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Of Mice And Men Quotes Analysis

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In chapter one in Of Mice and Men there is a lot that goes on. “Damn hot day” (4) which represent that it must be in the summer time and it is a hot afternoon near Soledad, California, sometime during the 1930s. Nearly everyone is poor and scrambling around desperately for work, food, and money. We meet Lennie and George, which are two guys who are bacisally the poorest and scrambling for new work. George is small and smart, “You never oughta drink water when it ain’t running” (3). This quote means that Goerge think through things further and is smarterthan Lennie. Lennie is huge and mentally slow, “You’d drink out of the gutter if you was thirsty” (3). The meaning of this is saying that when he is thirsty he will not think and just do. We can …show more content…

Lennie acts like a kid, and George acts like a parent. Make that a parent who swears a lot. George reminds Lennie about where they are going and why. George also reminds Lennie why they lost their last job. Something about a girl with a soft, red dress that Lennie liked to pet. This "petting" thing is a major issue for Lennie. Lennie likes to pet things a little too hard and a little too long. Which is an activity that keeps resulting in dead rabbits and mice. Lennie and George have an argument over a mouse that Lennie has petted a little too hard and long. Lennie wants to keep the dead mouse in his pocket, but George throws it away. Then they argue about other stuff: Lennie wants ketchup with his supper of beans, but George says there is not any. Lennie threatens to go live by himself in a cave and then George says what a great life he could have if Lennie did go off and live in a cave. Aw, and now Lennie's feelings are hurt. George makes it up to Lennie by telling him his favorite story, the one where they have their own ranch and Lennie gets to take care of rabbits. As long and as hard as he wants. Actually that sounds kind of bad for the

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