An unknown source once said “People with good intention make promises, people with good character keep them”. Mice and Men, is an amazing story, that revolves around the journey of two character, who are not similar in any way, who go on a wild trek chasing their American Dream. This eye catching story revolves around the two best friends, George and Lenny. George can be classified as someone who knows his way around, he knows how to get around the in’s and out’s of all situations, and is ultimately the only reason Lenny might still be alive and safe. Lenny on the other hand can be described as a giant baby. The ginormous man, topping the charts in both size and strength, could pretty easily represent a giant baby. With his mental disability,
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Without question, George definitely does also possess this characteristic. An outstanding example of this is back to what the reason is for George devoting his whole life to taking care of Lenny (40-41). George has absolutely no obligations to do this. Using up a great portion of his priceless life taking care of someone else, especially during a hard time period when the book takes place. All that is holding him down is a promise he made to Lennie's aunt Clara. Physically, leaving lenny would affect Geroge in no way, the sun would rise and the day would go on. It is the mental grief that would get to him. Leaving Lenny helpless on the streets so George could enjoy a peaceful life, would absolutely kill him on the inside. He cares and is so kind, that he cannot just abandon Lenny. Secondly, george is also careful when getting caught in sticky situations. This is shown when Lennie accidentally kills Curley’s wife. As soon as Candy discovers the body of Curley’s wife, he goes straight to George and does not alert anyone else. This is when Georges sense of carefulness comes in handy. He figures out a plan in just moments of time, to prevent himself from being blamed with taking part on the death (95). George was able to keep calm, and establish necessary precautions to keep himself out of trouble. It it possible that if he would have stayed with candy in the barn, or just left the body without informing anyone, he would have been accused for the death and get punished. George knows this so he makes sure to go back to the barn first then have Candy come get everyone. This shows the quick thinking and carefulness towards tough situations that George
Without question, George definitely does also possess this characteristic. An outstanding example of this is back to what the reason is for George devoting his whole life to taking care of Lenny (40-41). George has absolutely no obligations to do this. Using up a great portion of his priceless life taking care of someone else, especially during a hard time period when the book takes place. All that is holding him down is a promise he made to Lennie's aunt Clara. Physically, leaving lenny would affect Geroge in no way, the sun would rise and the day would go on. It is the mental grief that would get to him. Leaving Lenny helpless on the streets so George could enjoy a peaceful life, would absolutely kill him on the inside. He cares and is so kind, that he cannot just abandon Lenny. Secondly, george is also careful when getting caught in sticky situations. This is shown when Lennie accidentally kills Curley’s wife. As soon as Candy discovers the body of Curley’s wife, he goes straight to George and does not alert anyone else. This is when Georges sense of carefulness comes in handy. He figures out a plan in just moments of time, to prevent himself from being blamed with taking part on the death (95). George was able to keep calm, and establish necessary precautions to keep himself out of trouble. It it possible that if he would have stayed with candy in the barn, or just left the body without informing anyone, he would have been accused for the death and get punished. George knows this so he makes sure to go back to the barn first then have Candy come get everyone. This shows the quick thinking and carefulness towards tough situations that George