When the Great Depression was rampant, a lot of people would live job-to-job, just to get by. In the novel Of Mice And Men, by John Steinbeck, George and Lennie have an odd relationship by how it's both positive and negative. George and Lennie were chased out of a town called Weed, because Lennie was feeling a girl's skirt; the girl had been scared by Lennie, and tried to run away, but Lennie wouldn't let go. After being chased out of Weed, George and Lennie rode a bus south, away from Weed, but were dropped off a few miles back, George and Lennie had to walk the rest of the way, until the came to the ranch. After killing a dog and someone's wife, Lennie was chased out of the ranch, and killed by George, to keep Lennie from a painful death. George and Lennie's relationship is uniquely positive and negative because of Lennie's mental incappability, George's short temper, and how George kills Lennie an the end of the novel. Lennie's mental incappacility brings negativity towards the relationship. '"I forgot," Lennie said softly. "I tried not to forget. Honest to God I did, George"' (Steinbeck 12). Lennie is 'retarded', or slow of the mind; his abillity to use his brain as well as George is very limited. Always forgeting what George tells him, he is angered with Lennie as he always needs to remind him what to do. When George reminds Lennie of what to do, he's going to forget it again. Lennie's has the mentality of a child. "I done another bad thing" (178). Lennie has
The author John Steinbeck presents the relationship between the two characters, George and Lennie in different ways as they are both different characters and have different personalities. He presents it like a parent and child relationship, with George being the parent and Lennie the child.
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.
Lennie’s mental disability is one of his most defining traits of how he tends to forget everything. The origin of his mental disability is unclear but his mind seems to be like a two year old and forget everything. George seems to stick around Lennie because he cares for him but most importantly for his disability. In the first chapter when Lennie and George are settling down by the
The Great Depression affected millions of people in America, two of those people affected were George and Lennie. George and Lennie are migrant workers that struck a job in California. George can be described as the brains of the partnership, while Lennie is more of the muscle. In the story Lennie has a fascination with feeling soft objects. This later gets them in trouble in the town of Weed. Once they get to the job, they go months will no big problems. Until, Lennie accidentally killed The owner’s son’s wife. After this happened Lennie ran off, and all the workers went to go find him and kill him. George does find Lennie before any of the other workers, and even with the chance to escape, he shoots Lennie. In John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, the murder of Lennie was not Justified.
In the book, Lennie is viewed as a very forgetful character. In the book Lennie says, “I forgot again George.” This trait of forgetfulness that Lennie has effects those around him, especially George. At the beginning of the book, George tells Lennie that he would be better off without him because Lennie is the reason why he can’t keep a job. This effects Lennie because despite his best efforts, he finds a way to hurt the ones he cares about. This situation makes readers feel sympathy towards Lennie because he can’t help forgetting everything and it must be very frustrating for not only him, but to George as
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
Lennie and George have a stunning relationship throughout the story.The fact that George could just leave Lennie in Salinas River where he raped the the girl with the red dress,George could have just let him go to jail where nobody knows why he done that except George his only friend .Lennie Small is huge and lumbering and, in many ways, the opposite of George Milton. Where George has sharp features and definite lines, Lennie is "shapeless." Often he is described in terms of animals. He lumbers like a bear and has the strength of a bear, but his actions are often described like those of a dog.
George and Lennie’s relationship in the book “Of Mice and Men” is very strange. They have a type of relationship that the world would see in a parent and child lifestyle. George stays with Lennie because he knows Lennie needs him, and Lennie stays with George because he knows he cannot live on his own. There are both positive and negative things about George and Lennie’s relationship.
In this chapter of the novel, Steinbeck uses a lot of visual elements, strong dialect,
Over the course of the story, John Steinbeck is attempting to show that the relationship that George and Lennie have is one that can be hard to understand at certain times. Sometimes, George is very nice to Lennie, whereas at other times, it appears as if he doesn't want anything to do with him. Both of the men
Of Mice and Men Novel For some people, being by yourself is probably an ideal thing, but when you have a great friend to travel with, the majority of people will go with them. Listening to each other throughout your travels, you would never be lonely. Lennie and George are the two great friends who travel together, facing all odds. “Friendship is held to be the severest test of character.
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.
“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.
From the beginning George and Lennie had already been through tough situations. They’d been chased by police, lost many jobs because of Lennie, and all while dreaming of their own perfect life. George and lennie stay together because truly one cannot go on without the other. Lennie needs George as like a parental figure and ennie gives George a sense of purpose. The two encountered countless difficulties while on the farm, such as Curly and and flirtatious wife.
In the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck love, loyalty and friendship is hown throughout the book. In this book George and Lennie are the only two men that are not lonely. George and Lennie had been together since Lennie’s aunt Clara died. Since then Lennie has followed George and they have been working together. They have been through alot together. Like the life they left behind. Lennie got in trouble once for touching girls dress and she was yelling and screaming . They had to leave before they would get caught and killed. During this book they have each others back and they have a really close relationship out of the other men in the book.