Of Mice And Men Quote Analysis

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Do you know what it takes to be patient? Patience is the capacity to accept trouble and suffering without getting angry or upset. George Hilton in the story “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck is the caretaker of Lennie Small a mentally disabled person. George has promised his Aunt Clara to look out for him and protect him. As George and Lennie in the story get chased out of Weed they struggle to keep their work in a ranch. Turns out Lennie accidentally kills the boss’s son wife and is sentenced to death. George gets ahead of the men in search for him and kills him out of his misery. George Hilton from “Of Mice and Men” by Steinbeck is impatient with himself, Lennie, and his life on the ranch.

Throughout this story, the author uncovers George as impatient and irritated toward Lennie’s mental disorder. George in the story, discovers that Lennie is petting a mouse along the way to go meet with their new boss. In addition, he demands him to give him the mouse. The author uses Lennie’s childish actions to show that George is impatient with Lennie by stating, “You gonna give me that mouse or do I have to sock you?” (Steinbeck eight). This quote shows George’s impatience toward Lennie, by insisting him to give him the mouse. After he had enough, he threw the mouse as far as he could into the darkening
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In the story, George mentions his dream to Lennie of a place for themselves with chickens and rabbits. He repeats it several times and plans to buy this place. This clearly states he is motivated to make his dream become reality. The author reveals the motivation of George to obtain a place for him and Lennie by stating, “We’d have a little house an’ a room to ourself… An’ when we put in a crop, why, we’d be there to take the crop up...” (Steinbeck fifty-eight ). The mentioned quote explains his motivation to buy his own land, own house for them. George Hilton’s motivation is to purchase a home for him and

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