Examples Of Responsibility In Of Mice And Men

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George, Gilbert, And Brother all take responsibility for someone such as for George he takes responsibility for Lennie and Gilbert takes responsibility for Arnie and Brother takes responsibility for Doodle and in my opinion that is an essential human quality because they are taking responsibility for another human being and don't mind it, but it does take a toll on them in some sort of way...

In The short story “Of Mice And Men” by John Steinbeck,George takes responsibility for Lennie because if George didn’t then I think that Lennie wouldn’t be getting anywhere in life like George is getting him now, such as by getting jobs by working on some ranches, but It takes a toll on George a lot because Lennie gets in a a lot of trouble such as when they worked out in weed. George
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They are different from the other guys that go around on ranches because they have something to look forward to such as getting their piece of land that they really want but they need to save up their stake so they can get that piece of land. But Lennie keeps on getting in trouble all the time so they can't really save up their stake as much as they probably want to. Also George says “ Guys like us, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don't belong no place. They come to a ranch and work up a stake and then they go into town and blow their stake. But no us we have plans to get our own ranch”. Lennie benefits because George would Let him tame the rabbits and do other things that Lennie would love to do . Their relationship affects them in many ways such as hardly and guys that work at ranches ever travel together but George and Lennie always have their ups and downs together when they are together such as George doesn't like it when Lennie finds mice and kills them and keeps on petting them and Lennie just likes anything that is soft so he doesn’t mind that it is dead or alive he just wants to pet it. It takes a huge toll on George because

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