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Of Mice and Men- Symbiotic Relationship

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Lennie is probably the central character in the book, ‘Of Mice And Men’. At the beginning of the book he is referred to as being like an animal because of his ‘shapeless face’ and his ‘wide sloping shoulders’. Steinbeck first describes Lennie like a bear dragging his large paws. He also drinks from the pool in the brush like a horse, ‘snorting into the water like a horse’. From the beginning of the book we can see that Lennie is an interesting character due to his mental disability. He is a huge, powerful character but he is also very innocent. He seems to have grown up physically but not mentally. In the book George says Lennie is ‘just like a kid’. This is very true because he takes orders from George, he asks George a lot of questions …show more content…

George is a small, quick-witted man with restless eyes and strong, sharp features. He has no money, no land and no wife so as far as he’s concerned; the only person in his life is Lennie. He tends to be very suspicious of people when they first meet. For example when Lennie and George first arrive at the ranch he gets in a temper with Candy when he sees the insect repellent on his shelves. You can see from this that he has a very short temper seeing as after this incident Candy and George get on very well and George even shares their dream with Candy. George’s temper is also used against Lennie. He says how his life would be so much better without his caretaking responsibilities. This is known as Georges false dream; he says, “If I was alone I could live so easy!” he tells Lennie how he could go to the cat house every month if Lennie wasn’t there. But in actual fact, I think George is devoted to Lennie. His conscience and loyalty means he sticks by Lennie as a minder instructor- always telling him what to do and how to behave. George knows that Lennie could get into trouble at any time so this is why he tells him to return too the brush if he does. He is a little nervous and this is why he tells Lennie to not say anything to the boss in case he gives a bad first impression. He also tells him to ‘Give it to Curley’ if necessary. When George and Lennie were young, George told Lennie to jump in the river even though he could not

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