Steinbeck uses many different descriptions of Lennie Small in the novella. Often compared to animals‚ one of the first descriptions of him is him being compared to a bear. ‘He was dragging his feet a little‚ the way a bear drags his paws’‚ is a line which portrays an image of how physically large Lennie is while also suggesting the extent of his strength. Lennie is also described to be ‘shapeless of face‚ with large‚ pale eyes’ which compares easily to a small innocent child who doesn’t understand
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Steinbeck called Of Mice and Men is made into a movie‚ directed by Gary Sinise‚ about the hardships and many challenges of George Milton and Lennie Small. They constantly move from town to town to avoid troubling situations that Lennie gets them caught in. Lennie Small is a friendly‚ simple‚ and strong‚ but also is mentally ill‚ he is played by John Malkovich. George Milton‚ played by Gary Sinise‚ is a simple man who is the smarts and the responsible one between him and Lennie. A key character
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In "Of Mice and Men"‚ Steinbeck shows every character’s desire for some kind of achievement in life as an example of the American dream and how unattainable it really is for them. The American Dream is one of liberty‚ untarnished happiness and self-reliance. At the beginning of the novel George and Lennie immediately bond together building a close friendship that teaches them both new things. Crooks is willing to work for nothing‚ just to gain the independence for a life outside the stables and to
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4 10\7\13 Did George need to kill Lennie? The Explanation There are some bad things in the world that we have to take action with; like dangerous dogs or bad people. Those things can be taken care of easily by either killing it or holding it in a secluded place. Now back when the story is being told‚ there weren’t many places to put people in‚ so they were sometimes executed. George had to do this with Lennie in chapter 6. Yet did he do this on purpose? So George killed Lennie because of him getting
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are introduced to George Milton and Lennie Small‚ two men who are scrambling and among the poor. George is small and smart while on the other hand Lennie is huge and mentally slow. George and Lennie’s dream is of their life‚ to live on a farm and be their own bosses with no rules or restrictions unlike they have now working on ranches. They are going from ranch to ranch looking for work trying to make enough money to get to their dream. The only problem with their work is Lennie seems to mess things
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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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What is very special about the way Lennie and George are introduced to us by the author Jon Steinbeck‚ is that he doesn’t tell us any character traits of them two‚ but therefore gives us a very detailed image of their physical appearance. The only characteristic or intellectual clue we get from Steinbeck in the physical description of Lennie‚ is his use of a technique called zoomorphism ( describing someone or something with animalistic features ). On page two‚ the part where they are indirectly
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the ways Lennie is presented and developed in Of Mice and Men Although Lennie is among the main characters in ‘Of Mice and Men’‚ he is perhaps the least self-motivated. He experiences no significant changes‚ development‚ or growth throughout the novel and remains exactly as the reader encounters him in the opening pages. Throughout this essay I will be explaining the different aspects of his character. Although Steinbeck’s insistent foreshadowing of these characteristics makes Lennie a rather
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story "Of Mice & Men"‚ John Steinbeck creates a pair of low-class companionship as the story ’s main character. This pair of companionship‚ George and Lennie is very different from each other‚ nothing alike‚ no matter talking about their figures‚ personality‚ IQ‚ etc‚ except that they both carry the same American dream as they spend their hard days traveling together and working in the ranch. Lennie is portrayed as being childlike. He looks up on George as a parental figure: "Lennie ’s lips quivered
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true friendship? George and Lennie had a true friendship in the book Of Mice and Men wrote by John Steinbeck. What length would you go to for someone and what would it take? George and Lennie would be considered true friends. George went over extreme lengths to take care of Lennie and always have his back no matter what the situation was. George always gets Lennie out of terrible situations and always has his back to take the blame. He doesn’t want to see Lennie get hurt. Lennie is a large‚ mentally
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