Why Does George And Lennie Survive Or Escape

John Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men follows the journey of two men, George Milton and Lennie Small, who struggle through the navigation of working on a ranch in California and fulfilling their dreams together during a time of financial depression. The novel begins with George and Lennie traveling through the California wilderness to get to a new ranch just south of Soledad where they are going to begin new work. They had to leave their previous jobs in a town called Weed because Lennie had caused trouble with a girl by holding on to her red dress because he wanted to feel it, and this incident spiraled into rape allegations against Lennie. As George and Lennie make their way to the new ranch, Lennie; who is a large, but simple minded man; found a dead mouse and wanted to keep it to pet because he likes soft things. George, who is more serious and protects Lennie, takes the mouse away from him because even though it’s dead, he should not be messing with it. Lennie often does not realize his strength because of his mental incapabilities and as a result, he causes a lot of trouble and harm. George finds taking care of Lennie to be taxing, but he knows that their friendship is an important bond that he does not want to be without. In order to comfort Lennie in the wilderness, George tells the story of their shared dream to own their own ranch where they can follow their own rules and live as they please. When they finally arrive at the ranch the next day, George and Lennie

In the novella Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, Lennie and George have both similarities and differences that are revealed throughout the storyline. These comparisons and contrasts are used to explain their unique friendship and dependency on one another. The story begins with the description of their physical and intellectual differences and establishes their roles of who is the dominant one. The story shares the obstacles that have stood in the way of them obtaining their “American Dream” to own land, even if they if they have different motivations. The story concludes with the difficult choice that George makes to end Lennie’s life himself, out of his love for his friend.

Everyone has dreams, big and small. When one dreams, there is a scent of whimsical hope in the air mixed with the powerful drive for success to obtain their luminous goals. But, many times these luscious dreams end up in grief and pain instead of a promised joy due to the hurdles in life, such as the certain circumstances that society professes or the flaws in a person that restrains them from their aspirations. The writer, John Steinbeck, incorporates this ideology in his novella, Of Mice and Men by creating three pivotal characters. Lennie, Crooks, and George all have schemes that go wrong, and yet hope to illustrate their desires of fulfilling their American Dream and to be prosperous for their own independent purposes.

The most important dream in this novel is that of the two main characters Lennie and George. They

The novel, ‘Of Mice and Men’ was written by John Steinback, whom depicts how life was like for men and women in the 1930’s. From the outset, we were shown through the title itself ‘Of Mice and Men’ that the novel wouldn’t end well for George and Lennie. As this title was inspired by a Scottish poet whom said in his famous poem ‘To a Mouse’ ‘…the best laid schemes o’ Mice and Men, Gang aft agley’, conveys how no matter how well we may plan the future, things will often go wrong and obstacles will appear. Additionally, despite the American dream – the lack of hope, violence and harshness surrounding the men; gave a clear view into the lives of migrant workers such as George and Lennie. Portraying how the American dream is deemed unattainable for the men at the ranch, whom are destined to fall prey to a vicious cycle of harshness and violence – unable to escape from the world that they are living in.

Would you kill someone or let them suffer? Well in Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, during the Great Depression, George had to make a choice on whether he would allow his friend Lennie to suffer or kill him so he wouldn’t suffer. George and Lennie have been friends since they were kids. They even travel together, but in this time period this was strange because most people travel alone. George takes care of Lennie because Lennie has a disability. Lennie can’t remember anything, and when Lennie’s scared he holds onto things and doesn't let go. Lennie also likes to pet soft things for example a mouse, but if the mouse tries to bite him he will kill the mouse. George helps Lennie out of trouble. For instance when Lennie killed Curley’s wife and Curley wanted revenge, George had to decide if wanted Lennie to suffer or a quick fast death. Without a doubt, killing Lennie is the best option George has.

The main thing that stood out to me was how smart George was when he decided to take Lennie in. First off, Lennie needed the help, Lennie wouldn’t have been able to handle life in general without that adult or big brother figure which George took the role of. George took care of Lennie and in turn, even without specifically trying to, Lennie helped George stay on track to reach their goal where most men during that time would have fallen to alcohol and other time wasting, money sucking, life ruining expenses. This topic also goes with my quote that goes, “An’ I got you. We got each other, that’s what, that gives a hoot in hell about us.” It shows how working together allowed them a better opportunity. It shows how they were happier and

Imagine you are a psychiatrist and one of your patients, says she wants to be euthanized because she is sick of having to suffer through her disorder. What would you do? In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, two men, George and Lennie, go to California during the depression to find jobs. They traveled to a ranch that they were hired to buck barley at. By the end of the book, Lennie accidentally killed Curley’s wife because he has no control over his strength.

