How is George and Lennie’s relationship presented as different to others on the ranch?
Of Mice and Men is based in the time of the ‘Great Depression’ in America in the 1930’s. The two main characters are George and Lennie who are very close friends, roaming around America together looking for work. Their friendship is so unique and foreign to their surrounding people, and at that time having one true friend was very rare because men didn’t have time to worry about other people, they just did their work and got their money. Their friendship is what makes the story so special, Steinbeck shows George and Lennie’s similarities and differences to other characters in the book to boldly show how unique they are.
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Not jus’ one, neither. An’ a guy tol’ me he could put me in pitchers...” Steinbeck is showing us how angry Curley’s wife is, feeling trapped all of the time, by asking constant pushy questions.
Another moment in the chapter which shows how George and Lennie’s relationship is presented as different to others on the ranch is when Curley’s wife asks Lennie how he got bruises on his face. Steinbeck makes Lennie’s answer loyal to George and show that he trusts everything George says. Lennie replies with “He got his han’ caught in a machine”
In chapter 5, the event which occurs is Lennie kills Curley’s Wife and Curley decides to hunt for Lennie and kill him. Lennie is in the barn and Curley’s wife then joins trying to talk to Lennie. She’s always complaining about how lonely she is and asks why Lennie can’t talk to her. Lennie obedient to George replies with “George says I ain’t to have nothing to do with you-talk to you or nothing.” Every time Curley’s wife tries to speak to Lennie, he will always be loyal to George, and his big mouth leads him to say the exact words which George says, sometimes what he shouldn’t say. She complains about how she can’t talk to anybody “You can talk to people, but I can’t talk to nobody but Curley. Else he gets mad. How’d you like not to talk to anybody?” Here she explains that if she talks to anyone, her one person
Of Mice and Men follows George Milton and Lennie Small in an adventure to get their American Dream. It takes place in 1930’s Soledad, California. The novella, by John Steinbeck, focuses on topics of friendship, masculinity, the American Dream, poverty, loneliness, injustice, and mercy. George and Lennie's’ relationship, has a distinct mentor and protegee dynamic.
”So he reaches out to feel this red dress an’ the girl lets out a squawk, and that gets Lennie all mixed up, and he holds on ‘cause that’s the only thing he can think to do”(Steinbeck 41). After this George helps Lennie leave the town so he doesn’t go to a mental institute. George is always looking out for Lennie and will not let anything happen to him.
John Steinbeck's novel, Of Mice and Men, is about two guys during the Great Depression in California, moving around working from place to place. The men, George and Lennie have a unique friendship, although one of the guys, Lennie, is slow, and not brilliant, but big and strong. Due to his slowness, he causes both of them trouble, and ends them up with getting fired or in some case chased. After a job experience at a ranch, George decides to kill Lennie because he believes its for the best.
Of Mice and Men is a novella written by well-known John Steinbeck, which takes place during the Great Depression, and is published in 1937.The story starts with our two main characters, George and Lennie, two migrant workers, who are on their way to their new workplace which is near the Salinas River in California. Despite the differences of their appearance, they both have a same dream to make more money now in order to achieve their future American dream and have a better life. In addition, their true friendship bonds George and Lennie together, and the trust they have even made them the best company.
Her attempts to make connections with the other men on the ranch are met with refusal. George states “I don't care what she says and what she does, leave her be. " By her actions of looking for approval in other men, she’s being cruel to her husband Curley. This leads to Curley feeling insecure about his wife’s interactions with others, he resorts to being aggressive and controlling with the other men on the ranch. For example, when he finds out about the incident with Lennie, he turns to violence, “Blood ran down Lennie’s face and George slapped him again and again.”
“Of Mice and Men is a novella written by John Steinbeck. It takes place in the 1900s sometime around the Great Depression era. Two men, Lennie and George are looking for work as farm-hands. Lennie has some mental disabilities and is large/strong. George on the other hand, has a sharp mind, but he is not as strong as Lennie.
The opuscule, “Of Mice and Men”, written by John Steinbeck, depicts the life of a lower-class laborer during the Great Depression through the relationship of rancher duo George Milton and Lennie Small. (Insert Mini Summary essentials) George stays with Lennie because he feels obligated to and because he needs Lennie’s companionship in what feels like a lonely world. By showing readers the value and purity in George and Lennie’s strained relationship, Steinbeck communicates the importance and value of camaraderie.
