Lennie's Relationship In Of Mice And Men

In the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck succeeded in making Lennie a sympathetic character because he is childlike, kind, and unintelligent. Two men, George and Lennie are just arriving at a new job after getting kicked out of their last job. They arrive at their job searching for their American Dream. To be able to live on their own piece of land with their own harvest and their own rabbits. The second man Lennie is a big man who doesn’t understand how strong he is. He’s not the brightest and his kind, childlike features make you want to root for him. When things don’t go his way you feel bad for him. Steinbeck does a great job of making you feel sympathetic for Lennie

George and Lennie have a strong bond of friendship that makes them both feel like they are actually somebody. For example, “ ‘I been mean ain’t I?’ ‘If you don’t want me I can go off in the hills an’ find a cave. I can go away any time.’ ‘No—look! I was jus’ foolin, Lennie, cause I want you to stay with me.’” (p.14) This shows that George actually wants Lennie to be thought of as one of his friends, not as a doll that he can just kick around. The quote also shows that George cares for Lennie tremendously and really understands how Lennie feels. Secondly, Lennie feels the same way back at George “But not us! An’ why? Because…. Because I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that’s why.” (p.15). This is a good example

Lennie’s character in the book can represent the child or the fool in the story. All throughout the story he shows signs of resembling a child. He throws tantrums, whines, and complains about things just like a child would. For example, when Lennie tries to sneak the puppy into the bunkhouse and George takes it from

George had finally realized that his actions were harmful to Lennie and because of this realization, he had changed, George was much more aware of Lennie’s childish behaviors and went easier on him, and got him out of a lot of trouble although he still was a little abusive and rude. But George’s new treatment towards Lennie gets makes him lose all of his jobs, “You can’t keep a job and you lose me ever’ job I get. Jus’ keep me shovin’ all over the country all the time” (11). George’s relationship and attitude towards Lennie changed as time went, so naturally, it changed again while the two worked at their new jobs on the

Lennie tends to grab things and hold on to it and not let it go. He gets nervous and doesn’t think. He doesn’t know his own strength. The reason why I say this is because in the beginning George was talking about how Lennie killed a mouse just by petting it. He gets too carried away and pet’s too hard he ends up hurting them without meaning to. Again with the puppy he does the same thing. Lennie really lives the puppy and wants to protect it. But in the end he feels guilty for what he has done. Then again happened the same thing to Curley’s wife. She lets Lennie touch her hair to show Lennie how soft it is. She told Lennie to stop because it was messing up her hair. Then she jerked away and again her grabbed on her tight like a mouse and eventually kills

Relationships are based on give and take. Three things that Lennie contributes to his friendship with George and vice versa are easily shown through the text. Lennie contributes by being the main breadwinner, his strength, and how he understands George. Lennie is the main breadwinner because he is strong and a fast learner. Lennie’s strength helps and hinders the friendship. His strength can help with work but it can also hurt when he doesn’t realize how strong he truly is in fights. Lennie also understands George. George says multiple times that he wouldn’t be the same without his “brother”. George contributes with his brains, helping Lennie keep on track, and being a smooth talker. Lennie has got into a lot of trouble, but George is always there to save him. George is the one that is able to keep Lennie on track and get the jobs they need. His brains also help when he has to speak for Lennie, because if Lennie

“If you want to find out who’s a true friend, screw up or go through a challenging time… Then see who sticks around.” Karen Salomsohn’s words are about friendship. Salomsohn is suggesting that in tough times only true friends stay by your side. This idea is prominent in Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, in the example of George and Lennie, two close friends and traveling buddies. George sticks around Lennie despite his childish behavior, even though sometimes George gets fed up and even at times wants to leave Lennie. Lennie tends to “do bad things” yet George is always by his side to help him resolve it. George protects Lennie, cares for Lennie and does the right thing by killing Lennie. Overall, George is a true friend to Lennie, as he

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

Friendship 8: Curley's wife tries repeatedly to assure Lennie that it's okay for him to talk to her. Like most of the characters in the book, she also feels a need for companionship. Her self-centered and aggressive husband does not fill this need.

Yes George's final treatment of Lennie in this chapter proves Lennie wrong because Lennie thought they were both close and that they were both gonna be close friends for a long time but with the imaginary rabbit Lennie says that George has never hurt him and that he's nice and that he ain't gonna be mean anymore or harm but yes he George proved Lennie a lot wrong first he lied. And when George shoots Lennie we can interpret this act in any way other than mean because Who or what in the novel was killed in the same way as Lennie ... No .Who says this phrase and why does he say it: "If George don't want me..... I'll go away. I'll go away". Lennie when he thinks about how much trouble he causes George. Lennie has killed Curley's wife, not out

In the novella 'Of Mice and Men', Lennie who was being refereed as a child, was a trouble maker to George. He convinced that if he was alone, he could survive easily, Lennie told George that he could live in the cave and left George alone but George refused it because Aunt Clara was unwilling to left Lennie alone. The boss asked George that what benefit he had on Lennie, so he lied that he was Lennie’s cousin. George told Lennie to keep away from Curley and his wife to get rid of troubles. George used to play joke on Lennie, because Lennie was too dumb to realize it. Curley fought with Lennie and Lennie crushed Curley’s hand. Crook scoff at Lennie when Lennie told him and George‘s dream, because every migrant worker, dreamed to have their

Of Mice And men is about two men who are always getting into trouble wherever they go. Let me start by introducing some characters to you. Lennie is the strongest man on the ranch but also the dumbest, George is the person who takes care of Lennie. George and Lennie have this special bond between them but George doesn’t seem to show it in the movie. One of my favorite parts between them is when Lennie keeps telling George about that place that they are going to get when the raise enough money, then Lennie says, “George, am I gonna tend them rabbits?” “Yes. Yes, Lennie, you can tend the rabbits.”

When George asked Lennie to hand over the mouse, he cleverly said, “’Ain’t a thing in my pocket’” (5), and might have been able to get away with keeping the mouse if anybody other than Lennie, who knows him very well, asked. Not only does this reassert that George is the one in control, but it shows that Lennie is capable of being smart as well. On page 12, Lennie apologizes to George for upsetting him, and tries to make up for it by saying he “wouldn’t eat no ketchup if it was right here beside me” (12), but instead would “leave it all for you” (12). Here, you can see Lennie cares about George, and tries very hard to make him happy, even though that’s a hard task. He even goes as far as saying he would leave, hoping to please George. While Lennie may be foolish at times, he is able to be mature at important

John Steinbeck, author of Of Mice and Men was born in Salinas, California in 1902. The novel takes place in Salinas where John grew up and the ranch in the story is near Soledad by the Salinas river. Steinbeck lived in a time when there was very bad unemployment, corruption, slavery and the start of the Great Depression. Many immigrants moved to America in hopes to start a new life for themselves or their families. Steinbeck used both the situations around him and his life as an inspiration for Of Mice and Men and many others.

Although "Of mice and men" by John Steinback is a shorter read, he still manages to have complex characters and relation in the story. The main relationship between the two main characters of George and Lennie. Lennie is more of a simple character with no real family. Except for George even though right but also can have a soft spot for him they have a complex relationship because for a while you wonder why George keeps Lennie around. You can also think he could go further without him.