1) Lennie by accidentally kills one of the puppies and he tries to hide it under a pile of hay. It seems as if he is more worried that George wont let him tend the rabbits, than he is upset with the fact that the puppy is dead. 2) Curley's wife enters the barn and tells Lennie not to feel bad about killing the puppy because there are plenty of dogs in the world. She also tells him that she could of been a movie star, but things didn't end up well for her.…
Of Mice and Men Socratic Seminar Entry Ticket 1. Does George do the right thing at the end of the book? Explain why his actions are moral or immoral.…
They both are caretakers of someone they love and both are also very protective people. In the same way, their responsibilities to their companion affects them both socially because since they always have to take care of someone, they lack freedom for themselves. In contrast, Gilbert is more calm and passive aggressive to problems as opposed to George. George shows that he is very aggressive when it comes to problems with him and Lennie. In summary, George and Gilbert are both very similar but different in their own unique…
PER REPORTER: Johnnie (father) just got out of jail 8 weeks ago. The reporter said Johnnie was in jail for drugs and theft. Per reporter there’s talk in the community about Johnnie still using drugs. It is unknown what type of drugs Johnnie is using.…
As character foils, George and Lennie are both opposites in stature and intellect. As the burly, mentally deficient man, Lennie seeks to protect George. On the other hand, George functions as the intellectual: acquiring work for the two, keeping each other out of trouble and parenting Lennie. The size differences between the two emphasizes Lennie’s strength since Lennie relies heavily on George’s ability to make decisions and to teach Lennie to live abiding the society. Furthermore, George’s intelligence and Lennie’s strength become magnified by comparing their two’s polar features.…
In Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck tells the story of two men and their struggle to achieve their version of the American dream. The novella starts off in Salinas Valley in California, a "few miles south of Soledad. "(Of Mice and Men, 1) The word Soledad in Spanish translates to solitude and loneliness.…
Although both The Pearl and Of Mice and Men are both written by John Steinbeck and have many similarities, such as the destruction of the main character’s dreams, their resolutions are extremely different. Although both books have a character who was extremely close to the main character die at the end, the manner of death of these characters are very different. Unlike how Lennie was very peacefully shot and was happy right before he died, Coyotito was killed in a much more depressing way. The death of each character in each novel is vastly different, but they both effectively crush the living character’s dream. Some may say that the resolution of the two stories are the same because a character dies in each, however they could not be more different.…
George also could not live without Lennie, he cares about him. Throughout the novel George was trying to help Lennie and himself, to accomplish the dream they had from wanting to own several acres of land. Another thing George can’t continue the dream he had because, Lennie is dead. What helped George continue the dream he pursued was Lennie…
As like with many other movies based on books that were written before them, there are some major differences between the novella, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, and the screenplay, by Eugene Solow. Many people find a few main issues with film adaptations of books and other works of literature. They are casting, alterations and director portrait. The Of Mice and Men movie was very well Casting is a major issue starting and ending with the fact that, no matter how hard a casting director tries, they cannot meet the image that every one that read the books has of the characters in their heads.…
“An IQ score of 70 or below is considered low” (Reference.com). If a person’s IQ is extremely low and they do not always understand the consequences of their actions, should they be held accountable? In extreme cases, is killing ever justified? If a person’s IQ is extremely low and they do not always understand the consequences of their actions, should they be held accountable? Yes, because if a person with A IQ is not held accountable for their actions then they will not learn from their mistakes and they will just keep doing it because they do not know any better.…
After reading chapter one it is quite evident that there is a dramatic difference in personality between Lennie and George in both their appearance and their personalities. Lennie is a huge man, who could be considered a giant, due to his lumbering size over George. Lennie is a bit slow mentally but is always working his hardest to follow directions, and is a very basic man, who has a strong impulsive behavior problem that can often get him into difficult situations and will most often result in him being fired from the many jobs he has tried to work. This could be shown in the quote on page 2, " Behind him walked the opposite, a huge man, shapeless of the face, with wide sloping shoulders. " George, his counterpart character, is quite the…
In the book “Of Mice and Men” Lennie is a tall strong man, but he has autism. It does not allow him to think about things the same. Lennie in the movie was distinctly different from in the book. Lennie represents people with disabilities.…
They are men who only have each other. Neither of their families are living or known to be alive. Early in the book, Lennie talked about leaving George and George replied, “Your Aunt Clara wouldn’t like you running off by yourself, even if she is dead” (Steinbeck 7). George enjoys the company of Lennie and he also realizes that Lennie can’t survive without him. With Lennie styled as a pet in the book, an assumption can be made that Lennie needs George and is helpless on his own.…
Lennie is very reliant on George, and George keeps him out of trouble. Not only does George keep him out of trouble, he keeps him from being institutionalized. The entire novel relies on Lennie’s disability to cause the different conflicts throughout the…
Lennie has a disability so he wouldn’t survive by himself in the world. The way Nick helps is that he feeds him and he helps him get out of trouble, “Lennie-if you jus’ happen to get in trouble like you always done before, I want you to come right here an’ hide in the brush...till I come for you”(Steinbeck 62). It would be impractical for someone to achieve a dream they are constantly getting in trouble and taking the blame for it. Without George, Lennie would have been dead by that time. George could achieve his dream if he were to leave Lennie and just work for himself, but Lennie is what motivated George to achieve the dream.…