Because Lennie has terrible memory George has to remind him many times on what they’ve done and talked about in the past. Lennie can only remember bits and pieces of information and struggles to put all of it together because in chapter one‚ Lennie says ‘’’why sure George‚ I remember that...but… what’d we do then? I remember some girls come by and you says...you say…’’’(Steinbeck 5). Lennie also forgot where they were going and George has to remind him ‘’’Where we goin’‚ George?’’ and George replied
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John Snively English 10B 3/27/12 Lennie Smalls is a barley bucker. Hidden behind his enormous size‚ he is very innocent. He doesn’t understand how things work. He has a very pure mind and hasn’t adopted any evils of the world. For example‚ in the book‚ Lennie finds himself in Crooks’ room‚ which few people have ever been in‚primarily because he is black. Crooks reluctantly lets Lennie into his room and tells him to set down. They get into conversation and find themselves talking about how Crooks
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Was George right to shoot Lennie? ‘Of Mice and Men’ is a story based around the hardships of migrant workers in the Great Depression of 1920’s and 30’s America. The story follows the central protagonists‚ George and Lennie as they settle into life at a new ranch. However through the climax of the story Lennie ends up in a tough situation‚ leaving George to kill his only friend. The question is was George right to shoot Lennie in their situation? Or did he betray his friend in the worst way
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are two main characters. George and Lennie‚ they at first seem like close friends and through the book‚ they really are friends. From what George does‚ he doesn’t want Lennie’s money or anything else. At the end of the book‚ George only had one option. George did the right thing. When we first meet George and Lennie‚ they were running away from Weed‚ CA for something that Lenny did. A few pages later‚ Lennie is found with a dead mouse. Towards the end of the book George crushes Curly’s hand‚ kills
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Steinbeck presents the relationship between George and Lennie by utilizing a number of literary techniques and devices‚ particularly in the first 3 section. The skilled and careful presentation of this relationship forms the foundation upon which almost all of the novella’s prevailing themes are structured‚ from the preciousness of companionship to the futility of dreams (and‚ in particular‚ the so-called American Dream). The first paragraph focussing on the men (second paragraph‚ page 4) opens
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How does Steinbeck emphasise the unusual nature of the friendship between George and Lennie? In the novel ‘Of Mice and Men’ Steinbeck stresses the importance and abnormality of the friendship between George and Lennie by using a variety of methods. They are complete opposites‚ yet they share a journey through the struggles of The Great Depression as friends and have faith in the same dream. This pulls them together through the most stressful parts of the novel. These two itinerant workers meet
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Do you think people should be rescued from something they got themselves into? Well‚ I don’t think they should because other people shouldn’t have to put their own life at risk for someone who knew better. If someone tells you not to do something really dangerous then you really shouldn’t do it. If someone died trying to save you for something that you shouldn’t have done it would be your fault because you shouldn’t have done it in the first place. To begin with‚ if a person is going to do something
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Lennie small’s eulogy I would not consider Lennie and I friends‚ no‚ definitely not friends‚ we were way much more than just friends. Lennie did not deserve to die. He was like a child. He was innocent. Every day I spent with that fool‚ and yet I do not regret a single moment. Most of you picture Lennie as this big guy. Well‚ I’ll admit to you‚ Lennie was huge‚ but so was his heart. He could do the work of three men without even breaking a sweat‚ and he would not complain a single time. He would
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Techniques That Steinbeck Uses To Present George & Lennie and Their relationship leading up to the Dream. Leading up to their dream Steinbeck builds up a clear image to who Lennie and George are. Immediately the main point is made to us that George is an intelligent‚ curious man who is portrayed as a motherly character who looks after Lennie and shows him what to do. Lennie is portrayed as the complete opposite as he is compared to a horse (huge‚ powerful) and a bear (massive‚ powerful‚ clumsy and
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loyalty to George‚ he has no comprehension of the idea of "loyalty." For that reason‚ he often does not mean to do the things that get him into trouble‚ and once he does get into trouble‚ he has no conscience to define his actions in terms of guilt. John Steinbeck portrays the character Lennie as the follower‚ and never the leader. The phrase “even in the open one stayed behind the other” describes the relationship between Lennie and George and indicates that Lennie relies on George for support
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