John Steinbeck Motivates George In Of Mice And Men

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A famous soccer player, Hans F. Hansen, once said “People inspire you, or they drain you, pick them wisely.” He believes that the people around someone can either motivate them, or be a drawback to their dreams. John Steinbeck, author of Of Mice and Men, also shares this same opinion in his novella. Steinbeck shows through his characters how people around them affect their hopes and dreams in different ways. For George, Lennie is a drawback, as well as a companion who lets them strive for their dream, a piece of land. Lennie makes some stupid mistakes, but motivates George in the most difficult times in the farm. Crooks, a cripple African American, constantly gets discriminated by everyone in the farm making him lose all his hopes and dreams. …show more content…

Candy is crippled, and is almost useless in the farm and is just trying to make it to the next day without going insane. When he overhears Lennie and George talk about their dream about their “piece of land” he gets excited and tells them he can contribute his money as well in order to make this dream become reality. In the novella, Candy says, “ Tell you what-” He leaned in forward eagerly. “S’pose I went in with you guys. Tha’s three hundred an’ …show more content…

I ain’t much good, but I could cook and tend the chickens and hoe the garden som. How’d that be?(59)”. Candy respects George and Lennie and therefore wants to help in this dream they have. They have been around Candy enough to trust them to put his hard earned money into this “dream” they have. Speaking of trust, another character who shows trust is Lennie. Lennie listens and does everything George tells him to do because he trusts him as friend as well as family. When Lennie sees all the ways he could get in trouble in the farm with Curley's wife, Curley, and others, he begs George to leave the farm with him.In the novella, it states, “I don't like this place, George. This ain't no good place. I wanna get outa here.” “We gotta keep it till we get a stake. We can't help it, Lennie. We'll get out jus' as soon as we can. I don't like it no better than you do.(32)”. Lennie has been with George since his childhood and makes almost all his decisions based on what Georges tells him. In this situation, George tells him that they have to stay and make money, and Lennie’s decision changes accordingly to George and he stops complaining. Even though Lennie is scared and wants to leave, George inspires him

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