Showing compassion and empathy toward a character or a person is showing sympathy. John Steinbeck, the author of Mine and Men makes the readers not sympathetic toward Lennie. The book Of Mine and Men by John Steinbeck is a book about two migrant workers, having the American Dream to own their own place on the fat of the land. Lennie does many things that shows that he is a bad person, it comes out with his actions and his traits.…
How can two people be so alike yet so different? Dally and Johnny have been through a lot of the same things yet their personalities and actions are entirely different. Although Dally and Johnny grew up with similar parents who were abusive and neglectful, they care and love each other like family. Dally’s personality is different from Johnny’s because he likes to fight. As for Johnny he does not like to get into fights and confrontations, he follows the law whenever he can.…
Mother Teresa once said, “Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.” Everyone at some point goes through or struggles with loneliness. So, if everyone gets lonely are we really alone? In the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, loneliness plays a huge role. Lennie, Crooks, and Candy all face loneliness.…
The personalities of each character plays a significant part in shaping the outcome of the novel, Of Mice and Men. The character George Milton affects the story by taking responsibility of Lennie’s life and also Lennie’s death as he travels from ranch to ranch with his friend. Candy’s gentle personality influences George and the decisions he makes based upon Candy’s experience with the killing of his dog. Finally, Crooks’ personality shows how the loneliness of being a migrant worker can bring out meanness, and create suspicion of any form of kindness overtime.…
Lennie is at the best a dim witted character but he has a good heart. Lennie doesn’t know what is right and panics. He is a big man and sometimes hurts animals and people by accident. Even though lennie is a huge man has the ideology and brain of a 8 year old.…
Johnny and Dally: Different or Similar? How is it possible for two people who like each other so much to be so different? It is almost unheard of, but in SE Hinton’s novel The Outsiders this is quite common between two of the characters.…
Lennie’s Aunt Clara died when Lennie was young, so George took him in, taught him things, and made sure he was okay. When George realizes he hurts everything he touches, and is always getting in trouble so George came with a plan for if Lennie got in trouble again, “‘Well look. Lennie- if you jus’ happen to get in trouble like you always done before, I want you to come right here an’ hide in the brush’” (Steinbeck 15). George is always looking out for Lennie, making sure he’s okay and healthy.…
Steinbeck shows us that Lennie mentally holds George back from an easy life but George chose to sacrifice this all because it makes him different from the other farm hands, it makes him less thoughtless. Especially in the 1930’s many migrant workers were thoughtless, lonely men who went around for work and didn’t have much character. Another instance where we see the improved character in George from sacrificing a different life is the caring, loyal personality he has towards Lennie. When George talks with Slim about his relationship with Lennie he has a flashback: “I turns to Lennie and says, ‘Jump in.’ An’ he jumps.…
He also convinced Lennie that George was a hard worker so he could get the job. You may also be thinking that George wasn't a good friend because he treated Lennie cruelly by calling him names. George also did sacrifice his time to take care of Lennie and he always tried to make Lennie feel by telling him his favorite story about the farm. George killing Lennie must have made you think that George was definitely a bad friend but that's not quite right.…
Steinbeck uses Candy to show that age or disabilities should not determine a person's value. In the book, all of the men think Candy is weak just because of his disability. They also think he’s lazy and doesn’t want to do anything because he uses his disability as an excuse. Candy and his dog are like George and Lennie in a way. Candy can be compared to George because helps others by leading them in the right direction.…
“An’ why? Because….because I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that’s why” (Steinbeck 14). In John Steinbeck’s novel, Of Mice and Men, he portrays a story of a mentally handicapped man born in the wrong generation. The novel shows many differences between mentally handicapped Lennie and his best friend, with full mental capacity, George. Although George and Lennie have countless differences and play contrasting roles, they are alike in several ways. The way the story is written, it would not have been the same without Lennie’s character not having a mental illness.…
Lennie would keep reminding him of the rabbits and when they have that, their dreams have been fulfilled. Lennie also helps George because he is a big man. He is able to work hard and he could also protect George because he is a small guy. If they were not together, they would not have made it as…
“ Course he ain’t mean. But he gets in trouble alla time because he’s so Goddamn dumb.” (pg. 41). Lennie Smalls, in Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, is the pathos of this story.…
Steinbeck portrayed Lennie and george's friendship in Of Mice in Men as like brothers. George is the big brother always taking care of Lennie, Yelling at him but still giving him metal support. While lennie is the little brother, mocking george but still listening to him and lennie looks up to george. George takes care of Lennie for example “Lennie! he said sharply, Lennie for god’s sake don’t drink so much.…
In Sickness And In Health Companionship is a term that has several distinct meanings, but only one meaning genuinely stands out. The term companionship is when someone puts everyone else before themselves. George, in Of Mice and Men, is a companion to Lennie, and Lennie is a companion to George. George, Lennie, and Slim portray companionship through each other and through the other men on the ranch. In Of Mice and Men, written by John Steinbeck, George, Lennie, and Slim reflect the theme of companionship through heartbreak and reliability, opposition and manipulation, and comfort and reliability.…