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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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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this chapter we 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
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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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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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Lennie and George are like chalk and cheese in appearance. George is ‘small and quick’ ‘every part of him was defined’ while Lennie‚ Georges faithful friend‚ is a ‘huge man’ ‘sloping shoulders and walked heavily’. This match of appearance can be very helpful as Lennie is big and can look after George physically. They both still had things in common though ‘both were dressed in denim trousers and denim coats’ ‘both wore black shapeless hats’. They were both dressed like this because they on their
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Of mice and men Despite their differences‚ they’re dependent on each other. Lennie is the far by best worker in between George and him he’s also mentally handicapped and also has a desire to pet/ touch soft things(animals). These traits‚ combined with his uncontrollable strength‚ set the stage for disaster. In mice of men the story explains the depth of George and Lennie’s relationship and how they faced many difficulties together‚ also shows all the difficulties that both of them face and how they
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Comparison of Curly and Lennie Both Curly and Lennie are main characters in ‘Of Mice and Men’; although‚ they are very different in many ways‚ first of all Lennie is a very big and strong man we know is as ‘a huge man‚ shapeless in face’ whereas Curley is much smaller and weaker‚ Steinbeck describes him as ‘a thin young man with a brown face’. Therefore you would think that Lennie being the stronger man would be the most aggressive but in fact both Lennie and Curley are very aggressive‚ this becomes
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the 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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novel called Of Mice and Men. The main character George uses the second main character Lennie to his advantage and keeps hanging out with him because he is lonely. George also made a promise to Lennie’s grandmother to take care of him. Therefore‚ money‚ loneliness‚ and a promise are the reasons why George is still with Lennie even though he is mentally retarded. George has a dream to own his own ranch and he uses Lennie to reach that dream. George collects the money him and Lennie get and tries to
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