Of Mice And Men George And Lennie Friendship

When George finds Lennie, he is in a state of great sadness after hallucinating and blaming himself for giving George trouble. He constantly asks George, “Ain’t you gonna give me hell?” (113). He is so sad by his mistake that he offers to “go right off in the hills an’ find a cave” (114). When someone wants to get blamed by and leave their best friend, he is probably very sad for causing his friend trouble or harm.. Lennie is very sad for doing this to George. George understands his sadness, and calms him down by telling him the ranch story and reassuring him that he can tend the rabbits. When George kills Lennie, he does it in a painless and peaceful way. He tells Lennie, “Look acrost the river, Lennie, an’ I’ll tell you so you can almost see it” (115). He “brought the muzzle… to the back of Lennie’s head” (117). When someone knows he is about to be killed, he often freak out and worry. However, when he doesn’t know, he will die much more peacefully. Being shot in the back of the head results in no pain and leaves the victim unaware. Lennie was shot in this way, which was both quick and painless. George did it because he wanted Lennie to die happy listening to the story, and to not feel any pain at

In John Steinbeck's novel, “Of Mice and Men,” we meet two best friends that travel together. Both total opposites, George is the smaller, yet smarter one and Lennie is bigger, but mentally challenged. Lennie gets both of them into bad situations, that led Lennie to his death. In my opinion, Lennie worshipped everything George said and George felt bad for him. Their relationship cost george to lose the dream him and Lennie both made together, also, Lennie didn't have as much freedom because he was always getting in trouble and that cost George to waste his time solely on Lennie.

Have you ever had a goal that you dreamt about it. That was the case for George and Lennie in John Steinbeck's novel Of Mice And Men. All that George and Lennie wanted was a farm, they saved up close to 400 dollars with candys help. Everything was going as planned when Lennie did something that would change their lives forever.

John Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men is the classic story about migrant workers George and Lennie. Despite George’s best intents and actions throughout, Lennie’s continuous actions lead to more trouble which eventually leads to Lennie’s death. This story weaves the theme of inevitable fate throughout, and how continuous actions lead to consequences and a foreshadowed fate. In the first chapter of the book, we learn of Lennie’s actions in Weed, and of George and Lennie’s escape. The way that Lennie is described as a child, just grabbing for something soft and not knowing any better, is how we learn of Lennie’s mental disability, and get our first glimpse of how it affects both his and George’s lifes. This childish behavior of his leaves him with simple thoughts, and often he doesn’t think things through, or remember things.

Being a caregiver and a friend of a mentally disabled person can be hard sometimes. George, a character in Of Mice and Men, handles being both of those fairly well. Of Mice and Men follows 2 migrant workers, George and Lennie, on their journey of trying to stay in work and out of trouble. Lennie has a mental disability and relies on George to help him out. The book follows the men as they meet new friends, and enemies. A quote from the article “Real Friends” says “It is also important to remember being a real friend isn't always easy. Sometimes, to be a real friend, you have to be brutally honest and tough.” (Weiskopf) This quote is definitely supported by the friendship of George and Lennie

The main characters, George and Lennie, seem as if they encounter an obstacle everywhere they move. In chapter two, the reader can detect conflict emerging from both George and Lennie at their new job. Especially with their new acquaintance, Curley, who happens to be the son of their boss, and the husband of a tramp.

The relationship between Candy and his dog has many similarities and differences to George and Lennie. Candy cares a lot about his dog just like George cares about Lennie. For example, Candy has taken a lot of criticism for his dog smelling very badly. Candy loves his dog so he just deals with the criticism. Then a major difference between the two is Candy giving into the pressure of killing his dog. George would never let that happen to Lennie if he had control over the situation. Candy says how he has traveled with his dog ever since it was a pup. This is just like George and Lennie and now they have traveled together for a long time. For example, George told Slim about how George and Lennie came together and now they travel together. There

The novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck starts with a scene of two men walking through the California country side. They travel to a pond and Lennie Small, a slightly mentally impaired gentle giant, drank a lot of the pond water. George Milton, who looks after Lennie is a small, quick and more clever man. Together they are like the brains and the brawn. Lennie really likes soft objects and has a mouse in his pocket, which is dead because he pet it to hard. Lennie doesn't quite understand his strength. George discovers this dead mouse and tosses it into the pond. Then Lennie and George talk about this ranch they are going to and how Lennie should not talk and behave at this ranch. They also discuss how if they ever get into any trouble Lennie

