Why George And Lennie Lived In Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men?

Lennie has his mind set on one thing. That is getting out of the barn and getting his own piece of land with George. This dream motivates Lennie to always listen and follow what George says. There he can finally tend the rabbits he has always wanted. Lennie loves petting things such as small animals and dresses which usually leads him to trouble.

The story Mice and Men is about two men named George and Lennie. They go through rough times together and always keep each other out of trouble, but make trouble together at the same time. They find work at a ranch where they meet new characters and situations.

Lennie is dim witted but still has conscious when he first got to the ranch he decided not be acquainted with Curly and instead take a liking to Candy. George and Candy say that George say that Lennie is just some dumb person who doesn't know at he's doing. Mostly, Lennie dreams about having different colored rabbits and in doing so it takes him away from the real world. John Steinbeck portray Lennie as this person who has a compulsive need to have rabbits. On page 28 Lennie said "An' rabbits," Lennie said eagerly. "An' I'd take care of 'em. Lennie's obsession for Rabbits affects the story because he's so fixated on them he has so little awareness is in the book with very little thought or comprehension of anything else. Lennie's obsession with rabbits doesn't affective his relationship with the character that much except with George, whenever they start or have a conversation it almost always comes back to Lennie bringing up the farm with a place for the rabbits and how he would get to feed them. Lennie's personality is severely hindered by the fact that he wants rabbits so much because he just doesn't have the want or urge to make friends or talk to people besides the case with accidentally running into the stable boy.

Of Mice and Men is a short novel that portrays the American struggle during the Great Depression, through the eyes of migrant workers. There are two men who travel around together, George Milton and Lennie Small. Lennie is a mentally disabled man who George takes care of. George and Lennie meet many different kinds of people at the ranch they work at, and have high aspirations of soon moving into a house of their own.

“”No place for the rabbits now, but I could easily build a few hutches and you could feed alfalfa to the rabbits.” “Damn right i could” said Lennie “you Goddamn right I could.”” George gets aggressive if someone challenges him on his dream of tending to rabbits, when normally he is kind and caring. George gets noticeably annoyed by Lennie, but never tells him to leave when he can. “”I wisht we’d get the rabbits pretty soon, George. They ain’t so little,” “to hell with the rabbits. An’ you ain’t to be trusted with no live mice.”” Lennie is helping bring money in so they can get their land quicker. George seems to be overcome by greed for land, so he is willing to put up with lennie for it. After all, he does talk about he could have friends and a girl if Lennie wasn't there. Quite a few of the dreams in Of Mice and Men seem to be selfish.

Throughout the novel Of Mice and Men Lennie has a terrible memory, but he remembers the promise of the rabbit owning. He loves to feel soft things; such as rabbits, mice, and puppies, which were things with fur and soft to the touch. The first night at the new job Lennie asks George to tell him, “about the rabbits (Steinbeck 13), which symbolized his american dream. George talked about “a little house and a couple of acres (Steinbeck 14) where Lennie would “have rabbits (Steinbeck 14). Through the hills and valleys of this novel Lennie kept talking about the rabbits. When he was having a breakdown near the end, thinking George wouldn’t let him keep any rabbits because of what he did, “out of Lennie’s head there came a gigantic rabbit” (Steinbeck 101). It started taunting him saying, “‘Tend rabbits...You crazy bastard...You’d forget’em and let ‘em go hungry” (Steinbeck 102), which symbolized how his dream was crumpling and falling apart. This was his American Dream to own and raise

The story of mice and men begins with the major characters George and Lennie.They work on many ranches as farm hands in order to sustain themselves. George is a mere intelligent man, he is also relatively small. Lennie, on the other hand, is a lumbering giant that is psychologically challenged. Most people during this period of the Great Depression Lennie and George are together while other people are loners. Together they both have a dream of owning land and not being concerned about working with somebody else, they will live comfortably.This dream dies when George kills Lennie.

