Examples Of Broken Expectations In Of Mice And Men

The character I choose to analyze for this story is Lennie. Lennie is a nice, huge man who always follows his beloved friend, Gorge, everywhere. The personality of Lennie is of a young kid who conveys the reader with the feeling of innocence and liveliness. Lennie is one of the most important characters in this story. The existence of Lennie has inspired hope to other characters in many different ways. For example, because of Lennie, George and Candy have hope for their secure future; because of Lennie, Crooks and Curley’s wife can have someone to talk to and not being discriminated by their race or gender, and because of Lennie, the reader can laugh and smile at his innocent, yet adorable character, despite the lonely theme of this story about migrant

To George and Lennie, having a friend with them is really lucky, but their luckiness didn 't last very long. At the end of the book, George shot Lennie at the back of his head. That was one of George’s two choices: let Curley kill Lennie or kill Lennie by himself. Like a father, George thought it’s his responsibility to kill Lennie to payback the life of

In the book Lennie is discriminated against Crooks. Crooks takes advantage of Lennie’s lack of metal capacity, Crooks was subjected to racial hatred as the hands of white people and uses Lennie to get back at them. Crooks implies that George won’t come back and he’ll be alone.

Lennie being mentally much less able gives the ideal opportunity to help exercise some authority in Crooks‘ life. Page 71 for instance, “S’pose George don’t come back no more. (…) What’ll you do then?” is terminative. By this stage of the chapter, there has been a power shift. Crooks is fully aware of the distress this would cause Lennie, as he would struggle to manage alone. The terminative comments are cruel and are linked to his jealousy of the companionship of George and Lennie, page 71 one quotes a “private victory” and even pleasure in some way. Steinbeck is presenting the bad streak that loneliness is drawing from Crooks, as a minority character.

A piece of text from the book Of Mice and Men says that, “Guys like us got no family. They make a little stake an’ then they blow it. They ain’t got nobody in the worl’ that gives a hoot in [heck] about ‘em” (Steinbeck 104). Therefore, George was pointing out to Lennie that they have what most guys in their time period don’t, they have each other and George is telling Lennie that that’s how he wants it to stay. George doesn’t want to kill Lennie, but he feels like has to. George is going to regret this in his future. A different quote I found is when George and Lennie are talking, “Lennie said ‘I thought you was mad at me, George.’ ‘No, Lennie. I ain’t mad. I never been mad, an’ I ain’t now. That’s the thing I want ya to know’” (Steinbeck 106). Therefore, this quote tells us that George doesn’t want to kill Lennie, but he feels as if he needs to. Lennie was George’s only family and George wants Lennie to know that before he kills him. George cares about Lennie and George is not going to be happy after Lennie is gone for a little bit. The act of George killing Lennie is

In John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, George and Lennie arrive on a ranch where they are told to work. Through experiences with the other ranch hands, many things do not go as expected. This shows the theme of being able to handle plans going awry. Though these issues are not always detrimental or fatal, they were for both Lennie and his acquaintances. In both my personal experience of everything going wrong in a play, and Lennie’s mistakes in Of Mice and Men, the theme of being able to handle a plan going awry stays true throughout.

Lennie starts having a conversation to Crooks, but he keeps babbling about the promises to keep their farm a secret. George is basically the brain of Lennie, without him he'll be in trouble.

‘I guess way back in my head I did’ ” ( p. 94) George knew this day was coming. When he found out, he lost hope that Lennie wouldn't get in trouble. He knows that he will now be alone and the hope of having a friend is over.

He knew that it was his responsibility to kill Lennie. He killed Lennie because he was responsible for him. George also killed him because he did not want to feel guilty or bad like Candy. George also didn’t want Lennie to have a painful death by the hands of Curley’s gang. He knew that it would be best for him and Lennie for him to do it himself. He wanted Lennie to feel comfortable and he wanted to tell him how he felt. George says “No, Lennie. I ain’t mad. I never been mad an’ I ain’t now. That’s a thing I want you to know”(Steinbeck 106). George did the right

“And it don't matter. It's just the talking.” This shows that Crooks is probably a hidden conversationalist. He likely loves having conversations, but that’s not possible for him anymore. “It's just bein' with another guy. That's all." More so, it’s the company aspect of having a friend that is more important than merely talking. “S’pose George don’t come back no more.” Crooks went from being friendly to attacking Lennie’s only weakness, George. “What’ll you do then?” Crooks wants Lennie to imagine how he would be without George. George is the only one caring for Lennie, essentially protecting Lennie from himself. Lennie cries: “He won’t do it,” right before he becomes nearly hysterical. Lennie cannot fathom a life without George. It’s nearly identical to a toddler realizing they are lost in a mall without their parents. “Crooks’ face lighted with pleasure in his torture.” Crooks acts very sadistic in this particular passage. He knows very well how attached Lennie is to George. They have one of the most recognizable friendships on the ranch. Crooks does not want that to be - he wants everyone to feel how he

