Of Mice And Men George Milton Character Analysis

Throughout the story, George was a good friend to lennie in many important ways. One way he shows friendship is when he puts in a good word for Lennie to their boss. He says to the boss, “He’s sure a hell of a good worker. Strong as a bull!”(pg 22) He says this so Lennie can get a job on the farm and get paid good money to save up for their dream of

He was trying to keep Lennie from not being able to work. He also shows caring in a way because he is helping Lennie out by explaining to the boss something that didn’t really happen. He did it to look out for Lennie. In addition, George is very independent. Lennie asked George, "George- why ain't we goin' on to the ranch and get some supper?"

Everyone has had a caretaker or guardian to protect and care for them at some period in time. Developing into an adult is often times when a person becomes able to live independently. However, this is not the case for Lennie Small from the story, “Of Mice and Men” as a result of his disability. Being dependant on other people, Lennie needs a caretaker because of the lack of family to protect him. Someone without family relation, George, rises to the position as his caretaker in the harsh, unforgiving circumstances they have at the moment. Dreaming of a better future, George has to carry Lennie from job to job in order to eventually collect enough money to finally claim their land as their own. George has good, honest intentions for Lennie and only strives to give him the best conditions even if it meant he had to pull the trigger against him.

This occurs after Lennie complains about not having ketchup with his beans. Due to the fact that George does not like to care for Lennie,Lennie offers to go live in a cave so that George can go out and have fun. After the meet their new boss and Lennie fails to keep his silence (even though he had no choice) George scolds Lennie once again. Even though George constantly treats Lennie poorly he always seems to be looking out for him.

Even though George sometimes says how much better his life would be without Lennie, he will always protect Lennie. George is devoted to watching out for Lennie. He is always telling Lennie not to talk because that will probably lead to trouble. If Lennie gets in trouble that will block the both of them from living their dream. So George is inspired to keep Lennie out of trouble.

Lennie Smalls is a challenged man with the size of a giant and the mind of innocent toddler. A roaming Californian rancher in the 1930’s, he is slow and naive. Lennie is burdened by an intellectual disability that impairs him from being able to perform tasks such as remembering to do things and make good decisions. In John Steinbeck’s historical fiction novella, Of Mice and Men, character George Milton takes responsibility for Lennie, taking Lennie under his wing and guiding him through life. George, a fellow rancher, is quick-witted and a good decision maker.

Even though Lennie is always with George and does everything he says, he is still discriminated in the aspect that george uses Lennie at the interview in order to get the job. Lennie has an obsession with the rabbits that he would get to tend because of George’s American dream to own a ranch and have lots of animals. Lennie thinks about tending the rabbits to divert his thoughts from being mentally disabled. “I wasn’t kicked in the head was I george(23)?” “Be a good damn thing if you was save ever’body a hell of a lot of trouble’”(23).

George’s tone is accusatory which shows that he is astute. He then continues to bombard Lennie with questions, which gives Lennie the chance to demonstrate another type of power – his cunning. He attempts to deceive George.

In this case, George learned this the hard way. Once Lennie did the last bad thing he could do, George knew that he had to decide whether he wanted to struggle or survive, the American dream was no longer an option for them, at least not together. Was George finds Lennie, Lennie says, “you ain’t gonna leave me, are ya, George? I know you aint.”(Page.103 line 2-3) This quote proves how even Lennie knows that George has been held back by him. That day, after Lennie killed their boss’s wife, he knows that he can’t continue on with him.

Steinbeck introduces George from the beginning of the novel, where he explores his physical appearance and his behaviour towards the other ranch workers. It says that he was ‘small and quick’, which conveys the idea of him being intelligent and his mind picks up knowledge quickly. It also says that he is ‘small’, which shows that he isn’t all perfect on the outside as he is on the

There is also a sense of lack of trust in the relationship between the two men. We see this through the predicament with the work cards. It tells us that George again has to take care of Lennie, and that Lennie isn’t trusted by George. Again this idea is portrayed to the reader on page seventeen, we notice that George knows that he needs a plan b as Lennie cannot be trusted so his plan b is to tell Lennie to “hide in the brush until I come for you”. This helps us to understand the relationship even further. George also treats Lennie like a dog in one occasion in the chapter, “good boy”. This is something a master would say to a dog to encourage them, it also tells us the sort of role in the relationship George has again.

George does all the talking during the interview, making it very suspicious to the boss and he can’t understand why George is so close with Lennie. George also claims that they left their last job because it was done “diggin’ a cesspool”, hence making it sound more weird and hard to believe.

George, a character in Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck was “small and quick, dark of face, with restless eyes and sharp, strong features. Every part of him was defined: small, strong hands, slender arms, a thin and bony nose.” (Steinbeck, Pg.2) George was Caucasian and it looked as if he had stepped out of an old movie containing drifters, better known as migrant workers. Although physically George was very small, he had complete control over his companion Lennie, the way a father controls a son.

In the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, the most complex character that occurs in the book is George Milton. George Milton is the protagonist in the story and is quick tempered when dealing with Lennie. He is like a father figure for massive but slow-processed Lennie. George is the most complex character in Of Mice and Men due to the conflicts of Lennie getting into a fight with Curley, George having to deal with Lennie killing Curley's wife, and George always having to look out for Lennie even though he would be better off alone.

John Ernst Steinbeck Jr. was an American author wrote many novels including one of his most famous, Of Mice and Men. Of Mice and Men teaches many lessons about the nature of human existence. Each relationship grows throughout this short story and end with a dramatic experience. All of the characters, including Lennie, George, Crooks, and Curley’s wife, admit, at one time or another, to having a profound sense of isolation, seclusion and loneliness.