First, Lennie tries to behave so he could tend the rabbits. “George, how long’s it gonna be till we get that little place an’ live on the fatta the lan’--an’ rabbits?” (Steinbeck 56). Lennie wants so badly to own land and be able to take care of rabbits. He tries to behave and stay out of trouble because he thinks George won’t let him tend to the rabbits if he misbehaves. Another part of his dream is to own land and live with George. If he does something wrong and loses his job, they won’t be able to afford the house until they get new jobs. An example of how Lennie tries to get out of

Of Mice and Men is a film about companionship and compassion. The combination of superb sound, cinematography, and the story makes Of Mice and Men an excellent movie. This film is about two migrant workers named George and Lennie. Lennie is very stupid and cannot fend for himself and George is his caretaker.George and Lennie travel to each job together. This is an overall great film.

“The best plans of Mice and Men, often go awry.” In the poem “To a Mouse,” Robert Burns explains that even the most trustworthy plans can crash and burn. In John Steinbeck’s novel, Of Mice and Men, George and Lennie are best friends who travel from ranch to ranch in search of work and wealth. The men are hungry for money because they are saving up to one day have their own ranch. Lennie has a mental disability, so George is often described as his caretaker.

Beyond Lennie’s dream of tending the rabbits in Of Mice and Men, Lennie has been known throughout the novel for hurting just about everything he touches. So, if Lennie gets the opportunity to tend the rabbits, he will probably kill them and his dream will never come true. Although, Lennie might not know this dream will not come true, his best friend, George knows. George said, “—I think I knowed from the very first. I think I knowed we'd never do her. He usta like to hear about it so much I got to thinking maybe we would” (Steinbeck 94). This meaning, George grasped onto the dream he and Lennie shared, knowing it wasn’t going to come true, to get him through the days. With this, Steinbeck shows how he believes dreams are solely meant to be dreamt, not reached. Lennie is so focused on the future and what they want to come, he doesn’t realize the harm he has done to the things around him, such as killing the dog, rat, and even killing Curly’s Wife. The rabbits symbolize Lennie’s hopes for the future, love, and safety. Lennie, being so innocent, only believes what George tells him, therefore, whenever he does wrong, the rabbits keep him feeling safe. Lennie never wanted anything else but to tend the rabbits, he didn’t care about the land or even being free, his mind was solely caught up in the thought of having something for his entertainment.

One of the many symbols in this story are the rabbits. Since Lennie really liked rabbits George would blackmail Lennie that he wouldn’t let him tend the rabbits if he did anything bad. “ Tell about what we’re gonna have in the garden and about the rabbits in the cages about the

“She screamed then, and Lennie’s other hand closed over her mouth and nose”. Lennie said “Oh! Please don’t do that!” George’ll be mad… George gonna say I done a bad thing. He ain’t gonna let me tend no rabbits… You gonna get me in trouble jus’ like George says you will.” “And she continued to struggle, and her eyes were wild with terror. He shook her then, and he was angry with her… he shook her; and her body flopped like a fish. And then she was still, for Lennie had broken her neck.”(Chapter 5, page 103). Lennie killed Curley’s wife, because he didn’t want her to stand in the way of his dreams. Due to the fact that his dream blinded him, he couldn’t differentiate between what’s right or wrong. He chose his actions carelessly. Achieving his dream was his priority, so much so that he sacrificed a human being for nothing to stand in his way. Not only did dreams have a key role in the novel, dreams also played an important role in the characters’ lives.

In the book Of Mice and Men the main characters strived to reach the American Dream, which they had dreamed for their whole lives. Lennie and George traveled around together. Lennie had Georges and George had Lennie’s back. They weren’t like the other guys because they had each other. Lenny was slower and didn’t have the brains that George did. So George took Lennie under his wing and promised Lennie that they would get a farm together and grow old living the life that they had always wanted. On this farm, George would tell Lennie that on the farm they would have chickens, cows, pigs and of course rabbits. Rabbits are Lennie’s favorite animal because he loves to pet them. George also said that they would live off the fat of the land and grow their own crops. Days when it rained they could just stay inside by the fire instead of going to work because they were they own bosses. But the overall best part of the Dream was that they would have each other to have as company and take care of one another.

Of Mice and Men is the story of two migrant workers friend Lennie and George. The story starts with the two men going to a new job. George talks to Lennie almost as if Lennie was a child. By the answers and dialogue of Lennie, the readers can infer that he is not