“A wise man’s goal shouldn’t be to say something profound but to say something useful” (Criss Jami). The title of the novella is Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. The novella is about two men who have been friends since their childhood, George being the brighter one and Lennie’s personality is more like a child’s. George and Lennie make their way to a ranch after running away from their previous one because Lennie had done something wrong. George tells Lennie not to mess around here, but an incident still occurs which puts Lennie in trouble once again. Slims overall personality type is that he is wise because he is portrayed to be considerate, reserved, and insightful, these traits affect the other characters because they all look up to Slim
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.
What does relationship really mean? Relationship mean the way in which two or more concepts, objects, or people are connected, or the state of being connected. The meaning of a good relationship is presented In the Book Of Mice And Men by John Steinbeck. There are two characters named George and Lennie these characters both have a strong relationship with each other, George and Lennie are best friends and have been traveling with each other their entire life. Both George and Lennie have to rely on each other to get through anything in their way to keep their relationship strong. Yet this type of relationship could also be found in the Novel Romeo And Juliet. Romeo And Juliet is a novel about two teenagers that have a deep love for each
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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.
Have you ever wondered what a true friend is? Someone who listens to what you say, helps you with things that are troubling you and watches out for you? In the book “Of Mice and Men” Lennie and George understand the true meaning of friendship. George and Lennie are true friends in the story.
"'No- look! I was jus' foolin', Lennie. 'Cause I want you to stay with me.'"
George and Lennie`s relationship is not one sided because, it help`s George not get pushed around, if George is ever going to be a father he has experience from babying Lennie around and, Lennie is always getting advice.
At the end of the novel, George is faced with a tough decision of whether to kill his best friend and companion Lennie, or let him face the consequences of what he has done. George is placed in this predicament because Lennie has found himself in trouble once again. Lennie likes to stroke pretty soft things and becomes entranced with Curley’s wife’s hair, with which she lets him play. After a while, Curley’s wife begins to get angry and starts jerking away, which makes Lennie panic causing him to hold on tighter. Not knowing his on strength, he pulls on her neck too hard accidently killing her. Lennie is mentally handicapped and only realizes he has done something wrong but cannot comprehend the gravity of the situation. He only remembers the
Have you ever had a goal that you dreamt about it. That was the case for George and Lennie in John Steinbeck's novel Of Mice And Men. All that George and Lennie wanted was a farm, they saved up close to 400 dollars with candys help. Everything was going as planned when Lennie did something that would change their lives forever.
The novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck takes place during the Great Depression in California. At the beginning of the story, the reader is introduced to the two main characters, George Milton and Lennie Small. George is a small, quick man with strong, defined features. Lennie Small was the exact opposite. He was a strong, huge man with a shapeless face and no intelligence. George and Lennie make their way to a new job on ranch, trying to put their past behind them, and their dream is to own their own piece of land and farm. Although Lennie never means any harm, he unintentionally kills a woman, and then he runs away. George finds Lennie, but he is forced to kill him because George would rather have to do it then someone else. Of Mice and
Do you ever think I wonder if I’m having the same dream as someone. George and Lennie have many dreams, but the biggest dream they have is being able to live together and have their own farm. Lennie has a slight obsession with rabbits and has dreams that when they have their farm and live comfortably Lennie says he wants rabbits. “Lets have different colored rabbits; George” “Sure we will lennie.” “Red and blue and green rabbits lennis millions of’em” “Furry ones, George” (Steinbeck P. 16) George has dreams of being able to grown their own food and not have to buy from the market, "All kin's a vegetables in the garden, and if we want a little whisky we can sell a few eggs or something, or some milk.” (Steinbeck P. 14). The outside source I
“The best plans of Mice and Men, often go awry.” In the poem “To a Mouse,” Robert Burns explains that even the most trustworthy plans can crash and burn. In John Steinbeck’s novel, Of Mice and Men, George and Lennie are best friends who travel from ranch to ranch in search of work and wealth. The men are hungry for money because they are saving up to one day have their own ranch. Lennie has a mental disability, so George is often described as his caretaker.
The novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck takes place on a ranch a few miles outside of Soledad, in a valley called Salinas during the Great Depression in California. The novel is about two itinerant ranch hands, George and Lennie, who stick together and dream of one day owning their own farm. Unfortunately, this dream, along with Lennie, dies when George makes the difficult decision of killing his friend Lennie after he accidentally snaps a woman’s neck towards the end of the novel. George’s action of killing Lennie at the end of the novel was incorrect.
The setting takes place during the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl George and Lennie are both migrant works who depend on farm work for money. George and Lennie's relationship is different than any other relationship two men have because George is smart and Lennie has a mental disability and is a regular burden on George, but they both are always complementing each other, George and Lennie are friends. There is no family relation between these two men. George takes care of Lennie because he is mentally handicapped and he feels a social responsibility to help him. However, in many ways Lennie takes care of George as well. They lost jobs because Lennie can't control his strength and he is always bothering George about his strength, but George
George and Lennie encounter a vast amount of problems throughout the story. One of them being survival. Since Lennie cannot take care of himself George looks after him, which makes survival twice as hard for George. George even says on page five to six, “I could get along so easy and so nice if I didn’t have you on my tail. I could live so easy and maybe have a girl.”