What's The Difference Between George And Martha

The real life connection that you can compare George to another person in real life is Kevin Durant. Kevin Durant is the famous NBA Star who plays for the Golden State Warriors. Kevin Durant had a hard time growing up with his two brothers , one sister and his mother. Durant had to be constantly moving from a lousy place to another, as his mother struggled to put food on the table and pay bills. The reason you can compare George to Durant is because in the book, George was always moving from one town to another. Even though that can be a major setback for some people in today’s world it wasn’t for George because he went

But this changes a fair amount by the end of this story. After the death of his wife he seemed to be instantly distraught and deranged, the first time we hear from him after the fact, he just sounds like an absolute lunatic. Going on about dog collars and just random things until he deduces who “killed his wife”. In a later chapter he is talking to his friend, while his friend just tries to calm him down, George was already too far gone and made his mind up to take action against his wife’s killer.

In this book, friends are the only thing that one may need. Sadly at the end George looses a friend that he had to kill for him to have a more pleasant death. To one person, George did the wrong thing by killing Lennie, while others agreed to why George kills Lennie. George was under pressure after Lennie killed Curley’s wife, and with all the threats that came from Curley’s mouth. George did the

a novel about a naughty boy-child who killed his mother and father dead...And Daddy said... "Look here, I will not let you publish such a thing"(Albee,133,4). Another one of George's big insecurities was an incident from his childhood. For one of the most hurtful insults she reveals this secret to the guests. "And you want to know the clincher? You want to know what the big brave Georgie said to Daddy?....Georgie said ...But sir it isn't a novel at all... this is the truth...this really happened .... TO ME!"(136,7). But Martha also had some skeletons in her closet; and George knew which ones to bring out. One of Martha's biggest insecurities is her infertility. In the final act titled "Exorcism",George exposes her secret to equal the humiliation . The mentioning of their imaginary son leads George to triumph in the last battle and brings Martha to the most excruciating pain and torture. "An exorcism serves to remove all that is unreal from both George and Martha. An exorcism of final despair eliminates all fantasy and returns them to reality, or to the point where new rules and new games can be advised"(Lewis,89).

Have you ever wondered why George killed Lennie in the end? Was it a smart decision? Did he have to do it? In the novel “Of Mice and Men”, George had to make some tough decisions. Before actually killing Lennie, George thought about why he should do so.

From the start of the play, the reader is lead to believe that Martha has the other hand and she is the most powerful in the relationship. Being mean, brutally honesty and cynical makes people to believe she is powerful. On a night similar to the night of this plays, George and Martha create a son. This is a figment of their imaginations, to hold together their failing marriage. The rules to keep the son alive with in them, is to never speak of this son to any one else. Well Martha told her guests about their son. George seeing an opportunity to get Martha back for exposing their lies decides that their son dies tonight. In a game George created to expose every ones lies, whether it be Nick marring Honey because she got pregnant and has money or Martha's fake son, No one will leave their house tonight not embarrassed and exposed. George is using his knowledge of the truth, as a power against people. He tells Martha in front of her guest

Santiago Vela Mrs. Case American Literature-1 6 June 2018 Questions Response With Textual Evidence (include chapter and page number) 1. Does George do the right thing by killing Lennie? Consider the advantages and disadvantages of George’s actions.

“‘Ain’t gonna be no more trouble. Nobody gonna hurt nobody nor steal from ‘em.’ ‘Le’s do it now. Let’s get that place now’” (106). These are the last words that filled the air between George and Lennie, their last exchange preceding a pivotal moment in both of their lives. They conversation calms and soothes Lennie, who hopes to finally get the farm that he and George dreamed about for so many years. Yet unbeknownst to him, Lennie would soon be set free from his earthly bonds by his long-time friend; a bullet, shot from the barrel of George’s gun, would enter Lennie’s head and kill him instantly. That bullet was not one of self-gain and moral disrepute, but one of freedom and liberation from worldly restraints. While this remains a hotly contested topic in classrooms reading Of Mice and Men, George’s intentions in killing Lennie were overwhelmingly good-natured.

