Marriage In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

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The story takes place in Soledad the scenery sounds very peaceful and beautiful,at the place where George and Lenny live they happen to be surrounded by all types of nature. George and Lennie are friends who live together. George is tan,small ,shorter than Lenny, and he is responsible and sometimes he is sarcastic. Lenny is huge, taller than George, and he is compared to animals. Lenny is the opposite of George, he listens to commands, he’s irresponsible and has short memory. Later in the chapter George and Lennie end up working at a ranch due to an incident that happened, the ranch they work at has many men working there and there is a cabin which has bunk beds and white walls this job requires laboring day and night.At this ranch they meet the boss of the job ,both George and Lenny wait for him they then see him walk in and right away they know he is the boss because he wore high heeled boots and spurs to show he wasn't a laboring man.Later they meet an old man named Candy and he talks about a man named Curly a man who wears high heeled boots as well and having red curly hair. He was a very pugnacious and observation Curly was the boss's son and Curly would act like he was bigger. Lenie stands out the most out of all other characters because he has problems and does things without realizing what he is doing. There is some other things Lennie does that seem wrong and gets them in trouble.

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