Of Mice and Men written by John Steinbeck has told a story about two men who become best friends that care for each other. Lennie is a large man who has isn't as wise and intelligent stays with his best friend George Milton who is the opposite of Lennie, he is a small man who take care of Lennie and himself. Both Lennie and George work at a ranch in this small town to live and fulfill their american dream which is to own their own farm. In the beginning of the novel Lennie and George's relationship was more of like a popular analogy used “the dog and the owner”, Lennie is the dog and George is the owner. Because Lennie was a personality of a 6 year-old, george has to take care of him and tell him what to do treating him in a way like a dog. Both Lennie and …show more content…
“An’ why?... Because I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that’s why.” (Steinbeck 14), In the quote they both look out for each other because they care for each other. Throughout the novel Lennie and George have considered each other as the only family they’ve got because there relationship is is really close. George and Lennie are different from the other workers because they are jolly with their work unlike the others, everyone else works alone but george and Lennie work together everyday. George and Lennie may have their differences but they have sticked together on everything. There were some quotes from the novel that Steinbeck has brought to the reader's attention about both George and Lennie’s relationship. “Guys like us that work on ranches are the loneliest guys in the world”, The fact that they are moving they do not know a lot of people, so they would feel lonely, although they do not think there that lonely because they are with each other. Another one of Steinbeck's quotes would be when others have doubt about their friendship but it's how it is to George and
George obviously cared for Lennie or else he would have left him by himself afte...
Of Mice and Men - George and Lennie seem to have a very close friendship
It is very apparent that each of the four characters in the two friendships feed off of each other. In Steinbeck’s novel, Of Mice and Men, George and Lennie are very different, yet they need one other. George is a very independent, loyal, and caring person who takes care of Lennie because Lennie is unable to take care of himself. Although George makes it seem like he would be better off without Lennie, George makes it clear that without him he would be better off. This is evident because of this conversation h regularly had with Lennie” I could go get a job an’
As the story continues on and the pair arrive at their job, the character chart begins to branch as we are introduced to Slim, another worker on the farm. After learning of the two’s past together, he openly expresses, “Ain’t many guys travel around together... I don’t know why. Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other” (Steinbeck 35). There is a unique value to George and Lennie’s relationship which the world lacks. Rather than combining their might, people would rather watch their own back with one set of eyes than having a second set to keep watch. There is mistrust between people and the idea of backstabbing and swindling is very present due to the economic decline and the loss of wealth for all social classes. Due to Lennie’s mental decline, however and the fact that if it were not for George, Lennie would not be alive, there is a strong bond apparent. To be separated from one another would mean becoming the rest of the world, sad and lonely. Neither of the two would like to bring sorrow to one another or let each other go through
In all of these quotes George is looking after Lennie similar to how a brother would look after a younger sibling. From when he is talking to Slim about Lennie’s work ethic on page 39 to when he is trying to keep Lennie from getting into trouble with Curley and his wife on pages 32 and 29, George is always looking after Lennie in some way. Alongside the last example, Steinbeck illustrates a caring relationship between George and Lennie. “ [George] ‘They ain’t got nobody in the worl’ that gives a hoot in hell about em-’...[Lennie] ‘But not us’” (104). George and Lennie always come back to the subject of looking out for each other. This is demonstrated when Lennie is talking to Crooks about George and Crooks says, “jus’ s’pose he don’t come back. What’ll you do then” (72)? Just the mention of George doesn't come back or being hurt makes Lennie defensive about George, “Suddenly Lennie’s eyes centered and grew quiet, and mad. He stood up and walked dangerously toward Crooks, Who hurt George” (72). Lennie is attached to George, to Lennie, he is the only person in the world that actually cares about his well being.They have been together for years, which is quite similar
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is about the friendship between George Milton and Lennie Small, who travel together due to the fact that Lennie suffered a childlike mental illness and someone needed to take care of him. Lennie only listens to his friend George, no matter what George may say. This novel shows characteristics of their true friendship and George's compassion towards his companion. George shows acts of love and kindness out of sympathy for Lennie, yet he also seems to show an unconscious effort to make up for Lennie’s mental impairment.
