George tells Lennie a story and Lennie gets delighted when he tells him the story. Evidence that proves that is in paragraph 4 where it says "Lennie pleaded, come on George. Tell me. Please, George. Like you done before".…
(Steinbeck pg 13) This means that George is saying strict things to Lennie, but is thinking that he is an important person to him. George and Lennie has relationship unlike other people, so this makes George feel special.…
George appears powerful in John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men because of the author's use of diction. Gary Sinise, director of the book's 1992 film adaptation, misses the opportunity to also give George power in his life. In the book on , it says“‘If he tangles with you, Lennie, we’re gonna get the can.’” (PAGE 29)…
Sometimes Lennie may get on his nerves but George has always been there for Lennie and Lennie knows that. Lennie looks to George, to his permission, to his actions because he can trust…
this shows that they may not have a true connection with each other. Also before George starts to ignore Lennie, Lennie says “I don't want no fights”. This shows that Lennie dosent want to be discluded from George even mentally if he's away from…
Then again there is conflict with both characters that cause stress. These statements are seen George’s promise for Lennie and the hope that Lennie brings to their relationship. A relationship is trusting that the other party will do their job and prosper their bond. George had the action like of a levitating, where the brother…
As all the other workers would say, “Funny how you an’ him string along together” (Steinbeck 39). They don’t understand that George and Lennie will always stay together. They have grown up together and will always need each other by their side. “Why he’d do any damn thing I tol’ him. If I tol’ him to walk over a cliff, over he’d go” (Steinbeck 40).…
It is within each other that George and Lennie find the strength to work together and strive for their paradise. They are not only considered a family unit because they stick together but George also functions as a parental figure for Lennie. Due to his disability, Lennie is not capable of leading a productive life without some form of example and like a child, he mimics George’s actions and speech patterns. He also constantly tries to impress him and attempts to achieve his appreciation and affection.…
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 could have been well off without Lennie, but still continues to care and support him. They have one another to talk to, be with, and look after. ‘With us it ain’t like that. We got a future.…
Even though Lennie acts like a child, George still needs him even though he may not know it . George would feel as if he had let Lennie’s Aunt Clara down by not protecting Lennie. Also, George has never left Lennie’s side, no matter how much trouble he’s gotten in. For instance, when Lennie got in trouble in Weed, George didn’t have to come, but he willingly did. At the end of the book when Lennie had left the ranch for accidentaly killing Curley’s wife, George had found Lennie right in the spot he was told to go.…
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 said “ I got you! You can’t keep a job and you lose me ever’ job i get” he implies that he would’ve had an easier life if he didn’t have to look after Lennie. Sometimes George means what he says, but other times he doesn’t, depending on the situation. “No--look! I was jus’ foolin’, Lennie, ‘Cause I want you to stay with me.”…
In 'Of Mice and Men ' Steinbeck presents George in a way the reader has never seen. The extract begins with George almost coaxing Lennie, telling him that "the air feels fine." Usually when ever George speaks to Lennie he is always an authoritive figure, and although George is still coaxing Lennie by comforting him, the dynamics have changed. George is no longer this angry, hostile character, but rather we find George being presented in a paternal way, allowing- for possibly the first time- the reader to feel empathy for him. The reader has to come to terms with what has been forshadowed through out the whole book, just like George in this final scene.…
Understanding the needs of friendship is crucial for humans because we are social creatures and need social interaction. In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, George and Lennie discover many important aspects of their friendship. George and Lennie go through many situations to demonstrate and understand the needs of a strong friendship. Throughout the story, the idea that strong friendship takes selflessness, support, and mutual need is conveyed. Lennie and George show selflessness as a need for a strong friendship.…