Compare And Contrast George And Lennie In Of Mice And Men

Together, George Milton and Lennie Smalls make a great team. They consider themselves “brothers,” and they come together in the face of loneliness. In the book Of Mice and Men, written by John Steinbeck, the two main characters, George and Lennie, are best friends and are completely opposite of each other. George is small and Lennie is of great size. Even though Lennie is bigger, George helps Lennie tremendously due to the fact he promised Lennie’s aunt. He has the mentality of a young child and his mind uncontrollably wonders often and he forgets most of everything that they talk about. George, however, does not have that problem. He is a “hero.” Small and quick with a smart mouth. George needs someone to care for. Between the both of them they both have a dream to “liv off the fatta of the lan.” (George) Although the men kill time at their job by playing cards, horseshoes and spending time …show more content…
With that being said, you lose friends, jobs, family members or even just time. Sometimes, you gain things too. George and Lennie have a dream of owning their own ranch one day. Raising rabbits, dogs, pigs, cows and much more. However, they are not able to afford it and every place they run off to, Lennie gets in trouble and they have to travel else where. Until one day when Lennie makes a huge mistake and everything takes a turn for the worst. He was out talking to Curley’s wife and touched her hair and things got to friendly. She tried getting away and Lennie got scared and strangled her to death. He went running to the “safe place” with Carlson's gun and waited for George. When all the guys went out looking for him, George went a separate way and found Lennie. George took the gun away from him and shot him to prevent imprisonment. Slim found them down by the river and George said “I shot him in the back of the head. After all is said and done, George is lonelier than ever and no longer has his best