How Does Steinbeck Present Lennie's Relationship In Of Mice And Men

One of the most astounding books Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, took place in one of the darkest time period in American History, the Great Depression. The setting of the book took place in a small country town in Soledad California, near the Salinas River. This book introduces the two main characters, George Milton, and Lennie Small with real life struggles of being migrant farm workers for a ranch. The story opens up with one of the many conflicts that George and Lennie will face throughout the whole story; George and Lennie running away from Weed after feeling a girls red dress. Although Lennie commits certain acts of violence in Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck portrays Lennie Small as having the traits common to the innocent archetype.

George is out playing horseshoes with the men, while Lennie however, was in the barn with the pups, then Curley’s wife walked in. For the duration of the novel, Curley’s wife, was known as a tart, and as a troublemaker, for this reason, George told Lennie to stay away from her. Lennie begins to touch her soft hair, after she had said it was ok, but he was petting it much to hard, angering her. She repeatedly told him to stop, she tried moving away, but Lennie was in a panic and grabbed on to her hair. She began to struggle and scream and Lennie tried to make her calm

His love of soft things instantly overwhelms the rest of his thoughts. His mental disability causes him to forget everything George taught him: about not going near her, about how she is trouble. Even though he didn’t want any trouble, her hair reminds him of the rabbits. As soon as Curley’s wife starts to get uncomfortable and asks him to stop, Lennie can’t. Curley’s wife is suddenly in horror, so she yells out for help. Upon hearing this, Lennie instantaneously cups his massive hands around her mouth and nose, knowing what consequences will follow if he gets caught in trouble again. Lennie’s childish actions causes Curley’s wife to start suffocate until he eventually breaks her neck. It takes a few moments for Lennie to react to what he has done an then he remembers whar George told him to do if he got in to trouble, “Lennie if you jus’ happen to get in trouble like you always done before, want you to come right here an’ hide in the brush” . This is the only thought he can think of at this point, so he sets out for the river.

Of Mice and Men is the classic tale by John Steinbeck of two men trying to achieve the American Dream. But things are not going great for George and Lennie. They move from town to town trying to get a job to be able to afford to get their own property, which is made more difficult by the fact the novel takes place during the Great Depression. Besides the obvious effect of the poverty caused by the Great Depression on the characters that it is the reason George and Lennie are migrant workers, it also causes the characters, not just George and Lennie, to be more suspicious and distrustful of those around them. The setting in which this novel takes place, the Great Depression, causes most of the characters to isolate themselves, everyone except

Crooks experiences discrimination on the ranch. Crooks sleeps in a barn instead of the bunkhouse where all of the other men sleep. When Lennie first walks into Crooks’ room, Crooks gets defensive and announces, “‘You go on get outta my room. I ain’t wanted in the bunk house, and you ain’t wanted in my room’” (65). Crooks alienates himself from society, because he thinks that society has alienated him. He desires to be included. Crooks wants to punish the men for not allowing him in the bunk house. Crooks feels rejected. Crooks describes to Lennie why the ranch workers do not want him near them: “‘Cause I’m black. They play cards in there, but I can’t play because I’m black. They say I stink’” (65). Since the workers do not include him, Crooks thinks that he does not belong at the ranch. His self esteem diminishes when the men isolate him for something he can not change. Finally, Lennie reveals his dreams of owning a farm to Crooks. Crooks acts skeptical of the idea when he explains, “‘I seen hunderds of

George the smaller leader and Lennie the mentally challenged friend. They travel around looking for jobs. They get a job at a farm when Lennie accidentally kills curley's wife. Which makes George do the unthinkable and kill his friend. This all takes place in California during the dust bowl. George is the protagonist in the book of mice and men by John Steinbeck. Lennie is the antagonist in the novella.