George and Lennie’s friendship is something very important to them. From Lennie’s point of view, George is the most important person in his life, almost like a brother to him. Every time he does anything that he knows is wrong, his only thoughts are of George’s disappointment in him. He is so reliant on George that he doesn’t initially defend himself from Curley because George tells him to stay out of trouble, in fact George has to tell Lennie three times to defend himself before he does anything “ Get him, Lennie. Don’t let him do it. … Get ‘im, Lennie! … I said get him.”. And when he accidentally kills his puppy, his only thought is how to keep George from getting angry. He is faithful that George will always be there

“Lennie said gently, "George… I ain’t got mine. I musta lost it." He looked down at the ground in despair."You never had none, you crazy bastard. I got both of ‘em here. Think I’d let you carry your own work card?" (22-24) Situations like that were the ones that led up to the mercy killing. This is one of the first times we saw the real relationship of George and Lennie. “George heard Lennie’s whimpering cry and wheeled about. "Blubberin’ like a baby! Jesus Christ! A big guy like you!" Lennie’s lip quivered and tears started in his eyes. "Aw, Lennie!" George put his hand on Lennie’s shoulder. "I ain’t takin’ it away jus’ for meanness. That mouse ain’t fresh, Lennie; and besides, you’ve broke it pettin’ it. You get another mouse that’s fresh and I’ll let you keep it a little while." (76) This quote shows that George sincerely wants Lennie to be normal but as we have seen, Lennie is not capable of that no matter how hard he tries. Selfishly George will take many opportunities to get Lennie to where he wants him to be in life including taking his life. “The boss pointed a playful finger at Lennie. "He ain't much of a talker, is he?" "No, he ain't, but he's sure a hell of a good worker. Strong as a bull." Lennie smiled to himself. "Strong as a bull," he repeated. George scowled at him, and Lennie dropped his head in shame at having forgotten.” (35-38) This quote shows that Lennie doesn’t have much of a voice in their friendship because George is scared and embarrassed Lennie will say the wrong thing. All these quotes led up to the mercy killing. Obviously George was getting tired of Lennie and wanted the best for him and in George’s eyes that was taking his

“True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island... to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing” (Baltasar Gracian). The book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, is focused on two main characters that share a special friendship, George and Lennie. George and Lennie are migrant farmers during the Great Depression in Soledad, California. They share a unique relationship due to the Great Depression must people do not travel together.

Friendship is explored a lot through this novel because Lennie and George have two totally different personalities and strong opinions. George and Lennie bully and make fun of each other a lot because they both think they are better than the other. It seems that George doesn’t like Lennie, and see’s him as a burden. They’re like brothers and they have a great friendship because they work, travel, and do everything together. It’s surprising how George deals with Lennie's childlike behaviors and how Lennie deals with George’s rude and hurtful comments.

What’s more, I like the symbol of Lennie and George’s dream farm. George and Lennie are highlighted from all of the other characters in the story "because I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that's why." (p.15). George and Lennie’s true friendship was a rare thing in 1930’s America. Many migrant workers preferred to work alone, but these two men travel together, work together and dream together. George and Lennie are united by the dream they share of a better life on their own farm. George repeatedly tells the story of their dream farm to Lennie. Lennie believes in this dream and his faith in George becomes stronger. Even George images the possibility of this dream becoming a reality. Unfortunately, as soon as

Of mice and men by John Steinbeck is a story about friendship between George and Lennie. George is sharp and wise and Lennie is a giant man who acts like a kid. They travel together from city to city all the time. They can’t stay in the same place because Lennie keeps doing bad things and they have to run away so they won’t get in

Lennie has certain issues that make him remain ignorant of his strength and unable to understand why he should or should not do certain things. For this reason, George and Lennie are always on the move and have no choice but to accept whatever job across without consideration of the pay grade. The book opens with Lennie and George on the run from men who want to kill Lennie because he was unaware of his strength. The books closes in a similar manner. It is for this reason that George is forced to take Lennie’s life in order to save him. He knows that they won’t be able to get away this time and that shooting Lennie would be more humane than leaving him to the men hunting him after killing Curly’s wife. When George ends Lennie’s life he gives up all hope of ever