The Struggle Of Two Workers In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

This is why Lennie isn’t violent. Whenever Lennie does something bad, he suddenly thinks back to George, not being violent, or the fact that he just hurt someone. This shows that he can’t help the things he does, he always needs someone looking after him. One example of this is on page 91, when Curley’s wife starts screaming: “Please don’t do that. George’ll be mad.”

Part of Lennie’s character is being uneducated, and slow. Lennie is always forgetting important information. “Lenny looked timidly over to him.” “George?” Yeah, what ya want?” “Where we goin’, George?” “The little man jerked down the brim of his hat and scowled over at Lennie.” “So you forgot that awready, did you?” “I gotta tell you again do I? “Jesus Christ you’re a crazy bastard!” “I forgot,” Lennie said softly.(Page 4 of Mice and Men). As you can see this conversation of quotes proves many different points. First, it shows Lennie forgetting where him and George were

John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men is set during the Great Depression, whereas the American Dream is a crucial belief that is a part of the itinerant workers’ life. As itinerant workers, people worked from ranch to ranch, hoping to achieve their dream. Besides the hard work, the author Steinbeck reveals the tragic death of Lennie at the end of the story. A number of characters like George, Lennie, Curley and Curley’s wife are all responsible for the death of Lennie at the end of the story, however, George, Lennie himself and Curley’s wife are the most culpable.

His mental disability had caused the dream they had created to be ruined. Curley, the man on the ranch who picks on Lennie, currently has a wife that is very isolated and lonely and loves to talk to Lennie since he is a very warm and soft loving man until she had told Lennie to feel her hair. Lennie wouldn't let go and Curley's wife was struggling to get out of Lennie's grasp. "And then she was still, for Lennie had broken her neck" (Steinbeck 91). This quotation explains how Lennie had ruined the dream because he had killed a woman and would be expelled from working on the ranch, leading to not making any money towards their life dream. Since George knew the dream was over, and that it wouldn't happen, he had to find Lennie. Since Curley had picked on him and had made fun of him, Curley was already after Lennie to kill. George knew this was all happening and knew he had to find Lennie before them to tell him the dream one more time before he was going to die. George had found Lennie on the creek side in the forest and told him about their dream one more time. Then George had Lennie at gunpoint. "His hand shook violently, but his face set and his hand steadied. He pulled the trigger” (Steinbeck 106). This quote from Of Mice and Men explains to the reader that Lennie had ruined their dreams once and for all since he had done terrible things to halt the dream. George had to put Lennie out of his misery since he was already going to be killed. George wanted to share their dream together one more

Robert Burn’s line “The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry” applies to George and Lennie in many ways. There are many examples of how their goals and dreams starts without troubles, but goes to the wrong direction and worse, comes to the point where they, although mainly George, realizes that his and Lennie’s dreams and goals are gone and impossible achieve.

“Lennie looked timidly over to him. ‘George?’ ‘Yeah, what ya want?’ The little man jerked down the brim of his hat and scowled over at Lennie. ‘So you forgot that awready, did you? I gotta tell you again, do I? Jesus Christ, you’re a crazy bastard!’ ‘I forgot’ Lennie said softly. ‘I tried not to forget. Honest to god I did, George.’” (Steinbeck p. 4) George is obviously upset with Lennie because he forgets things that he is told almost instantly. George has to continuously remind Lennie of things that are happening and what he has to do because Lennie cannot do it himself. “‘...you remember where we’re goin’ now?’ Lennie looked startled and then in embarrassment hid his face against his knees. ‘I forgot again.’ ‘Jesus Christ,’ George said resignedly, ‘Well---look, we’re gonna work on a ranch like the one we come from up north.’ ‘Up north?’ ‘In weed’ ‘Oh, sure. I remember. In weed.’ ‘That ranch we’re goin’ to is right down there about a quarter mile. We’re gonna go in an’ see the boss. Now, look-- I’ll give him the work tickets, but don’t say anything. If he finds out what a crazy bastard you are, we won’t get no job, but if he sees ya work before he hears ya talk, we’re set. Ya got that?’ ‘Sure George. Sure I got it.’ ‘Okay. Now when we go in to see the boss, what you gonna do?’ ‘I...I,” Lennie thought. His face grew tight with thought. “I… ain’t gonna say nothin’. Jus’ gonna stan’

From the start of the book it seemed like Lennie had trouble controlling his actions he had to touch everything like a child and had trouble comprehending things. An example of this is when they were in Weed and Lennie touched the girls red dress and wouldn’t let go and the girl took it the wrong way and called for the authorities. As they are speaking about the incident George says, “Oh so ya forgot that too, did ya? Well I, ain’t gonna remind ya, fear ya do it again” (Steinbeck 7). George’s response shows that he is afraid that if he even speaks of the incident Lennie might do it again.

