Of Mice Of Men George And Lennie Alike

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In the book, the Mice of Men George and Lennie are kicked out of Weed. They end up with a job at the ranch where they meet new people and learn new things. Lennie, George, and Curley have many different adjectives to describe them because they are so different from one another. Due to their characteristic Lennie, George, and Curley have conflicts between each other. That contrast them from each other. Each and every one of these charters is unique and special.

In the book of Mice of Men Lennie is dependent, hard-working, and a caring person. He can never do anything on his own. Lennie is an immature person and he acts like a kid. He is a very dependent person he won’t do anything without George tells him to do. Like during the fight Lennie got scared and didn’t fight back when Curley punched him in the
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Without out George, it would be extremely difficult for Lennie to live on his own and do things himself. This makes George responsible, clever, and compassionate. George is a liable person, not only does he need to take care of himself, but, he helps take care of Lennie. Lennie is a workload and hard to take care of both, George does it anyways. He always tells Lennie "God a’mighty, if I was alone, I could live so easy. I could go get a job an’ work, a’ 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."(Steinbeck, 7). He also particularly clever because when they got ran out of weed. George thought of hiding in the irrigation ditch so the dogs couldn't follow their scent. Without doing this George and Lennie could have been in so much trouble. George quick thinking always saves Lennie so he doesn't get in trouble. George is compassionate and sympathetic. He always helps Lennie even though it gets George mad sometimes, but, Lennie knows George would be always there for him. That is why Lennie will never be lonely because they got each

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