What if a man walked outside and walked to a friends house. Now once he got to this house, he learned that this friend accidentally harmed someone because he doesn’t have mental control over his strength. So this man kills his friend. This is what happens at the end of John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men.

George and Lennie are the main characters in the novel which made every decision they made affect other characters in the novel. George had made many decisions in the novel and most of his decisions had affected other characters in a positive way, meanwhile Lennies decisions affected other characters in a negative way. Lennie did not have many decisions in the novel, but when he made a decision George was held responsible. Lennie made many wrong decisions because he was not smart and this is why George had to babysit Lennie at all time.

“Everything you say and do is having an impact on others” (Barry Manilow Quotes). George has been impacting Lennie’s life ever since they were young, and he bossed him around. George tells Lennie what to do before they left to go to work at the ranch to make sure Lennie doesn’t do anything that could ruin their chances of achieving their dream, which later they added Candy to their group to get more money and help to make it happen. In the end, Lennie killed Curley’s wife, so George had to kill him to prevent him from suffering and because he believed that their dream was never going to happen due to the accident. George’s dream of being his own boss with his own farm impacts Lennie, Candy, and Curley’s wife both positively and negatively by

When performing a mercy killing “no one suggests using a gun,” but George does when he kills Lennie (Lynch). In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, George, small and smart, and Lennie, big and strong, are migrant workers during the Great Depression and are also best friends. Lennie is mentally challenged and acts like a kid, so George has to be like a parent to him. At one of their jobs, Lennie gets into an altercation with a woman. He accidentally snaps her neck because he gets so scared and does not know his own strength.

The underlying storyline imbedded within Of Mice and Men, is the development of one’s dream, and all it entails. George and Lennie are constantly referring back to their dream of owning land to themselves, “there wouldn’t be no more runnin’ round the country and gettin’ fed by a Jap cook” (Steinbeck 57). During the 1930’s, most of society owned little to nothing, so George and Lennie would fantasize an easier, less complicated life filled with luxury, not hardships. They crave a life of comfort after such a long time of angst. After working under men of higher authority in businesses/farms, George and Lennie long for their own sense of control: “’An’ it’d be our own, an’ nobody could can us. If we don’t like a guy we can say, ‘Get the hell

John Steinbeck wrote ‘Of Mice and Men’ to show how hard life was for migrant ranch workers during the time of the Great Depression and how they were often exploited by their employers. In showing how George and Lennie’s dream of owning their own piece of land did not come true, Steinbeck explores a wider theme, criticising the idea of the American Dream. The American Dream tells people that there is ‘opportunity for each... regardless of the fortuitous circumstance of birth and position. Steinbeck criticises this as these ranch workers were given few opportunities. Settings play a very important part in the novel as they pinpoint clear times and places giving a sense of realism to the story, but they are also used to create atmosphere.

From a young age each person has been conditioned to have goals and a plan for where their life is headed. The purpose of this is to be successful in one’s lifetime. However man’s plans often go awry. In Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck proves that dreams and goals are pointless and having them leads to false hope, hindering one’s ability to focus on their current situation. Throughout the book there are many instances of characters’ dreams and desires being presented and never being fulfilled. One example that is ongoing in the story is Lennie’s wish to take care of some rabbits, “‘I remembered about the rabbits, George.’ ‘The hell with the rabbits. That’s all you can remember is them rabbits” (Steinbeck 5). Steinbeck reveals that Lennie’s only true interest is taking care of rabbits because that is all he can remember and wants to talk about. But he never gets to take care of rabbits since George kills him, “Lennie begged, ‘Le’s do it now. Le’s get that place now.’ ‘Sure, right now. I gotta. We gotta.’ And George raised the gun and steadied it. . . He pulled the trigger” (Steinbeck 106). Lennie’s dream ties into the larger dream that George, Lennie and later, Candy have to own an area of land and no longer being migrant workers. Earlier in the book, they feel their plan setting into place, “They all sat still, all bemused by the beauty of the thing, each mind was popped into the future when this lovely thing should come about” (Steinbeck 61). However, they don’t heed