George And Lennie In Of Mice And Men Analysis

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The Relationship between George and Lennie in Of Mice and Men

From the start to the end of the book the most important and dramatic characters are George and Lennie. These two characters presented by
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Almost everyone in the book has some sort of problem or disability that prevents them from achieving their goals, and in many ways the relationship between George and Lennie is a problem for them both and others too. If the relationship breaks (which is inevitable) then George would be left with no dream, more visits to the whorehouses and most of all loneliness. Others like Candy will also suffer a shattered dream. George and Lennie desperately cling to the notion that they are different from other workers who drift from ranch to ranch because, unlike the others, they have a future and each other. But characters like Crooks and Curley's wife serve as reminders that George and Lennie are no different from anyone who wants something of his or her own.

The story implies very much that there is a great friendship between George and Lennie, I believe this is very true, but it is important to analyse the reasons for their unfamiliar friendship in the ranch. For example, George
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God a'mighty, if I was alone I could live so easy. I could go get a job an' work, an no trouble. No mess at all, and when the end of the month come I could take my fifty bucks and go into town and get whatever I want"

It may be true, but in many occasions like at the beginning where Lennie himself suggested that he could leave off to the caves, George insisted that he didn't want Lennie to leave because Lennie wouldn't be able to live on his own. I think this isn't the real reason why George doesn't want Lennie to leave. Yes, it is true that Lennie can't survive on his own, but how would George cope without Lennie? From much evidence I think that George wouldn't be able to cope in the long-term without Lennie. When he said, '… I could take my fifty bucks and go into town and get whatever I want.' he would have really spent his time at the whorehouses wasting his money and time on drinks and prostitutes. Crooks later reminds Lennie of this,

"Yeah?' said Crooks. 'An' where's George now? In town in a whorehouse. That's where your money's going'. Jesus, I seen it happens too many times. I seen too many guys with land in their head.

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