“Of Mice and Men” is a novella written by John Steinbeck, and it was first published in 1937. The protagonists are George and Lennie. They are ranch hands trying to save a sufficient amount of money to purchase their dream farm. George is short tempered, but he is devoted and caring for Lennie and incredibly dedicated to their friendship. Lennie is large, clumsy and extremely dependent on George; showing characteristics similar to a child. However, Lennie is extremely strong. Throughout the story, George helps Lennie get out of trouble; hence, increasing Lennie’s debt to George. Eventually, Lennie had to pay the debt he owed George; thus, establishing the depressing ending. Therefore, Steinbeck utilizes foreshadowing successfully throughout the story to ultimately create a tragic outcome.

They also show how George reminds him and explains how it’s why he can’t do something now, like with the mice. Steinbeck showed us very early on that Lennie forgets things easier then most, and how he doesn’t really grasp onto why he can’t do something. Which really justifies in George shooting Lennie, because what if Lennie forgets again and kills someone else on accident? It was the best solution for George, one eventually needs to stop

(Steinbeck 86). This is showing that with Lennie’s dream, George is using the dream as a punishment towards Lennie, so Lennie isn’t aloud to talk to Curley’s wife because she is bad. Lennie doesn’t want to get in trouble with George, so Lennie tries to tell her that he’s not supposed to talk to her and she gets mad. Curley’s wife gets mad at Lennie because she doesn’t see what’s wrong with talking to her. Lennie says in the text, “ ‘Maybe if I took this pup out and throwed him away George wouldn’t

This essay is about the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. The book “Of Mice and Men” is about two guys named George and Lennie who go to ranches for jobs. They got kicked out of their original job so now they are in a new ranch where they meet problems, but trying to achieve their goal to own a little house.Lennie is a person who is not very smart and childlike but is very sympathetic because he doesn’t like hurting people and he cares about other people.

In chapter 5, the event which occurs is Lennie kills Curley’s Wife and Curley decides to hunt for Lennie and kill him. Lennie is in the barn and Curley’s wife then joins trying to talk to Lennie. She’s always complaining about how lonely she is and asks why Lennie can’t talk to her. Lennie obedient to George replies with “George says I ain’t to have nothing to do with you-talk to you or nothing.” Every time Curley’s wife tries to speak to Lennie, he will always be loyal to George, and his big mouth leads him to say the exact words which George says, sometimes what he shouldn’t say. She complains about how she can’t talk to anybody “You can talk to people, but I can’t talk to nobody but Curley. Else he gets mad. How’d you like not to talk to anybody?” Here she explains that if she talks to anyone, her one person

Lennie is unquestioning in his loyalty to George. We see this in George’s anecdote about the Sacramento River. “‘Jump in.’ An’ he jumps”(P66) Lennie has a childlike obedience. Steinbeck shows us this in the fight between Lennie and Curley. Earlier on, George tells Lennie to not fight with Curley, Lennie remembers this and due to his childlike obedience, his “hands remained at his sides; he was too frightened to defend himself.”(P91). Once George tells Lennie to “Get him”(P91), Lennie immediately crushes Curley’s hand completely. Most mature people would know whether they should break the rules or not, because they wouldn’t get as badly hurt, but with Lennie, it is a different story. It is this childlike obedience that Steinbeck uses to show us how George needs to act as a parent towards Lennie.

George is constantly having to remind him of certain things, like what happened in weed, when Lennie wouldn’t let go of the girls dress and he lost them their jobs or to tell him when he shouldn’t speak solely because he’s afraid Lennie will say something wrong and put their jobs at jeopardy again. George does all the work for Lennie, which only makes him look incompetent. Lennie is often picked on because due to his disability, when Curley instigated a fight with him he was defenseless and just stood there as he got beat. He cried helplessly “Make ‘um stop, George.”, When it finally hit Lennie to defend himself he grabbed Curley’s hand and didn’t let go till he broke it. The author does the most to convey Lennie as one who has no control over what they do and is clueless most of the time. Crooks

In the novella Of Mice And Men by John Steinbeck, the relationship between Lennie Small and George Milton is complex. Lennie and George are two companions who look for work and brave the hardships of the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression together. Although Lennie and George are both grown men, their relationship resembles more of a child and a single parent, or a boy and his dog. Lennie is portrayed as animalistic and childish through his behavior and Steinbeck’s comparisons. This reveals the crucial power dynamic in George and Lennie’s relationship.