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    Essay Lennie needs George more than George needs Lennie. Both Lennie and George would be nothing without each other. Steinbeck clearly shows how important friends are and how they can support and help you in a number of different ways. Lennie needs George for basic survival and without him‚ Lennie’s life would not be very long. George on the other hand‚ needs Lennie for a purpose in life. The conclusion of the novel Of Mice and Men illustrates what life would be like for George and Lennie without

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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 LennieGeorges 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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    live their American dream. The two travelers are named George Milton and Lennie Small. Needing money they start a new job at Boss-mans ranch to save money for their dream. George and Lennie’s dream is to one day one a farm and raise rabbits. This dream keeps the men motived and working hard. Lennie who has the mind of child offend gets into trouble and force he and George to leave jobs. At Boss-mans ranch they meet new friends and people they should stay away from. The presence or absence of friendship

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    Why does George kill Lennie? George is a man of morals and when Lennie killed Curley’s wife‚ he broke the biggest moral law which forced him to kill Lennie: ”You hadda‚ George” Slim tells George that shooting Lennie was morally the right thing to do and that he should feel honoured‚ because he did the right thing. But George still feels bad about what he has done‚ because Lennie was his best friend and the only way to achieve the dream and Lennie gave George a special sense in life. Lennie was the

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    George was wrong to shoot Lennie’ How far do you agree? Support your ideas with details from the novel. ‘Of Mice and Men’ is a novel written by John Steinbeck that was first published in 1937. Steinbeck has a very particular style of writing. He manages to provoke a deep emotion in the reader about one circumstance‚ for instance the killing of Candy’s dog‚ and then arguably less of a reaction about a considerably more tragic occurrence‚ the death of Lennie. This makes us question what’s valuable

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    this is true for George and Lennie‚ in John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men‚ two “pals” who works together as ranch hands‚ until one ends up dead‚ killed by the other. Now‚ most of us would never consider murdering your best friend as justifiable‚ but it is in the case of George Milton when he kills his own best friend‚ Lennie Small. “And George raised the gun and steadied it‚ and he brought the muzzle of it closely to the back of Lennie’s head” (106). This powerful quote as George prepares to kill shows

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    between George and Lennie During the 1930s‚ millions of dollars were wiped out in an event that became known as the Wall Street Crash. It led to the Depression in America which crippled the country from 1930 - 1936. People lost their life savings when firms and banks went bust‚ and 12 - 15 million men and women - one third of America’s population - were unemployed. In the novella Of Mice and Man‚ by John Steinback‚ the main of quite George and Lennie are very good friends. In fact they have been

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    we all have so many questions. Why did George kill Lennie? Was it the best option? Was George a true friend to Lennie? In the end you may come to the conclusion that George may not have been a friend but more of a guardian. George didn’t treat Lennie alike Slim or Candy instead as a child. He shelters Lennie from reality. He wants the best for Lennie overall. And now Lennie relies on George for survival and now George relies on Lennie for companionship. It’s obvious George and Lennie have a bond

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    chapter George kills Lennie. It might seem like he’s being mean‚ proving Lennie’s statement that George is always nice to him wrong. I don’t think that George is being mean by killing Lennie‚ on the contrary‚ I think George is being nice by doing so. If George hadn’t done it‚ Lennie would have suffered much more. Curly was angry because Lennie killed his wife and he wanted to make him suffer for it. Earlier in the story Curly said that he was going to shoot Lennie in the gut himself. If George had let

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    ended when George shot Lennie in the back of the head. He didn’t want Lennie to feel the pain‚ so he tried to picture their American dream to take Lennie’s attention away. Did George have to shoot Lennie? Were there other options and alternatives to shooting his best friend? When George made the decision to kill Lennie‚ he felt that he had no other choice but to shoot Lennie. George knew that he didn’t want to continue living and travel with Lennie anymore‚ because he fears that Lennie will make

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