Character Analysis Of George And Lennie In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

Everyone has had a caretaker or guardian to protect and care for them at some period in time. Developing into an adult is often times when a person becomes able to live independently. However, this is not the case for Lennie Small from the story, “Of Mice and Men” as a result of his disability. Being dependant on other people, Lennie needs a caretaker because of the lack of family to protect him. Someone without family relation, George, rises to the position as his caretaker in the harsh, unforgiving circumstances they have at the moment. Dreaming of a better future, George has to carry Lennie from job to job in order to eventually collect enough money to finally claim their land as their own. George has good, honest intentions for Lennie and only strives to give him the best conditions even if it meant he had to pull the trigger against him.

How far would you go to save your friend from themselves. In the novella of mine and men by John Steinbeck. George and Lennie are working to get a nice house and live off the land. To guys George and Lennie work a farm to get the money to buy a house, but Lennie gets into trouble when he accidentally kills curley's wife. Which forced Lennie to kill George.Some of the relationships in the novella are George and Lennie, candy and George, and candy and his dog.

The fact that Curley’s wife hates her life makes a huge contrast between her bad life and the possibilities associated with the American Dream. This contrast is shown in the line “Coulda’ been in the movies an’ had nice clothes.”(Steinbeck,89) Curley’s wife is presents the epitome of a person striving for the American Dream. She often says things like “I coulda made something of myself….maybe I will yet.”(Steinbeck,88) By Steinbeck using this character, he intended to show the difference between a “fake” yearning for the dream and a true whole-hearted desire for it. Curley’s wife would give anything to be successful in the future. This view is also seen by Kevin Attell who said “ To be sure, it is about dreaming of the future…”(Attell) The opinion from this critic show that this opinion or view is also seen by others who read this book.

In his novel Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck uses many characters to show his assertion that man is basically evil. When Curley’s wife confronts Lennie, Crooks, and Candy in Crook’s place, she notes that the others “left all the weak ones here” (77). The “weak” ones that Curley’s wife refer to all attack each other in a vicious circular firing squad. Crooks taunts Lennie about the possibility of George not returning, and takes “pleasure in his torture” as he “[presses] forward for some kind of private victory” (71). Curley’s wife calls Candy and Lennie “a dum-dum and a lousy ol’ sheep” (78) and threatens to get Crooks “strung up on a tree” (81). Meanwhile, all the other characters are the ones that make those Lennie, Candy, Crooks, and Curley’s wife feel “weak” because they are disabled mentally, disabled physically, black, and female, respectively. In this way, Steinbeck shows that all men are basically evil as they do not lend a hand to each other and instead simply attack and prey upon each other.

In the novel, “Of Mice and Men”, by John Steinbeck, the main focus is on George and Lennie. These two gentlemen have a bond like no other. George is skinny, short, and a little older, but Lennie is tall, big, and a little younger than George. These two workmen travel together, because Lennie’s aunt asked george to take care of him. Lennie’s Aunt Clara asked George to take him, because Lennie is mentally challenged, and forgetful. At times George would get so mad at Lennie, for making them have to go from ranch to ranch. During their gallivant to different ranches, Lennie was unaware of his own strength. Although, they meet others along the way. Thus, Lennie and George were left with each other on their journey, though it was not always pleasant.

“If he tangles with you, Lennie, we’re gonna get the can. Don’t make no mistake about that. He’s the boss’s son. Look, Lennie. You try to keep away from him, will you? Don’t never speak to him. If he comes in here you move clear to the other side of the room. Will you do that, Lennie?” (Steinbeck, pg. 29) John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men is a tale about what it means to have a relationship. Steinbeck's story of George and Lennie's goal of obtaining their own ranch, and the challenges of reaching that goal, shows the nature of dreams, dignity, loneliness, and sacrifice. Lennie, the giant with mental issues who makes George's aim of owning his own ranch beneficial, ironically becomes the biggest challenge to achieving that goal. One of the most important characters in this story is George because he is different from all the other men of his time. The two words that best describe this character are bossy and diligent.

