... buy his own place and be his own boss. His only set-back is his mentally handicapped friend Lennie who travels with him and has since George promised Lennie's aunt Clara he would look after him after she died. George's dream although extremely similar to Lennie's, is probably more detailed and complicated. Lennie thinks as far as "tendin" the rabbits", but ... of the novel I think lies the power of the friendship between George and Lennie. George doesn't have to take of Lennie except for the fact that her promised his aunt Clara who now is dead. George wants to but that doesn't mean tha...

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• Grade Level: High School

... no matter what, they are still friends until the end. Aside from that, George feels the need to make sure that Lennie is safe, in order to uphold Lennie's Aunt Clara's wishes. The quote taken from page 14 is an example of their friendship:"" because I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you-. George is ... track. The most important thing they both give each other is something to live for. If Lennie had never met George, he probably would have died shortly after his Aunt Clara did. He more than likely would have gotten himself into a dilemma and would not have known ho...

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... in mind that George had finally lost his dreams of finding a farm with him. Lennie starts to experience wild hallucinations of George abandoning him then he has images of Aunt Clara who tells Lennie to leave George alone since he is ruining his life....

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... Lennie is "jes like a kid". Curley's wife also comments on how he is "jus" like a big baby". George has taken on the role of Lennie's main caregiver since Lennie's Aunt Clara died. George and Lennie have no one else in the world but themselves, and look to each other for guidance and protection. "Guys like us, that work on ranches, are ... ...

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... that Lennie has stolen his Luger and everyone considers Lennie to be armed and dangerous. All this time Lennie sat greiving at the riverbank and had visions of his Aunt Clara and giant rabbits cursing him and condoning him. Then George finds him and Lennie is worried about George giving him hell, and how George always said that Lennie weighed down ... ...

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... way of dealing with anything, desperation and fear when Crooks tease him, saying that George is hurt and is not coming back, and when he has the dreams of Aunt Clara and The Gigantic Rabbit. George shows indecision on how to deal with Lennie and when he's going to kill him. Both have a dream together. A faith in each other that make ... ...

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... " (41). However Lennie was not able to control his great physical strength with the mind he had. Another example of this is the mice that he received from his Aunt Clara. Lennie said, "I"d pet "em, and pretty soon they bit my fingers and I pinched their heads a little and then they was dead  because they was so little" (10). These events ... ...

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... mental handicaps are either take care of in a group home, or caregivers live with them in a family home. Lennie had neither. George took over responsibility of Lennie when Lennie's Aunt Clara died. In present times, a person such as Lennie would be turned over to the state, and the state would then take care of him. Lennie and George constantly wandered from ... ...

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... puppies, mice, and other soft things, but always forgets and accidently kills them by squeezing them too hard or shaking them too much. Lennie would play with mice his Aunt Clara gave him, but the mice would start to bite his fingers, and he would pinch their heads, and then they would be dead. George offers to get Lennie a dog because ... ...

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... 't have anyone on the same wavelength to talk to about life, as he's constantly worrying of Lennie. George and Lennie travel together for two reasons. The first is Lennie's aunt Clara made George promise to look after Lennie on her deathbed and George honouring his promise has done so. The second reason is the fear of being lonely is great for ... ...

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... he kills the puppy in the stable. Lennie has the mind of a child and, while George is strong minded and determined. He is left responsible for Lennie when Lennie's Aunt Clara dies. He knows that Lennie wouldn't be able to survive without him, but I also think that George needs Lennie to a certain extent. George and Lennie share a dream that one day ... ...

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... who was also a worker. Lennie was not like other people, He was a kind of a retard, He could not remember many things and he was just like a big baby. George promised Clara who was Lennie's aunt to take care of Lennie and watch him. So this was not very easy for George to take care of a person like Lennie. They always worked ... ...

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... to her We wouldn't ask nobody if we could -(Steinbeck 67). Whereas in Lennie's life someone has always taken responsibility for him because of his mental disability, first his Aunt Clara then his friend George. Also he is constantly downtrodden by others for his disability and is often labeled crazy and stupid. So the land represents to Lennie an avenue of ... ...

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... smart and has to be on the look out for Lennie and his innocent ways of getting them in trouble. George serves as a guardian to Lennie, ever since Lennies aunt Clara past away. Most of Georges energy is devoted on making sure that Lennie doesn't make any mistakes that will jeopardize there dreams of having there own place. The tension of ... ...

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... world and someone who will respect him, even though he is not intelligent. They give each other something to live for and if George was not there after Lennie's Aunt Clara died, he would not have had anybody to help him and would have simply died of loneliness. Sometimes it appears that their relationship is very one-sided, George giving all ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School