Relationship Between George And Lennie In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

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In society today, the average person isn’t usually in a genuine relationship with a baby. A baby as in someone that just doesn’t understand the consequences of their behavior, such as Lennie in the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. We are introduced to a relationship like this between the two main characters, George and Lennie in the book. George being the “care taker” of Lennie, the “man baby”, that meant George had to be socially responsible for Lennie. But instead of being socially responsible in the way he cares for Lennie, he acts selfishly, leading to unfortunate events. Lennie and his love for animals and especially in his way of showing his affection towards them led to the death of them. Lennie did not mean to kill these animals,

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