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    A. George uses his stronger intelligence to abuse Lennie‚ and Lennie suffers from it. B. Lennie‚ is unintelligent‚ and because of this‚ George abuses Lennie. For example‚ he tells Lennie to jump in a river when he can’t swim. C. George tells Slim about how he used to abuse Lennie all the time‚ saying‚ “One day a bunch of guys was standin’ up around on the Sacremento River. I was fellin’ pretty smart. I turns to Lennie and says‚ ‘ ump in.’ An’ he jumps. Couldn’t swim a stroke. He damn near drowned

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    definitely succeeded to establish Lennie as a sympathetic character. Lennie has a big body with a shapeless face and large pale eyes with wide sloped shoulders and‚ he walks dragging his arms and feet. He is also portrayed as a mindless childlike character that likes tender and soft creatures such as mice. Lennie is different from other characters in the book‚ because he seemed so large yet innocent. In the beginning of the novel‚ readers could see that Lennie in some way has a mental disability

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    Lennie said‚ "George." "Yeah?" "I done another bad thing." Lennie said‚ "George." "Yeah?" "I done another bad thing." "It don’t make no difference‚" George said‚ and he fell silent again. (6.34-37) Lennie said‚ "George." "Yeah?" "I done another bad thing." "It don’t make no difference‚" George said‚ and he fell silent again. (6.34-37) Lennie said‚ "George." "Yeah?" "I done another bad thing." Lennie said‚ "George." "Yeah?" "I done another bad thing

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    very jealous and cautious of bold but not too bright Lennie Small. Curly began agitated as he could not find his wife. He then began to assume the worst (involving other men working on the ranch). He soon grew embarrassed when he found these assumptions not to be true. Taking this rage out on Lennie‚ he began to punch and beat the child like man. Lennie defenseless and bewildered looked around the room for instructions when old friend George soon directed him to fight back‚ leading to the small

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    In “Of Mice and Men”‚ Steinbeck portrays Lennie as an animal. To begin with‚ Steinbeck describes Lennie’s physical features to be very animal-like. He states that he walked “the way a bear drags his paws”. The use of animal imagery in this quote illustrates an image of a huge man heavily dragging himself‚ not only suggesting his size but also suggesting his immense strength. Due to his physicality‚ he is unable to carry out tasks normal people would be able to do. He is unable to control himself

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    Steinbeck The Death of Lennie The death of Lennie was quick and painless for Lennie‚ how quick and painless was it to the men or even George‚ his best friend? Should he have killed Lennie to keep him from going to jail or even worse which would have been dealt by Curley? This book was set in the time of the Great Depression. In the Great Depression people didn’t usually care about one another and this is a completely different story. We found out that George and Lennie are migrant workers.

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    friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light” - Helen Keller George did the right thing by killing Lennie. George was correct when he decided to kill Lennie himself because Lennie keeps causing trouble even though he never means to. The relationship of Lennie and his puppy go right along with the thesis. Lennie unintentionally killed his puppy while trying to calm him down. “He was so little‚” said Lennie. “I was jus’ playin’ with him . . . an’ he made like he’s gonna bite me . .

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    George Mueller

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    George Mueller was such a man of prayer. He trusted and believed God every step of his journey on this earth. He prayed and sought God for many things it didn’t matter what the issue was. He wanted to make sure that God was first in everything. So he would inform him of his decisions. For the most part of George’s life‚ he would put himself in the position and set up knowing that he didn’t have the money for events but God would show up every time. According to Christianity.com when George was

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    Throughout the novel‚ Of Mice and Men‚ John Steinbeck presents Lennie to be responsible and also irresponsible for his actions. Sometimes throughout the novel‚ Steinbeck presents Lennie to be irresponsible for his actions because life at the time was very difficult. People were losing their jobs‚ many farmers lost their farms‚ and were forced into the life of itinerant workers. The lifestyle Lennie had could be responsible for his actions‚ because he didn’t really have support. However on the other

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    George Washington George Washington‚ born on February 22‚ 1732 is referred to as the Father of our Country. He was born near Wakefield‚ Virginia. Military arts and Western Expansion were Washington’s biggest interests. George Washington displayed great leadership throughout his involvement in the foundation of the United States. He was a talented military commander. He fought in the the French and Indian War as well as leading the Continental Army to final victory at the Battle of Yorktown in

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