Within the novel George Miltion had taken Lennie Small under his wing when Lennie’s grandmother had passed away. Lennie is a schizophrenic which means he mentally challenged. In result of that he can not control his emotions nor does he have much understanding of his strength‚ and he has very few social skills. George had become Lennie’s full time care taker‚ up until the day he died. They had it rough since every job George had ever got them. Lennie managed to mess it up somehow and get them fired
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leader of the pair‚ George and Lennie. He is “small and quick‚ dark of face” and is identified as a worker‚ because of the clothes he wears and possessions he carries‚ for example‚ his “tight blanket roll” and his hard wearing “denim” clothes. George is normally seen as being angry most of the time due to his “restless eyes and sharp‚ strong features” but this also makes him seem handsome and clever. If there was a mirror character in this novel‚ it would be Lennie‚ he is the complete opposite of
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friends. George and Lennie have traveled together for quite some time. George is a small‚ lean‚ quick-witted man who travels with‚ and cares for Lennie. Lennie is a large‚ clumsy‚ childlike migrant worker. George is a true friend to Lennie because he constantly has Lennie’s
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Aunt Clara died‚ Lennie just come along with me out workin’. Got kinda used to each other after a little while." Analysis George describes his friendship with Lennie in no abstract terms and with no justifications. To George‚ he and Lennie just got used to each other‚ naturally‚ but it’s pretty remarkable that two guys are so close in a world full of guys that don’t get close to anybody. Though George doesn’t tell Slim he necessarily sees it that way‚ George’s speech to Lennie about why they’re
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surprising events in the ending. From the very beginning we can predict what will happen to the two main characters: Lennie and George. It is used to hint at future events concerning Lennie’s death. First‚ Steinbeck uses foreshadowing to hint at Curley’s wife’s’ death and that Lennie killed her through the mouse’s death early in the novel‚ and the dog’s death mere pages before. Lennie had killed the mouse as he had the puppy. He was killing and killing bigger and bigger things. His Aunt Clara had known
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To Kill a Mockingbird‚ written by Harper Lee in 1960‚ is a classic American novel that explores the trials‚ tribulations and prejudice suffered by the marginalised. Set in the 1930s during The Great Depression in Maycomb‚ a country town in the southern part of The United States‚ the text explores the issue of racism through the eyes of a six year old‚ white girl‚ Scout Finch‚ struggling to understand the racist behaviours of the society in which she lives. The author cleverly positions the audience
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lashing out at Leinne he has his hand crushed by him. Candy: An older ranch hand‚ who happens to have one hand. Fearing that his age is making him useless‚ he seizes on George’s description of the farm he and Lennie will have‚ offering his life’s savings if he can join George and Lennie in owning the land. He has a very old dog‚ which is shot. Slim: A "jerkline skinner‚" the main driver of a mule team and the "prince of the ranch". Slim is greatly respected by many of the characters and is the
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Curley’s father’s questioning of Lennie and George spoke for both of them‚ George’s antagonization of Lennie for not
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tell that George and Lennie live very simple lives because their clothes are very basic and they are carrying blanket rolls 2. The mice that lennie pats are killed because Lennie‚ not knowing his own strength. Pats the too hard. 3. The relationship between George and Lennie is a strong friendship‚ George cares about Lennie very much because Lennie‚ Is not competent to take care of him self 4. The excuse that George gives for Lennie’s retardation was that Lennie was a bright child but
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Lennie is probably the central character in the book‚ ‘Of Mice And Men’. At the beginning of the book he is referred to as being like an animal because of his ‘shapeless face’ and his ‘wide sloping shoulders’. Steinbeck first describes Lennie like a bear dragging his large paws. He also drinks from the pool in the brush like a horse‚ ‘snorting into the water like a horse’. From the beginning of the book we can see that Lennie is an interesting character due to his mental disability. He is a huge
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