... were? How about the one who holds you back, yet you still stay with them every step of the way? That was the kind of friendship George Milton and Lennie Small had in the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. This story takes place in Soledad, California in the mid 1900s where ... else's farm in order to get the money to buy that big ol' piece of land. No matter what George did to Lennie, George was always forgiven by Lennie and even praised sometimes. As well as George always sticking around with Lennie even when he caused problems for them both. This is true friendship in every ... h...

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... Lennie at the end of the novel, he is left all alone. He no longer had his best friend and traveling companion. Even Carlson senses George's sadness. When Slim arrives and finds Lennie's dead body, he confronts George and the two walk together up the road. Carlson then tells Curley, "Now what the hell ha suppose is eatin' them two guys" (107 ... place, society marginalized certain individuals based on physical disabilities, race, gender, or like Lennie, mental disabilities. For example, after Lennie kills Curley's wife and runs to hide in the brush, George asks Slim if they can maybe "b...

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... of which many men pass through, moving from ranch to ranch. This shows what temporary lives the ranchmen live, which can also be described as nomadic. George and Lennie have a very strong friendship, and travel together to keep each other company. Because they are so different, they use each other's strong ... ain't gonna say a word...if he finds out what a crazy bastard you are we won't get no job." This shows that they have a complementary relationship. George always helps Lennie in most situations, in health, safety and mental stability. For example, when they were walking to the ranc...

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... while of Lennie's constant behavior, he starts getting out of control, and George takes matters into his hands. By evaluating all the possible reasons for doing what he did, I came to the conclusion that George did the right thing by killing Lennie. George acted out of kindness to his friend because he knows how Curley would torture ... even more. This act of vulgarity can lead into a massive disorder for Lennie and a problem for George for not knowing what was up. They had an unbreakable bond and cared so deeply about one another. George wasn't thinking of himself when he decided to kill...

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... shows this companionship. Lennie may need some extra attention and more patience, but that is no matter for George. Through the book the reader can conclude what a responsible leader George is to Lennie. Lennie and George were walking though the woods as "... One stayed behind the other," The author claims (Steinbeck 2), as ... However, the leader is not the biggest man, in physical size. But, Lennie still follows every command and action that George requests. This proves that Lennie has a great respect for George and knows that George only means the best. " "Lennie! For god sakes don't...

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... large, muscular man whose mind is very slow and is almost childlike. Both characters are traveling ranch hands, going from town to town in search of work. George's and Lennie's characters are round, evolving throughout the story. There are also a few stock characters. Curly, the ranch owner's bully son, has a wife ... He tries to start a fight with Lennie but Lennie does not have violence in him and does not fight back. Only after being prompted by George to defend himself does Lennie fight Curly. Curly ends up with a crushed hand and a brutally injured ego. The next afternoon brings tro...

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... the farm workers say that she is trouble because she is always around trying to get attention. This is apparent when Candy first tells George and Lennie about Curley's wife. He says that she is trouble and that they should stay away. Everybody thinks she is trouble because ... a true friend would do. The incident in the barn happens because Lennie and Curley's wife's loneliness brings them together. Lennie is there because George doesn't think he should play horseshoe throwing and would be better of with his puppy. Curley's wife's there because she is trying to hide ... high intellig...

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... Lennie pulling him down. However, he also knows that he wouldn't be able to leave Lennie, because Lennie is weak and vulnerable. I think that if George didn't have Lennie, he would be much more carefree. He says to Lennie 'If I was alone I could live so easy. (I could) go into ... feels restricted by Lennie, but I think that even if he didn't have the restrictions, he wouldn't do anything different. George has Lennie and Lennie has George, but I think George feels that he needs somebody else, someone he can sit down with and have a serious conversation and that's what Lennie can ... he...