“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

After he has killed Curley’s wife and he runs to the brush, he is apprehensive and scared of what is to come, which makes him more of an animal than ever before. Everything has settled down, and now he has to focus on how George will react. Lennie is compared to a bear many times throughout this book, and this shows the reader that he is dehumanized and is basically degraded into

Lennie loves to pet soft objects, and he’s obsessed with mice and rabbits because he loves how nice their fur feels. Every time he pets things he likes, he always gets himself into trouble. In the very beginning of the book, George and Lennie have to run away from a town. They need to escape because a woman accuses Lennie of raping her but all he did was pet her soft dress. When the women started screaming Lennie got afraid and held on. Lennie doesn't understand right from wrong when it comes to situations like this.. “Jus’ wanted to feel that girl’s dress-jus’ wanted to pet it like it was a mouse.”(Doc B) This dialogue from Lennie shows how he can’t control himself. Later in the book Lennie gets a puppy that he can pet without harming it. Lennie ends up petting it too hard and kills the puppy. “I di’n’t know you’d get killed so easy.” (Doc B) This quote shows how Lennie didn’t mean to harm the puppy. When Curley's wife talks with Lennie and tells him he can pet her hair, things don’t turn out well. While lennie pets Curley's wife's hair, she yells many times “Let go!” This startles Lennie and he ends up snapping her neck by accident. John Steinbeck foreshadows Curley's Wife's death by showing how when Lennie pets soft things, he gets in trouble or ends up killing what he’s

Curley, an amateur boxer, was a small man who hated big guys like Lennie; one time, Curley tried to start a fight with Lennie. Lennie ended up breaking Curley’s hand, and Curley is still mad at Lennie. “Curley came back to life ‘I know who done it… I’m gonna get him, I’m going for my shotgun… I’ll shoot ‘im in the guts’ Curley ran furiously out of the barn” (Steinback 96), Curley wanted to kill Lennie out of spite for accidentally killing his wife. If Lennie was not put down by George, Curley would have caught them and found a way to painfully execute Lennie. After Candy let Carlson put down his old dog for him, he felt that he should have done it himself. George knew he had to be the one that killed Lennie because he would feel guilt if it was not him. He had remembered when Candy let Carlson put Candy’s dog down and how upset Candy was, and George knew he had to make sure Lennie went in a peaceful way, thinking about the

From the book Lennie says, “‘I wouldn’t never forget to feed them. When we gon’ta do it, George?’ ‘In one month. Right squack in one month…’” (61) From this you can tell that George and Lennie share the same dream and they both want it to happen. Their dream may become a reality and they’re also getting other people to come with them and share the same dream as them such as Candy. “‘S’pose I went in with you guys.’” From the book you can tell that Curly is thinking about joining them in their dream of owning their own ranch. Even though their dream may not become a reality they still believe it

Then Candy starts to get mad and says that they already have all the money and they’ll be out of here by next month. Crooks was so surprised that he even suggested if he could join them, however next thing they knew Curley's wife showed up and asks about Curley even though she already knows where he's at. They all tell her to go away or their will be trouble, and Crooks goes as far as to tell the boss. Curley's wife wasn’t going to have none of it and threatens him to tell everyone that he threw himself on her, which for a colored man to do to a white woman back then was a very bad accusation punishable by death. Candy then tries to change the conversation by saying that he can hear the other coming back, which makes Curley's wife run off. Finally before Lennie and George left, Crooks told Candy to forget about what he said, and he was doum to think that he could live in such a

“In a moment Slim came back into the bunkhouse. He looked at Lennie, still crouched fearfully against the wall. ‘Let’s see your hands,’ he asked.

While waiting to begin their work, George and Lennie met the boss’s son, Curley, who has a little bit of a Napoleon Complex. Curley asserts his power right away by demanding that Lennie answer when he is spoken to. George warns Lennie to avoid Curley so they don’t get into trouble again. Later, Curley’s wife comes into the doorway of the bunkhouse “looking” for Curley. Lennie gets mesmerized by her beauty, but an old swamper named Candy lets them know that she has the “eye”, which means she is a flirtatious woman. George tells Lennie to stay away from her too. A while later, Curley came into the bunkhouse finding Lennie laughing and smiling. Thinking he is laughing at him, Curley gets angry and moves toward Lennie beginning to punch him. George told Lennie to let him have it so Lennie caught Curley’s hand and completely crushed it. The jerkline skinner, Slim, told Curley that his hand got caught in a machine to cover up the embarrassment and so Lennie wouldn’t get in trouble. The next day while the other guys were playing horseshoes, Lennie was in the barn, petting his puppy that he had accidentally killed. Curley’s wife wandered into the barn saw Lennie and wanted to have a conversation with him. He resisted at

Crooks, Curley, Candy and Curley 's wife are all lonely, but all for different reasons such as discrimination and prejudice. Crooks is a black man who has always been pushed aside from every group. He is treated as second class, he