types of relationships. Lennie‚ George‚ Candy‚ and Slim show the most friendship within the novel‚ and they help each other through hard times. The relationship that is most prevalent through out the novel is that between George and Lennie. George is always helpful to Lennie‚ in almost all circumstances. We first see this in the beginning of the story when the two of them are at the pond‚ and Lennie bends over to drink the dirty water. "’Lennie!’ he said sharply. ’Lennie‚ for God’ sakes don’t drink
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that? In the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck‚ Lennie and George‚ two hardworking laborers‚ stay together throughout the whole book. During the period of the novel‚ The Great Depression‚ no one looks out for anybody but themselves‚ in such lost times. It is considered a time period in which people could not provide for themselves‚ so helping someone else out was undoubtfully extinct. But George ignores this notion and stays with Lennie to protect him‚ and this is only one of the selfless acts
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by John Steinbeck‚ two migrant workers named George and Lennie are traveling to a new job after being ran out of the last one. Lennie has the struggle of dealing with mental disabilities‚ and along the way George is responsible for him and the problems he creates. Even though George has his hands full he still believes he can achieve The American Dream. John Steinbeck conveys many different relationships throughout the story. George and Lennie as a pair did not have a relationship that benefitted
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travels with his long time companion‚ Lennie Small since Lennie is unable to care for himself. He has no family and spends his days working as a ranch hand. In the novella‚ the protagonist George is an authoritative‚‚ resentful‚ yet very compassionate character. George’s authoritative nature is evident form the start of the novella. His companion Lennie is small minded and often acts like a child. Therefore‚ George must be very direct to ensure that Lennie understands and can take orders so that
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that George was right to kill Lennie. We can all argue back and forth whether George killing Lennie was wrong or not. But the fact of the matter is—there was no escape. George heard “a man’s voice call up from the river‚ and another man answer”. So knowing that‚ we can already assume that Curley and the others were near. So what could George do? What were his options? Apparently‚ there was no way to make up for Lennie’s actions‚ but there was however a way to save Lennie from excessive suffering. “The
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fight and Lennie getting beaten up‚ to Lennie crushing his hand. Yet Steinbeck stretches the fight over 2 pages and a bit‚ where as it would have probably lasted less than 30 seconds which shows it’s a significant piece and amongst it there is also quite a lot of dialog for a fight‚ these things creating a lot of tension. The climax up to the fight makes it quite important and significant as well‚ the way Curley accuses one of the most respected man on the ranch – slim‚ the reason Lennie is smiling
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filled with brutality. George Milton is a small man‚ who took the responsibility of taking care of his half-witted and ungainly friend Lennie. The two men came to a farm to work‚ but Lennie accidentally killed the wife of the farm owner Curley. In order to save Lennie from a painful death‚ George kills Lennie with a shotgun while he is describing their dream to Lennie for the last time. It is the Purpose of this essay to determine how George Milton is made believable. He is made believable by his language
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responsibility to Lennie‚ and to the rest of the group. There were major conflicts in this story line‚ Lennie had a problem with his self-control‚ he couldn’t control his actions. He touched a women’s dress once and she cried for help accusing him of rape. The townspeople chased George and Lennie out of town because they believed what that girl had said. Lennie was a “troubled” in most peoples’ eyes and George had to constantly get him out of trouble. He had to take care of Lennie because without George
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example‚ George and Lennie have trouble keeping a job‚ don’t own anything‚ get into unwanted trouble‚ and have personal hardships in the novel. The writer uses the conventions of setting‚ conflict and characterisation to get the theme across to the readers. Setting is used to establish the time‚ place and mood in a story. The novel Of Mice and Men is set in the countryside of California‚ during the 1930’s. During this time there was long-term unemployment which leads George and Lennie to travel in search
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George and Lennie are best friends and migrant farmers. George takes care of Lennie because Lennie is mentally challenged. After Lennie gets in trouble in Weed‚ George and Lennie go to a new ranch to work. There Lennie gets into a fight with Curley‚ the boss’s son‚ kills a puppy‚ and kills Curley’s wife. Because of these unfortunate events‚ George kills Lennie. George does the right thing by killing Lennie because not only does George save Lennie from a lot of pain‚ but he also prevents Lennie from being
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