s hallucination‚ and George does not hesitate to shoot Lennie. In the novel Curley’s wife talks to Lennie in the barn. While they are talking‚ she says “Lennie your crazy.” No one likes Curley’s wife‚ except for Lennie. George told Lennie not to talk Curley’s wife because it will
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Of Mice and Men is the story of two strong companions: semi-retarded Lennie and his friend and carer George. Set against the backdrop of depression-era California‚ this is a story of friendship and loneliness‚ compassion and cruelty‚ dreams and the harsh reality of life and death. The novel culminates in the death of Lennie‚ which has relevance to the themes present in the book: death‚ weakness‚ loneliness and hopeless dreams. During the story‚ Lennie is surrounded by death. However‚ in his
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no idea what action he is doing when he does this‚ he can hardly control his own body movements. George and the gang had no right to kill Lennie‚ especially committed under the circumstances.
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Crooks starts by planting doubts into Lennie’s mind. As his torment continues‚ Lennie begins to grow dubious of his own certainty. Crooks taunts him with the possibility that George may end up hurt or never coming back much to Lennie’s defiance. ‘ “He won’t do it‚” Lennie cried.’ By using the term ‘cried’‚ it enhances Lennie’s feeling of defiance and almost hints at desperation thus creating a sense of both empathy and pity for him. Lennie’s defiance then turns into doubt as Crooks’ words
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and strength into a relationship in all cases is being put into a light of making choices. This means you have to make the decision between Loyalty and "Friends"‚ which also can be described as people that are together but basically are lonely for themselves and that decision-making is important. If you watch the whole novel as a representative book of American Culture‚ you strongly can see that basically every person is afraid of going in depth. How did Curly react on Lennie’s act of killing his
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faced by both George and Lennie in “of Mice and Men” and the persona of “I was only 19” In “of Mice and Men” Curley is a huge obstacle for Lennie as he doesn’t like little big buys and likes to pick fights with them. Dialogue and colloquial language show that Curley doesn’t like Lennie‚ which is shown when Candy is talking to George and says; “Curley’s like a lot of little guys. He’s alla time picking scraps with big guys. Kind of like he’s mad at ‘em because he ain’t a big guy”. George is also faced
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introduces us to two companions‚ George Milton and Lennie Small. George Milton is a farmworker who is "small and quick‚ dark of face‚ with restless eyes and sharp‚ strong features … [with] small‚ strong hands‚ slender arms‚ and thin and bony nose" (Steinbeck 1). And Lennie Small well Lennie is a strong child like character‚ Lennie has the looks of a man but the mentality of a child. Throughout the novella George treats Lennie nicely and lovingly. This is only because George is a good friend to Lennie.
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