George has parent like characteristics, he is serious and caring towards Lennie. Section one of the novel establishes so much about their friendship. We see Lennie, who had been watching, “imitated George exactly. ”(P20) Steinbeck shows us, further how Lennie looks up to George as a role model.…
George and Lennie’s Relationship George and Lennie shared a fairly strong friendship, but the relationship that they had was not one that friends should have. Because of Lennie’s disability, George could not always treat him as a friend, but sometimes more as a child. The first moment in the book that we can start to see that George feels responsible for Lennie was after they had run away from Weed, and were hiding in the woods. This was when George was starting to get very angry and scream at Lennie, he said “An’ what I got, I got you!” (11) This quote shows that George feels as if his life could be so much better and easier without Lennie, but he has to keep Lennie with him, because he feels responsible for him.…
George and Lennie faced more moral dilemmas because George is constantly torn between helping and hurting his friend. Lennie held back by his mental handicap throughout the story and the reader can see that George wants to help him but it's hard when something bad is constantly happening. The boys don’t like Lennie because he’s too strong and crushes one of the boy’s hand (Steinbeck 63), and messes things up while he is trying to be friends with everyone. George is then finally faced with the decision whether to end his “best friend’s” life or lie about what happen and run away again.…
In the novella, Of Mice and Men I believe that George was a good friend to Lennie. Friendship is when you are by someone's side, through thick and thin. George and Lennie were good examples of friendship because they were always by each others side, even though they may not have gotten along at times. Unfortunately, Lennie isn't so bright, so George has taken on the role of not only being his companion but his caretaker as well. In the novella George and Lennie have gotten into trouble a number of times, but this one time may or may not have depicted whether he was a good friend or not.…
(4) This passage shows how much influence George has on Lennie's behavior, he is not only just Lennie's friend, but also a role model and almost a parental figure to him. Lennie imitates him because he cannot comprehend what is “right” or wrong but he does understand that George has the mental ability to distinguish between the two. The relationship between the two of them is further unearthed by Steinbeck a few pages later; he did this by using dialog in short outburst that overcame George one evening. George reveals his feelings for Lennie when he says, "Well, we ain't got any," George exploded. "Whatever we ain't got, that's what you want.…
Jermy Johnson Mrs. Sewell 10th Grade AP Lit 14 November 2014 Friendship In John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men friendship is a theme that is portrayed highly throughout the story. There are many types of friends that may cross you in the world, some close, some not close, some kind, some not kind it all depends in the person. George and Lennie are great examples of how friends should be.…
George loves Lennie because in the book Of Mice and Men, he defends him when others talk bad about him. Also, he plans on getting a house with him in the future. On page 39 slim calls Lennie crazy and George responds with saying “ He ain’t no cuckoo’ said George, ‘he’s dumb as hell, but he ain’t crazy.” Slim tells George that Lennie seems crazy. George defends Lennie by saying that he isn’t crazy, he’s just not that bright.…
The relationship of george and lennie is very different than that of curly and his wife's. curly and his wifes relationship lacked love and communication while heorhe and curly's relationship was simply built off of those qualities. Communication is one of the qualitlies why george and lennies relationship is so strong. George andlennie always talk about there dream of living on a small farm. " someday-- we're gonna get the jack together and we're gonna have a little house and a couple of acres an' a cow and some pigs and--" (page 14)…
Make an argument classifying the friendship of George and Lennie. The main idea for this passage is “friendship”. George is responsible to take good care of him, since his aunt die. George worries about Lennie because he has this illness that he can’t control. Every time Lennie does something bad, he ends up telling George about.…
John Steinbeck shows why friendship is so important when George says, "With us it ain't like that. We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us"(p14). This quote shows that companionship is important because Lennie and George have somebody that cares about them unlike others who have nobody. Another example of when Steinbeck shows the value of companionship through tough times when he wrote, "He can do anything you tell him', said George.…
From the beginning readers see how annoyed George can become with Lennie. George tells Lennie, “if I was alone I could live so easy. I could go get a job an’ work, an’ no trouble. No mess at all” (Steinbeck 11). Even though George gets annoyed with Lennie it is obvious he still cares because after he said those words to Lennie, “He looked across the fire at Lennie’s anguished face, and then he looked ashamedly at the flames” (Steinbeck 11).…
In this quote, George shows his knowledge about the importance of his and Lennie’s companionship.…
The steinbeck of George and lennie working together, describe their power of the American dream Because they made goals to be successful in life and not be how they are before. In the story Lennie and George showed their loyalty to each other. Even though they struggled George still stayed committed to Lennie. Even though George felt some type of way and said “nobody give a damn about us Lennie stated…
John Steinbeck, the author of Of Mice and Men, uses a legion amount of circumstances that exclusively portray the inducement of human suffering. The assets that promote human suffering, including friendships, loneliness, and even dreams, can be recognized in John Steinbeck 's Of Mice and Men novella. Steinbeck’s novella has included something that was rare and unusual during the 20th century; the friendship of two men, George and Lennie, who both dream to “ live offa the fatta the lan’ ”(14). The novella also discusses how loneliness can affect human beings, namingly Crooks and Curley’s wife, and cause them to suffer deeply as a consequence. To start off with, Steinbeck uses the friendship of two men, George and Lennie, to show that…
Most people would do anything for their friend if they are loyal, and some might even die for their friend. In Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, Lennie and George's friendship is one of the main themes in the story. George makes sure Lennie has a good life and helps him when he gets in trouble and Lennie defends George when he thinks he's in danger. Although there are many hardships throughout the story, Lennie and George's friendship continues and they stay loyal to each…