Comparing Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

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After reading chapter one it is quite evident that there is a dramatic difference in personality between Lennie and George in both their appearance and their personalities. Lennie is a huge man, who could be considered a giant, due to his lumbering size over George. Lennie is a bit slow mentally but is always working his hardest to follow directions, and is a very basic man, who has a strong impulsive behavior problem that can often get him into difficult situations and will most often result in him being fired from the many jobs he has tried to work. This could be shown in the quote on page 2, " Behind him walked the opposite, a huge man, shapeless of the face, with wide sloping shoulders. " George, his counterpart character, is quite the

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