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... to part with his old companion. The situation culminates with Carlson shooting Candy's dog. Continuing from this point, the story as a whole concludes with George's decision to shoot Lennie. Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men metaphorically compares Lennie and Candy's dog by making them both dependent on someone, continuously referring ... although they are not independent, they are both incredibly good workers. Lennie and the dog are both companions to their "owners." Lennie and George work and travel together, and Lennie always does his job better than most men. Candy's dog has been a great sh...

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... starts with two brave people who are ready to sacrifice anything for one another." In this case, one brave man, by the name of George Milton, is prepared to sacrifice an abundance of hopes and dreams preluding his future accomplishments. He is very passionate about providing safety and security for ... Lennie; the man he had befriended over the many years of traveling together. Steinbeck uses well-written syntax within his novella to portray George's emotions by writing, "George shivered and looked at the gun, and then he threw it from him, back up on the bank, near the pile of ... an ...

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... . These incidents clearly prove that Crooks has been discriminated against. Curly's wife is the only woman on the farm. Everybody makes fun of her. "Know what I think?" George did not answer. "Well, I think Curley's married...a tart." (pg. 14). No one ever wants to talk to her because she's a woman, "Ain't I got ... into a lot of trouble several times before. The incidents started out small, and grew in severity each time. The first incident happened before Lennie and George came to the ranch, while they were working in the town of Weed. Lennie grabbed a lady's dress because it was pretty...

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... Lennie's fault, and said to himself, "I"ll work my month an" I"ll take my fifty bucks an" I"ll stay in some lousy cat house..." George now knows that he will be just like the other ranch hands, who are stuck on the ranch for the remainder of their lives. He knows that Lennie ... long and will be forc! ed to live a not-so-good life. Without Lennie's constant nagging of the vision farm to remind George of the dream, the dream cannot come true. George has become just another lonely ranch hand. Lennie is no longer going to be there to chime in, "but not us... Because ... more than what peop...

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... to their quarters and some of their bunk mates.. they meet the boss and they excecute the tension filled process of the interview for the job. George does most if not all of the talking obviosly for fear of Lennie saying something that would cost them the emplyment which they badly needed. Luckily, they ... (Curley ) hadd all this mounted stress and tension that he unloaded onto Lennie for no reason. After a few minutes of passive resistance to Curley's beatings and George's encouragement to hit him back, Lennie grabs a hold of Curley's fist and breaks it. This was their last confrontati...

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... of guilt in Georges head knowing that he has killed him and is now unaided without him. In the first chapter John Steinbeck tells us about George and Lennie thinking about the future and filling their minds with happiness. He goes deeper into it telling the details about the bit of land they ... . Even as Curly speaks to them for the first time he addresses Lennie. This is again made clear as they are in the field and Slim tells George that Lennie would almost get his partner killed because he was so fast (2B, Steinbeck, Page 23, Page 27, Page 39). Never, even a word ... is mentioned a...

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... , constantly getting into trouble, inadvertently causes the two of them to be run out of town and thus be forced into new work regularly. George and Lennie's search for work in the hope of accomplishing their dream of a small farm of their own displays how futile realizing dreams can be ... possibility that the dream of a home on their own farm could be fulfilled. The unexpected offer of three hundred dollars by Candy suddenly convinces George their dream may finally be attained. Crooks wants this dream, that is unattainable by himself, so badly he offers to work for free in the ... or ...

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... don't know what the hell he's talkin" about. Aint" that so?. Jus" talks on an" you don't know what the hell he's talking bout? Lennie and George have each other but sometimes they are on completely different levels, but Crooks says," But that don't make a difference." What Crooks means with that statement is that it ... dog, is stripped away from him and killed. Now left with nothing Candy fears that he will be treated the same way in the future and begs Lennie and George to let him work on their future ranch. Candy says," I won't have no place to go, an" I can't get no more jobs." Candy...

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... not like, even if it means losing something we care for. At times, there can be people who truly care about you, even if they treat you bad. George is always mean to Lennie, no matter what he does. Still, he takes care of him through thick and thin, and no matter what, always has Lennie's ... back. With every situation they encounter, George tries to make everything better and convinces Lennie that it will always be okay, and there is nothing that can ruin their friendship or dreams. When Curley first went ... no harm whatsoever. It just does not matter what he does in the past. Lennie,...

