When George and Lennie meet their boss after arriving, the boss asks them questions. When he asks Lennie a question, George answers for him. George is asked to let Lennie to speak for himself. The boss wonders why George “takes so much trouble for another guy”(22).George, looking out for their job, justifies Lennie’s silence by telling him,” He’s my… cousin. I told his old lady I’d take care of him… Just ain’t bright. But he can do anything you tell him.”(22). Even though Lennie is a good worker, George worries that the boss will not want them there if he is not smart. Being fired would be a really bad thing on them because they need the money. George looks out for their best interests.
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When they were in Weed, Lennie had gotten into some trouble with a girl who had claimed that Lennie had tried to rape her. George and Lennie were forced to to run away to avoid a party trying to lynch Lennie. “He was so scairt he wouldn’t let go of that dress… So we sit in a irrigation ditch under water all of that day,” (41-42).They were in the situation that led them to go to the river again. They returned to the river again when Lennie got into trouble once more. George had advised to go back to that river and hide if he were to ever be in a difficult circumstance again. The river marked the beginning and the end of Lennie’s inevitable