The group headed after Lennie was going to kill him anyways (mainly Curley). From George’s perspective the only way to make Lennie’s death less painful for himself wa to kill him personally because of his care for him. An advantage for George after this moment is the easy ability to achieve their dream without Lennie’s inevitable habit of getting into trouble. However, George is alone and without the amount of money he saw he could gather quickly. George does care for Lennie as he tries to convince Slim to help find an alternative to killing him: “‘Couldn’ we bring him in an’ they’ll lock him up? He’s nuts Slim. He never done this to be mean’” (97). Consideration for Lennie’s well-being is an example of the kind of bond that both George and Lennie have, but it was necessary in the end to kill him instead of someone else.
2a) Poverty: John Steinbeck reveals his ideas about poverty through the setting of the novel. It is clear that the author had to set this novel during the Depression of the 1930’s, in a real agricultural valley--the Salinas Valley-- on a ranch with itinerant workers who have very little chance of achieving any financial success. They live in a sparsely …show more content…
Directly after, Steinbeck elaborates on Lennie’s physical characteristics: “a huge man, shapeless of face, with large pale eyes, with wide, sloping shoulders: and he walked heavily dragging his feet a litte, the way a bear drags his paws” (2). To better separate the two main characters (one small and the other massive), Steinbeck makes Lennie to be the lesser part of George as Lennie’s unintentional ignorance ruins George’s plans for them to achieve the American Dream. The plan’s simplicity is easily swept away by Lennies actions which are detrimental to what George tries to accomplish for the both of
2a) Poverty: John Steinbeck reveals his ideas about poverty through the setting of the novel. It is clear that the author had to set this novel during the Depression of the 1930’s, in a real agricultural valley--the Salinas Valley-- on a ranch with itinerant workers who have very little chance of achieving any financial success. They live in a sparsely …show more content…
Directly after, Steinbeck elaborates on Lennie’s physical characteristics: “a huge man, shapeless of face, with large pale eyes, with wide, sloping shoulders: and he walked heavily dragging his feet a litte, the way a bear drags his paws” (2). To better separate the two main characters (one small and the other massive), Steinbeck makes Lennie to be the lesser part of George as Lennie’s unintentional ignorance ruins George’s plans for them to achieve the American Dream. The plan’s simplicity is easily swept away by Lennies actions which are detrimental to what George tries to accomplish for the both of