The protagonist of this novel is George, he is a middle-aged man in the great depression in the lower working class who works on farms and takes care of his best friend’s nephew, Lennie. In the first chapter, the setting describes the location and time the novel took place and the characters introduce themselves into the book. The novel explains early in the book about how George and Lennie arrive at their new work farm. Only a middle-aged man could do most of the labor that the job demanded, therefore, they are middle-aged laborers.
One change that occurred with the protagonist, George, it his optimism. At the beginning of the novel, George and Lennie had their master plan for saving up enough money to buy a plot of land and have a house on …show more content…
The likelihood of Lennie being able to crush Curley’s fist with one hand is very unlikely because doing so would take a tremendous amount of strength and that amount of strength can’t come from just one hand. In the novel, it Slim said, “Looks to me like ever’ bone in his hand is bust” (Steinbeck 64). Clenching Curley’s fist in his hand, Lennie crushed every bone in Curley’s hand, in ordinary life, that is not possible to do with just one hand, this requires tremendous force that is nearly impossible to do with the strength of one hand. Another unlikely event in the novel is when Curley’s wife flirts with Lennie alone and tells him to run his fingers through her hair. Feeling things like rabbits, clothes, and hair calms Lennie. Instinctively, Lennie ran his fingers through her hair and she told him that he should stop, but he did not, she then started hollering at him, in response Lennie grabbed tighter and put his hand around her mouth because he did not want to mess up, the speaker says, “...and he shook her, and her body flopped like a fish. And then she was still, for Lennie had broken her neck” (Steinbeck 91). While trying to do the right thing, Lennie ended up accidentally killing a woman. This is a very long stretch in the real world, going from feeling how soft one’s hair
One change that occurred with the protagonist, George, it his optimism. At the beginning of the novel, George and Lennie had their master plan for saving up enough money to buy a plot of land and have a house on …show more content…
The likelihood of Lennie being able to crush Curley’s fist with one hand is very unlikely because doing so would take a tremendous amount of strength and that amount of strength can’t come from just one hand. In the novel, it Slim said, “Looks to me like ever’ bone in his hand is bust” (Steinbeck 64). Clenching Curley’s fist in his hand, Lennie crushed every bone in Curley’s hand, in ordinary life, that is not possible to do with just one hand, this requires tremendous force that is nearly impossible to do with the strength of one hand. Another unlikely event in the novel is when Curley’s wife flirts with Lennie alone and tells him to run his fingers through her hair. Feeling things like rabbits, clothes, and hair calms Lennie. Instinctively, Lennie ran his fingers through her hair and she told him that he should stop, but he did not, she then started hollering at him, in response Lennie grabbed tighter and put his hand around her mouth because he did not want to mess up, the speaker says, “...and he shook her, and her body flopped like a fish. And then she was still, for Lennie had broken her neck” (Steinbeck 91). While trying to do the right thing, Lennie ended up accidentally killing a woman. This is a very long stretch in the real world, going from feeling how soft one’s hair