A minor character, or a foil, usually possess traits that reveal a main character’s strength or weakness. In the novel “Of Mice and Men” written by John Steinbeck, Lennie is a major character that illuminates the distinctive characteristics of George, the main character. This relationship that George and Lennie have help compare and contrast each other’s individual personality and beliefs. The foil shows the connection and dependency between the two characters as the novel progresses. Lennie highlights the weakness and strengths of George, the main character, and illuminates the meaning of the work as a whole.

In this work of literature, George Milton 's faced with a situation of what is right and wrong and which inner sense to listen to. George 's long time friend and mentally handicapped friend Lennie Smalls has just killed Curley 's wife, inside of a barnyard accidentally. Lennie attempts to run away from the whole situation, but George knows exactly where he will be, and that is at the exact spot he told him to go to if there was trouble. As George arrives at the river Lennie was instructed to go to, George realizes he has a great problem, should he kill his long time best friend and save him from the swarming angry mob of ranchers, or turn him in and let them have there way. As George 's inner senses battle, he realizes what he must do and that is to put Lennie out of his misery and self entrapment and set him free once and for all. George makes Lennies death quick and painless as any good friend would, but he can not seem to shake the sense of guilt and anguish he is experiencing. As George lovingly kills Lennie he portrays his bravery and sense of what is right and wrong all by listening to what his inner senses and consciousness led him towards. John Steinbecks use of literary terms enhances the sense of bravery and drama that this scene of a friend killing another brings. The mood that John Steinbeck sets for George 's attitude towards Lennie is

<br>A reader can understand very vividly from his actions and attitudes that George is sensible and able to think quickly in a situation. He seems to have a very good understanding of the nature of others, especially of their attitudes towards Lennie, for example, that if the boss hears Lennie talk and realises his handicapped, then it is unlikely they will get work. He also knows, to make Lennie repeat things two or three times over to himself, to help him remember, for example when he slowly repeats, "Hide in the brush till I come for you, can you remember that?" to Lennie. He also knows that Lennie is likely to do things and attempt to hide them, such as when Lennie appears from his walk in the woods, and is immediately suspected of smuggling a dead

After watching his friend nearly drown, George felt ashamed of his behavior. Since that day, he has taken good care of his companion, protecting him even when he gets in trouble. For example, in Weed, the last town where they worked, Lennie wanted to touch the fabric of a girl’s red dress. When she pulled away, Lennie became frightened and held on to her until George hit him over the head to make him let go. The girl accused Lennie of rape, and George and Lennie had to hide in an irrigation ditch to escape a lynch mob.

In conclusion, we see that Steinbeck uses various techniques to portray the relationship between George and Lennie. But the main method is the idea of George being like a parent to

George killing the young boy. The little kid tormented Hallas so much he’d have nightmares. Hallas went on to say, “The bad little kid came after the people I cared about” (117). Leonard Bradley is a second protagonist since he tries to save George from getting executed. He was very patient as he listened to the story, even though the story doesn’t seem believable. When Bradley asked if his wife believed the story, Hallas responded saying, “I never convinced her completely, and she never believed in the bad little kid at all” (117). This shows how much distress George was in, almost suggesting that he had given up.

At the beginning of the novel when the reader is first introduced to George and Lennie, they are first described as in “The first man was small and quick, dark of face, with restless eyes and sharp, strong features. Behind him walked his opposite, a huge man, shapeless of face, with large pale eyes, with wide, sloping shoulders; and he walked heavily, dragging his feet a little, the way a bear drags his paws”(Steinbeck 2). Together they sat at a bank and drank some water from the not moving green pool. For a long while together they walked four miles from where there bus dropped them off. Lennie's aunt Clara passed away and since he wasn’t smart enough to live in the world they lived in George said “Your Aunt Clara wouldn’t want you running off by yourself, even if she is dead”(Steinbeck 13). When candy got his dog put down he regretted not doing it himself. After Lennie killed Curley’s wife and ran off, George knew that moment, when he saw her dead, that he was going to kill Lennie himself because he was his best friend. George came quickly out of a bush to find