Steinbeck’s characterisation of George and Lennie to portray the idea of the American Dream, is conveyed through their big hopes and dreams to have their own ranch. George devotes the majority of his life to looking after Lennie, whose blunders prevent George from achieving his dream, or living a better lifestyle. Though George’s loyalty to Lennie is estimable, he often feels conflicted in Lennie, to whom he has a long-time friendship with, that he often yearns to break, in order to live the life of which he dreams of. Evidence to support my previous statement is when George revealed, “... God a'mighty, if I was alone I could live so easy. I could go get a job an' work, an' no trouble. No mess at all, and when the end of the month come I could take my fifty bucks and go into town and get whatever I want. Why, I could stay in a cathouse all night. I could eat any place I want, hotel or any place, and order any damn thing I could think of. An' I could do all that every damn month. Get a gallon of whisky, or set in a pool room and play cards or shoot pool”. Lennie has also made it evident that he wants in when it comes to owning a ranch. This is suggested when Lennie gently voiced, "We could live offa the fatta the lan'." Similarly, to how Steinbeck uses George and Lennie as characterisation to explore the idea

George, a character in Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck was “small and quick, dark of face, with restless eyes and sharp, strong features. Every part of him was defined: small, strong hands, slender arms, a thin and bony nose.” (Steinbeck, Pg.2) George was Caucasian and it looked as if he had stepped out of an old movie containing drifters, better known as migrant workers. Although physically George was very small, he had complete control over his companion Lennie, the way a father controls a son.

When his Aunt Clara died, Lennie just come along with me out workin’. Got kinda used to each other after a little while” (pg 40). This means that George kinda took him under his wing after his aunt died. This is how John Steinbeck explores the complex relationship between George and Lennie. Secondly, even though they have been together for years there has been some difficulties. For example, the story says “Well, this girl squawks and squawks. I was jus’ a little bit off, and I heard all the yellin’, so I comes running, an’ by that time Lennie’s so scared all he can think to do is jus’ hold on”(pg 41). This shows how Lennie isn’t the smartest and that gets him in trouble. Another example is “Oh! Please don’t do none of that, George gonna say I done a bad thing. He ain’t gonna let me tend no rabbits” (pg 91). This shows how obedient Lennie is that he will doanything to be able to tend to the rabbits even when he doesn’t mean to. This shows how John Steinbeck shows the complex relationship between George and Lennie.Lastly, when George and Lennie start to work on the farm you could tell that they were different compared to the other workers. For example “With us it ain’t like

In the previous passage taken from the novel Of Mice and Men, author John Steinbeck, through the use of multiple literary terms, allows for readers to envision the strong bond between his two main characters, George and Lennie. One key element Steinbeck uses to help bestow a voice to his characters, as well as strengthen their personalities, is tone. By developing a specific tone of voice for George and Lennie, the audience can easily distinguish the nature of their friendship. Georges tone is portrayed as very powerful, straightforward and determined. As he recites their dream of becoming farmers, he proudly states, “With us it ain’t like that.

Did you know in the classic novel Of Mice and Men, that the main two characters were only bound together only by a promise? In the story, Lennie and George head to a ranch in Soledad, California, only to have Lennie led into death. This occurred because of his best friend George. They got along very well, but in the end George chose to shoot Lennie for his safety. In my opinion this is completely wrong.

“I wouldn’t eat no ketchup if it was right here beside me … I’d leave it all for you” (Steinbeck 12). Steinbeck’s description of Lennie is very animal-like, which makes the reader view Lennie as less capable of feeling human emotions, which is partially true, though throughout the book, Steinbeck shows that in Lennie’s case, George is the exception. Steinbeck was in his early thirties during the Great Depression (1930s-1940s), which was when Of Mice and Men was written. The story also takes place in the Great Depression and is in some aspects inspired by Steinbeck’s own experience living on a ranch farm. The story takes place in Salinas Valley which is where Steinbeck grew up. In Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck shows the different struggles, that people faced both in the Great Depression but also in life in general. This novel was written to view different struggles, people faced, and to give people a bigger image of what was going on during the Depression. Especially with Lennie, who from the outside seemed like just a mentally disabled person, but was so much more on the inside. While Lennie is viewed as a

In this short novel, we have George and Lennie. Due to the Great depression, they both travel around looking for farms and end up in one. Now George is very protective over Lennie. Ever since his aunt died, George took in and cared for Lennie, but it wasn't easy to do. Lennie has a mental disability in him, giving him memory loss, genetics of a kid, or brain of a kid, but at the same time he is a tall, strong man, and into touching soft things.

Steinbeck shows how hard life here is when George says, "And it'd be our own, an' nobody could can us” meaning that they could be their own bosses and no one can change anything. Candy and Crooks are both men who work on the ranch just like Lennie and George, and they don’t find the ranch “the greatest place.” They, too, dream of a better life, and Lennie and George’s dream becomes

Will lennie and george be together for ever? Also, if not, how so. In the book “ Of Mice and Men.” by Allen Steinbeck, it's a story about to men who travel together going to a ranch looking for work. In the story, though george may seem like he may leave lennie, he most likely never will. This is because although lennie can get george very frustrated, he won’t leave him because he enjoys his company and he does it for lennie's Aunt Klara.