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    Soledad. Curly (who instigated the fight) became 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

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    Men by John Steinbeck‚ all of the qualities that makes a marvelous friendship applies to the friendship between George and Lennie. George and Lennie are ranch workers that have been traveling together during the Great Depression. The friendship they have is undoubtedly important to both of them‚ they would not be the same person if they were not there for each other. Lennie is mentally handicapped‚ he does not know how to socialize with people normally‚ therefore he needs a friend that can help him

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    Compare how George and Lennie are presented in Of Mice And Men. George and Lennie are described in very different ways‚ as they’re being presented as opposites; Lennie being presented as the large‚ clumsy‚ forgetful one‚ “I forgot again” and George being the small‚ clever one with a snappy tone to ensure his point is fully expressed and understood‚ “snapped his fingers.” However‚ these characteristics lead to a brilliant‚ caring friendship (revolving around trust and compassion) which is described

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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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    childlike incompetence‚ which are presented to emphasise the instinctive threat‚ which he poses. When George talks of what happened in Weed‚ he proclaims that Lennie gets all “mixed up”‚ when something goes wrong‚ “he holds on‚ ‘cause that’s the only thing he can think to do”. This gets Lennie into many dangerous situations throughout the book. Lennie has a curiosity with ‘red’‚ this is advertised throughout the novel‚ this behaviour he more associated with the behaviour of a child‚ rather than an adult

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    California. One of them‚ Lennie Small whose name does not live up to a person’s expectation; he is big and that’s all he’s got going for him unfortunately. George is small and quick‚ a roving farmworker who takes on a father like role and watches over Lennie. The two are broke and search for work on the farms of Northern California. Being broke is problematic for George and Lennie since they plan to own a farm someday. George is the intelligence behind this plan‚ while Lennie is about as sharp as a

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    The obvious two main characters are George and Lennie. The whole book is based on what they do. The minor character that I think played the biggest role is Curleys wife. She is the only female character in the whole entire book. She isn’t even given a name other than the reference to her husband. As soon as George and Lennie arrive at the job they are greeted by her. She immediately makes her flirtatious personality known to George and particularly Lennie. After she leaves from the room Slim tells

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    In John Steinbeck’s‚ ’Of Mice and Men’‚ although Lennie causes problems for George‚ he’s better with him. While Lennie causes trouble for George‚ he also provides him with many benefits. Because Lennie is so big and powerful‚ they can get more job and more money to make their dreams come true. They both share a dream which is possible when they work and belong to each other. They both have benefits from the relationship between them. Without Lennie‚ George also would have to travel alone. On the other

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    one being a retarded fellow(Lennie)‚ and the other‚ a typical ranch hand(George) who travels with him.  On the path to achieving their dream‚ they run into obstacles‚ but stick together‚ stressing the importance of true friendship.  Steinbeck wrote this book to tell us how important it is to have a friend to share your life with.   The book starts off set in Soledad‚ which‚ when translated into English means "lonely".  But when Lennie and George are together‚ they

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    Men is a story that revolves around George and Lennie life. Since Lennie likes to touch velvet like thing‚ he had grabbed a girl dress causing her to scream rape. This resulted in George and Lennie get chased out of their town‚ Weed‚ and having to find a new job. During their time working on a ranch in Soledad‚ Lennie had encountered some problems. For example‚ Lennie had accidently killed his puppy and also on the same day he killed Curley’s wife. Lennie is a childlike big guy who cannot control his

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