Of Mice and Men is a short novel about the story of two migrant workers who are best friends during the Great Depression (Goldhurst 49). The setting is the Salinas Valley in California, and the majority of the characters are unskilled migratory workers who do what their name implies. They travel from towns and ranches and farms looking for work and eventually move on to find another job. John Steinbeck puts the spotlight on two migratory workers who dream to finally settle down by saving money to buy their own land. One of the main characters is George Milton, a smart, small, sensitive, and kindhearted man, who is the leader of the duo. The other main character is Lennie Small, who is oversized, mentally challenged, physically powerful,
When Curley’s wife is letting out her frustration of always be lonely, she says, “‘Think I don’t like to talk to somebody ever’ once in a while? Think I like to stick in that house alla time?’” (Steinbeck 77). Curley’s wife likes to talk to the other guys a lot because she has no one else to talk to, but the men take it in the wrong way. Since the men don’t correctly understand her intentions, they try to ignore, which makes Curley’s wife more alone. She explains, “‘I get lonely,’ she said, ‘You can talk to people, but I can’t talk to nobody but Curley. Else gets mad’” (Steinbeck 87). Curley, her husband, really limits the people she talks to. Because Curley does not want her talking to other men and there are only men at the ranch, Curley restricts her to talking to no one except himself. With the combination of being the only women and the restriction of only being able to talk to Curley, Curley’s wife is unfortunately isolated at the
Experiencing the horrible and panful misfortune that many people faced in the 1930s due to the great depression John Steinbeck wrote one of the most critically acclaimed novellas Of Mice and Men. The novella follows the story of two migrant ranch workers George and Lennie who while trying to find work develop a close friendship and share a dream of one day owning their own land. But beneath the surface of what seems like a simple tale of two unlikely friends is a much deeper story and inside of those who were accepted and those who were marginalised. John Steinbeck has ability in his writing to touch the readers and convey his messages of friendship, race, alienation and misogyny that were very present in the 1930s throw his characters Crooks,
The two main characters that are focused on throughout the novel are George and Lennie, an inseparable pair of migratory farm workers. The way John Steinbeck describes his characters’ lives is realistic to the Great Depression and the 1930s. Although it is a work of fiction, Of Mice and Men is influenced by the
George and Lennie, the main characters of the book, are traveling together to find a new job and along the way they hit many obstacles. This is a companion book for Of Mice and Men and it is written by John Steinbeck. In the novel, George and Lennie are living in Soledad California in the Great Depression during the 1930s. They have been dreaming about owning their own farm and all they need to do is make money at their new job. This companion book is about the setting, characters, actions, and the relationships between the characters. It also talks about the past, a big fight that happened, the American Dream for the characters, and saying goodbye to other characters. “A thriller, a gripping tale… That you will not set down until it is finished. Steinbeck has touched the quick.” - The New York Times MAKE THIS BETTER
The novel Of Mice and Men written by John Steinbeck is set in America in the 1930’s and it describes the lives of migrant farmers as they go from farm to farm looking for jobs. It also shows the loneliness of the characters and the hard work that they put in. The main characters of the book are Lennie, a man-child, and George, a small man but very powerful character that takes care of Lennie in their journey. Also when they get to the farm they meet the bosses wife who is very lonely and looks for company in the workers. Steinbeck uses characterization to bring his characters to life using various techniques.
John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men is a fictional novel featuring the lives of George Milton and Lennie Small in the Salinas Valley of California during the Great Depression and George Milton perpetually cared for his mentally slow friend, Lennie Small, but especially after the passing of Lennie’s Aunt Clara. The inseparable pair travels together to find work to gather enough money and fulfill their dream of being independent. Unfortunately, every time they find work, their dream gets farther and farther away because Lennie consistently discovers trouble and forces the pair to flee. This time, they are fleeing from a town called Weed to a ranch to find work as ranch hands. John Steinbeck teaches us numerous lessons in this novel, two lessons taught include having to sacrifice something for a loved one and that sometimes dreams are better to be thought about than achieved.
Lennie gets into a lot of trouble because he likes to touch soft things; this is part of his mental disability is the need for that. “Lennie's big fingers fell into stroking her hair.”’He shook her.” (Steinbeck 90, 91) Where Lennie works there is a guy named Curley and he has a wife that is just considered “Curley's wife” she does not have a name. This woman likes to mess around with the guys although this time she messed with more than by talking to Lennie. She allows Lennie to feel her soft hair but then he latches on eventually killing her. Lennie realizes what he did ran away. He has now touched two people causing extreme trouble. When George found out what Lennie did he chased after Lennie like he's done before. This makes George's life so much harder because he does not know if he will be able to work or even know if Lennie might do it again. George gets annoyed because Lennie was his friend but who can be friends with a guy that is always making life