The novel of mice and men by John Steinbeck is a heartwarming story about two men George and Lennie. George is a small stocky man who prides himself on his ability to be independent, and often taunts Lennie by saying "God a'mighty, if I was alone I could live so easy. I could go get a job an' work, an' no trouble. No mess at all, and when the end of the month come I could take my fifty bucks and go into town and get whatever I want.” (pg12). Lennie on the other hand is a very large childlike man who is very dependent of George. These two have stuck together for a long time and over that time have developed a dream of owning their own ranch. Steinbeck uses a variety of techniques to display the theme “even the best laid themes can go wrong”
George and Lennie make an awesome couple of companions, however George is all the more an overseer. It was a greater amount of George's fantasy to claim their own farm and settle. It was George's American dream to possess their life and take to take what they believed was legitimately theirs and that is the sort of attitude that a few individuals had amid the 1930s. A great many people did not comprehend why George dealt with Lennie in light of the fact that he resembled a miserable cause however George constantly wanted to deal with him. Most characters of the novel feel that Lennie is unequal to them, however this was not genuine. Lennie had the same trusts and dreams as most characters in the
They are an extraordinary team, with Lennie being of monstrous size with a simple mind, and George being a smart and typical worker. Many times throughout the novel, Lennie threatens to go live in a cave to leave George alone so he won't have to take care of him anymore. However, George always explains to Lennie that he wants him by his side at all times because he knows they need each other: "No! I was just foolin', Lennie. 'Cause I want you to stay with me. .
Throughout the novel, George and Lennie have a strong relationship which is quite unique. George takes care of Lennie through thick and thin but, sometimes George sees Lennie as just a burden until he realizes that he is incapable to take of himself when Lennie tells George “Well, I could go off in the hills there. Some place I’d find a cave” (Steinbeck, John 12) George responds to very broth...
Just as looking after each other is important, another component of a healthy relationship is being able to make each other better people. With no surprise, George and Lennie are able to do this for each other constantly. The first way that George and Lennie make each other better people is because they have common goals between each other. George and Lennie explain to readers how their goal is to own a farm with each other. Their farm will take up an acre of land, and it will have a shack on that land that they can live in. They will own chickens, pigs, cows, and rabbits that Lennie will be able to tend. (Steinbeck 105-106)
George and Lennie take care of each other through out the story. In the story it says, “Because… because I got you to look after me and you have me to look after you, and that’s why” (Steinbeck14). This quote means that as long as George and Lennie are together, they take care of each other no matter what happens to them. This goes with the topic because they take care of
Traveling from place to place, they keep each other safe, in hopes of settling on their own personal ranch; a literal place of their dreams. The events of the story prohibits them from living that dream. In Of Mice and Men, author John Steinbeck portrays a strong friendship between the two, but in reality we cannot call their association true friendship because of the lack of equality, the disrespect from George to Lennie directly as well without him knowing. As the story unfolds, it is clear and fair to say that Lennie and George are not equals.
The famed nurses study from Harvard found “Not having a close friend is as detrimental to your health as smoking.” Lennie and George’s friendship is necessary to keep the better for each other. Throughout the story, Lennie and George need each other and look out for one another no matter what. Lennie and George’s friendship and journey throughout the story symbolizes the struggles to achieve the American dream. Steinbeck, in the story Of Mice and Men, combines characterization and symbolism to prove friends do whats best for eachother.
In Steinbeck’s novella, Of Mice and Men, the central storyline revolves around the protagonists, George Milton and Lennie Small, and is set in the Great Depression era which depicts the socio-economic conditions and hardships of that time. Steinbeck’s characterization of George and Lennie is quite significant; though they travel together and it would be logical to think of them as an inseparable duo due to their similar characteristics, it is also their differences that originally conjoined them and has kept them together. It is this relationship between George and Lennie, with regards to their similarities, such as their evident mutual reliance, mutual acceptance and desire, and similar positions in society, as well as differences, like the