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... to talk to and who cares what they say. The dream of the farm is also realized in this story it is known as the American Dream. George and Lennie are committed to this farm throughout the story because they want to work for themselves where they don't have to have a boss to tell ... would be theirs and they could invite friends over and work when they want to. These two things are the positive theme of commitment in the novel. George and Lennie are committed to each other in many different ways. "Guys like us, that work on ranches are the loneliest guys in the world. They ... . They ta...

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... that Lennie doesn't make any mistakes that will jeopardize there dreams of having there own place. The tension of having to look after Lennie gets to George sometimes, showing anger, sadness, and hope that there dream would be alive and not destroyed. Lennie is the complete opposite, tall, bulky, shapeless face ... , and mentally slow. Lennie is a nice guy at heart, he wouldn't want to create trouble for George on purpose and intentionally, Only that he is careless and much to strong for his own good and to little thinking cause him to get into ... at birth, or by a horse, or by another ...

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... ,goes back to that setting for this novel. There are five to six characters that Steinbeck develops and opens up to the reader through the novel. Although George, Lennie, Crooks, Candy, and Curly's wife all seek a place to belong and someone to love as a cure to there loneliness, all their dreams for ... won't have to answer to no one" and "live off the land". CLIMAX AND RESOLUTION FROM THE CONFLICTS Man against Man: This clearly fits how George feels about Lennie and how he struggles between being a good friend and his own selfishness. At the climax of the novel, Lennie's accidental kill...

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... the figurative sense, this place is both the birth and death of a dream. Here, we first found out about the dream that both Lennie and George had created. They both knew that this dream would probably never come true but nevertheless, they always kept thinking about it, driving them on from job ... wanted to do. And with Candy's realization that this dream could come true with all the money he had saved up, it gave renewed hope to both George and Lennie. Finally, it gave hope to the last person who wanted it, Crooks. Crooks being a disabled black worker, had almost forgotten anything bu...

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... when he gets himself in sticky situations. However Lennie does have many qualities, for example, he is strong, obedient, has a good temperament, and is kind. George describes Lennie as a "hell of a good worker. Strong as a bull." This backs up my point that Lennie is very strong and follows orders, so Lennie ... His obsession with these animals, especially rabbits, is what keeps him positive in life, aspiring to look after them. Whenever Lennie is depressed he asks George to remind him of his dream again. This really cheers Lennie up. Another aspect of Lennie's dream is to be away from p...

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... . Candy didn't really see a point in life after his dog died which made him extremely lonely. His final hope is to become part of George and Lennie's dream which displays the amount of loneliness that exists for him. It is in human nature that drives humanity to long for companionship, ... he would regret it, just like Candy. The foreshadowing of Candy's dog being killed by a stranger makes it understandable that it is essential for George to kill Lennie. George, Lennie, Candy, and his dog all had something in common, "companionship". Even though they all had companionship in the end, i...

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... is why they are looking for more work, they had got run out of their last job because of Lennie. George truly does care about Lennie. Even though Lennie does several things that makes George mad throughout the story, George still stands by his side. To me, that's a great person. When times got tough, he didn't just ... and caring for another person; a great friendship, but also because the actual plot of the story is good. As soon as George found a good place for himself and Lennie to work, George told Lennie the rules. He tells Lennie that he is the one going to talk. He didn't want Le...

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... friendship and how everybody needs to have somebody to talk to even if it is someone like Lennie. Nobody wants to be alone in this world and this includes George. George describes this fear when he says, "I ain't got no people. I seen guys that go around on ranches alone. That ain't no good . . . ... Course Lennie's a damn nuisance most of the time, but you get used to goin" around with a guy an" you can't get rid of him" (45). George doesn't want to be alone, and Lennie can't really be alone due to his lack of mental prowess. Their desire for social companionship is likewise based on a ...

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