Of Mice And Men Classic Analysis

After Lennie has inadvertently murdered Curley’s wife, Curley’s lynch mob go out in search of Lennie. George’s decision is almost inevitable to spare Lennie’s life, rather than let Curley and his gang destroy the bit of life Lennie has.

To George and Lennie, having a friend with them is really lucky, but their luckiness didn 't last very long. At the end of the book, George shot Lennie at the back of his head. That was one of George’s two choices: let Curley kill Lennie or kill Lennie by himself. Like a father, George thought it’s his responsibility to kill Lennie to payback the life of

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is book of many themes; one that is very prominent is loneliness. Loneliness is common in many people's lives and that is also true for the lives of the characters of the book. Almost all characters in the book are lonely in one way or the other.

     Many conflicts start to pull George and Lennie apart throughout the whole book. George gets tired of dealing with all the bad thing Lennie does, therefore he ends up killing his best friend as much as he did not want to. When Lennie killed Curley’s wife George knew it was over so George decided to put a end to his missery before someone else killed him. George is forced to shoot Lennie in the back of the head because of the incident that occured. The men do not understand why a best friend would kill another best friend so they all leave in confusion. The only person who understands is Slim. Slim knows what George goes through and understands why he did it. Friendship has to end somewhere no matter how deep the friendship is.

Deep down inside, each person has a strong desire for a companion. Someone you can trust, who you can learn from and teach, but most importantly, one who can always be there for you no matter what happens. The relationship between the intelligent and feeble George Milton and the imbecile, but vigorous Lennie Small is displayed as the main objective in Steinbeck 's novel, Of Mice and Men. The description among these two characters is a form of juxtaposition because the two characters vary in several ways. The author’s intention of using this technique points out the differences between characters and how their personalities counteract each other significantly.

George and Lennie were best friends for a long time—more like brothers. Lennie isn’t the brightest bulb in the box, so George couldn’t really get mad at him when he accidentally killed Curley’s wife, due to the soft feel of her hair—which he truly adored too much that he killed her by accident. “…’I ain’t mad. I never been mad, an’ I ain’t now. That’s a thing I want ya to know’”(101). The two had planned a future together—a future in their own dream ranch. A ranch where no trouble they’d cross or cross them. Right before George put him out from the back of the head with the Luger, he made Lennie think of their future home—their ranch and the rabbits Lennie would tend. “’You…an’ me. Ever’body gonna be nice to you. Ain’t gonna be no more trouble. Nobody gonna hurt nobody nor steal from ‘em’”(101). This shows you how much George cares for Lennie, no matter how big the crime is. He’d always be there to help Lennie get right back up to his feet, make him forget all his worries, and move on like nothing happened. I hereby state that I strongly believe George was the right person to kill Lennie, therefore made the right decision to, rather than to let him suffer in the hands of Curley.

Throughout the story, George acts like Lennie’s dad, always making sure he didn't get into any trouble and scolded him when he was bad. Lennie and George have been partners in crime for years. They travel together and work together every single day. They are each other's family. Now, during the book, Lennie gets himself into some trouble. All of it was totally by accident, however when one of those things was accidentally killing a woman, it didn’t matter if it was by accident. This is where George comes into play. George finds Lennie and tells Lennie that he forgives him. Then he had Lennie look out onto the water and imagine their life together in the future, while George pulls out a gun. It takes a long time, however George finally builds up the courage to kill Lennie so that Lennie wouldn’t have die die in fear or pain when Curley found him. “The crash of the shot rolled up the hills and rolled down again. Lennie jarred, and then settled slowly forward to the sand, and he lay without quivering. George shivered and looked at the gun, and then he threw it from him, back up on the bank, near a pile of old ashes” (Steinbeck 106). This part of the story is where the reader’s body will be so overtaken with compassion, their heads will be spinning. Only those made of stone will be able to make it through this ending without shedding a single tear. Lennie is George's best friend and is

In this book, friends are the only thing that one may need. Sadly at the end George looses a friend that he had to kill for him to have a more pleasant death. To one person, George did the wrong thing by killing Lennie, while others agreed to why George kills Lennie. George was under pressure after Lennie killed Curley’s wife, and with all the threats that came from Curley’s mouth. George did the

Slim is introduced however Steinbeck does not focus on his physical features, but instead his character suggesting that his character is worthy of a closer inspection. He is shown as being really special as it says “He moved with a

Killing Lennie was of the worst things he ever made, the guilt was killing him on the inside, i was driving him insane. George’s situation couldn`t make him stop remembering Lennie, the best friend he ever had eventhough he had to take care of him just like a little kid, Lennie was really important for him. A week after, George tried to work normally, he was becoming more mentally unstable, he couldn’t do anything anymore. His productivity was decreasing each day, but his inner voice told him to keep working and accomplishing his only dream of having a ranch and to accomplish Lennie’s desired dream. Working

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

At the end of the book, Lennie gets shot by his best friend, George (Steinbeck 107). It was a difficult task for George to uptake, but he felt the need to do it. Although Lennie committed an accidental homicide, due to having no self control, the other characters are unsympathetic towards

In John Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men characters in the novel are segregated by sex, race, age, physical and mental disabilities. John Steinbeck portrays the intolerance and bigotry of 1930’s America through the separation of his characters based on their handicaps. Lennie, Candy, Candy’s dog, Curley’s wife and Crooks all face social pressure from the other characters on the ranch based on their intelligence, physical disability, age, sex and color. Stereotyping based on ethnic or physical characteristics is typical to the 1930’s depression where civil rights for minority groups had not yet been addressed. Almost all of the characters who, in

The men in the novel want to be like brothers to one another. They want to protect each other and to know that there is someone they can rely on. However, the world is too cruel to sustain such relationships. Lennie and George came closest to this ideal friendship, but they are forced to separate tragically. With this, a rare friendship vanishes, but the rest of the world - represented by Curley and Carlson, who watch George leaving his friend's dead body - fails to acknowledge it.

Of Mice and Men is a skillful novel, that portrays the idea of loneliness throughout the novel. Two men, George and Lennie are there for each other through everything. They also have their tiffs just like any other friends. There are several clearly stated themes running through the novel. But, the two themes that interact with each other are loneliness and companionship.