This is what most consider the climax of the novel. From what the novel says about Lennie, he is someone that is not so bright. Countless times George has to tell him to be quiet or not to do something. George is not the most gentle man either, this is shown through how he treats animals. The first incident is when Lennie has a mouse. “That mouse ain’t fresh, Lennie; and besides, you’ve broke it pettin’ it.” (Steinbeck pg. 9) Because of the shear size of Lennie, it does not take much force to apply pain to something. This being said, him even petting a mouse in his pocket kills the poor rodent. The second incident of Lennie being rough around animals is with Slim’s pups. When Slim speaks of having some pups Lennie takes interest fairly quickly. Slim allows Lennie to hold one and eventually take one. Later on in the novel, Lennie is in the barn while the other boys play horseshoes. Little do they know, Lennie had killed that pup Slim gave him. “I was jus’ playin’ with him . . . an’ he made like he’s gonna bite me . . . an’ I made like I was gonna smack him . . . an’ . . . an’ I done it. An’ then he was dead.” (Steinbeck pg. 87) The final incident where Lennie shows some bad behavior is when he kills Curley’s wife. These events all end in tragedy, the untimely death of Lennie. George and the others knew that it was the right thing to do. George decides he should be the one to do it, with Carlson’s gun. This leads the reader to believe karma was involved in Lennie’s death. All of the lives he took eventually made it so he had to be too.

George and Lennie were best friends for a long time—more like brothers. Lennie isn’t the brightest bulb in the box, so George couldn’t really get mad at him when he accidentally killed Curley’s wife, due to the soft feel of her hair—which he truly adored too much that he killed her by accident. “…’I ain’t mad. I never been mad, an’ I ain’t now. That’s a thing I want ya to know’”(101). The two had planned a future together—a future in their own dream ranch. A ranch where no trouble they’d cross or cross them. Right before George put him out from the back of the head with the Luger, he made Lennie think of their future home—their ranch and the rabbits Lennie would tend. “’You…an’ me. Ever’body gonna be nice to you. Ain’t gonna be no more trouble. Nobody gonna hurt nobody nor steal from ‘em’”(101). This shows you how much George cares for Lennie, no matter how big the crime is. He’d always be there to help Lennie get right back up to his feet, make him forget all his worries, and move on like nothing happened. I hereby state that I strongly believe George was the right person to kill Lennie, therefore made the right decision to, rather than to let him suffer in the hands of Curley.

George is always taking his anger out on Lennie by yelling at him as he believes this is the way it will get through to Lennie but this does not prevail and leaves George angrier than when he began shouting at Lennie. As this reoccurring annoyance towards Lennie happens even at the ranch it is acknowledged by one character; Crooks talks to Lennie in the barn, “Sometimes he talks, and you don’t know what the hell he’s talkin’ about. Ain’t that so?” (Page 69). George has no other friendship with anybody else, as he travels alone in life except for one disturbance, Lennie. As ill-fated as it is, Lennie is seen as a disturbance and obstruction to George. Even though Lennie may be very handy, he’s neither bright nor intelligent. In realism, it appears as though George himself is trying to escape the feeling of emptiness and the reality of loneliness. However he just finds himself unable to bond with Lennie in any way, leaving him trying to play his one man game with his unfortunate hindrance partner.

Lennie is an innocent, unknowing of what's going on around him type of person. All he really knows is that he likes things that feel soft and that is what ends up getting him kill. He is so focused on not having George mad at him and not letting him tend to the rabbits that he accidentally kills Curley's wife. “"Don't you go yellin'," he said, and he shook her; and her body flopped like a fish. And then she was still, for Lennie had broken her neck.”(xx) Lennie just killed Curley's wife and he has done a lot of bad things but never murdered someone. This is the last straw for George and when he hunts him down in the woods, he kills Lennie because he is at a loss of hope for Lennie. Lennie has a tendency to kill small animals by accident and

The act of helping Lennie comes from George’s thoughtfulness that aids Lennie in certain situations. Moreover, George’s care makes others question the compassion he feels for Lennie, for instance, Crooks says “” Well, I never seen one guy take so much so much trouble for another guy”” (Steinbeck 22). Other characters such as Crooks share the pain of loneliness. Crooks race places a part of why he is alone as well as Candy’s relationship with his dog. The deep connection in which George and Lennie have is rare in the novella’s time period and location. The protection that Lennie receives from George demonstrates the sacrifice for life and brotherhood.