What does the bunkhouse show us about the lives of the ranch hands? When George and Lennie arrive at the bunkhouse‚ in front of them stood two bunks and 8 beds. The room was only small so sharing a room with 8 other ranch hands suggests no personal space‚ a crowded environment with no peace and quiet. At the end of each bed‚ a small ‘apple box’ was provided to hold personal belongings. Having such a small space to keep all belongings indicates a lack of them. Ranch hands are always on the
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In chapter 1‚ Steinbeck introduces us to George and Lennie‚ two migrant workers who are traveling to work on a ranch in Soledad‚ California. The odd duo is trying to survive and save up money in the 1930s: Great Depression. In chapter 2‚ George and Lennie are introduced to Curley the swamper‚ the boss‚ Slim‚ And Curley’s wife it was the second day before dinner. George and Lennie were at the ranch. Candy only has one hand the boss is racist. Curley’s wife is a ho. Candy was a boxer. The boss and
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“O’Brien’s Argument” Joseph O’Brien believes that George and Lennie were true friends because they walked together through life. In fact‚ George and Lennie were so close‚ if someone didn’t know that they were just friends‚ they might assume they are brothers. O’Brien states that “When Lennie killed Curley’s wife‚ however accidental it was‚ it forever prevented him from walking through life with George by his side‚ and George knew that Lennie would not make it in this world without a true friend. It
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Do you think George should have killed Lennie even though they were friends? In John Steinbeck’s novella Of Mice and Men the main character George Milton had to make many tough decisions for himself and his friend Lennie Small. While George and Lennie are friends George ends up looking after Lennie more than anything due to his mental disability. Although Lennie was a hard worker‚ he made the mistake of killing the ranch owners daughter in-law which led George to have to make the decision to end
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Essay George shoots Lennie at the end of the story because Lennie has just killed an innocent woman and is not mentally stable. I believe there are multiple ways to view George’s actions. What George did is both justified and condemnable. Many things help to justify what George did to Lennie. For example on page 95 after George finds the body of the woman Lennie killed he tells Candy‚ “We gotta tell the guys. They gotta bring him in‚ I guess.” This shows that George knows Lennie is a danger to society
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and Lennie are working toward their “dream farm”‚ this dream gets ruined by an accidental murder. This is just one of the many cases in which this occurs throughout the story. In the novella George‚ Candy‚ Curley’s wife and Lennie’s dreams get ruined‚ but they are not only ruined by others‚ they are destroyed directly as repercussions of their own actions. Lennie always dreamed of having a farm with rabbits‚ crops‚ livestock‚ etc; but Lennie’s dream does not go quite as he planned. Lennie begged
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Steinbeck- hints at trouble to come. Whether it’s Lennie and his animalistic characteristics or George and his short temper‚ some how there is an alarming sense of trouble to come. The character of Lennie‚ who is viewed as an outcast due to his appearance and small mind‚ fails to know his own strengths. Throughout both chapters there are similes and metaphors referring to him being like an animal‚ during an argument between Lennie and George‚ Lennie claims‚ “some place I’d find a cave”. Due to Lennie’s
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and this is due to the other characters in the book being implied as very lonely. Every time George and Lennie obtain a job‚ Lennie gets in trouble and they are forced to leave. But they hope after all of their intense work that they can finally have their dream and get a place that they can call their own‚ “we’re gonna have a little house and a couple acres”. George Milton and Lennie Small are the two main characters in the novel. They are like two halves. “The first man was small and quick
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does kill his lifelong friend Lennie. He has to kill Lennie because there is no other way to save Lennie. He does this out of love for his friend but others disagree with this. Others believe that George did the wrong thing by killing Lennie and that this makes him a bad friend. In reality George is actually a very good friend and did do the right thing of killing Lennie. It was the right thing to do because he did it out of compassion and love for his friend and Lennie was his responsibility so he
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Steinbeck‚ towards the ending (spoiler) one of the main characters‚ George‚ has to kill his best friend Lennie after he accidentally kills Curley’s wife because she was screaming and he got scared‚ and broke her neck‚ killing her. The quote from the beginning relates to this in that George did the right thing killing Lennie after what he did‚ The question is though‚ is it justified for George to kill Lennie to save him from the lynch mob heading for his lead by Curly himself. the argument that it was that
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