... some sacrifices need to be made for the benefit of others. George makes a great deal of sacrifices when he takes the role as Lennie's new guardian. He knew Lennie's Aunt Clara, who was his former caretaker, and brought Lennie to work with him after she passed away. George and Lennie travel around together ever since, for they had familiarized themselves with ... to think of the consequences that Lennie would provide. Lennie eventually feels the guilt for all of the trouble he burdens on George, and has a hallucination of his dead Aunt Clara, lecturing him for giving George such a diffic...

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... always sticking around with Lennie even when he caused problems for them both. This is true friendship in every way possible. George and Lennie have been together since Lennie's aunt, Clara, passed away. Ever since then, George has taken on the task of having to take care of Lennie and go to work with him as well. Before they came to ... ...

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... or bothering them. George is clearly crestfallen.  Aside from his many weaknesses, George also experiences several conflicts. One conflict is with his friend and traveling companion Lennie. Because Lennie's Aunt Clara passed away, George has taken on the responsibility of caring for Lennie. Caring for Lennie, however, is even more difficult for George because of Lennie's disability; Lennie completely relies on ... ...

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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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... . Lennie - A large, lumbering, child-like migrant worker. Mildly retarded since birth, he is completely dependent on his traveling companion, George, who has been taking care of him since his Aunt Clara died. The two men share a vision of farm that they will own together, a vision that Lennie believes in implicitly. Gentle and kind, Lennie nevertheless does not understand his own strength ... ...

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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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... of his own, so when he learned that Slim's dog just had a litter (Steinbeck 39) he asked Slim himself if Lennie could have one. Since the death of Lennie's Aunt Clara, George also took it upon himself to take responsibility of him and his special needs by finding him jobs, feeding him, and making sure he is safe. Furthermore, George knew ... ...

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... they know anybody else in the entire world. George, like most people during the 1930's, enjoys gambling, liquor and spending money on women. However, he made a promise to Lennie's Aunt Clara to look after Lennie. They share their hard times and the good, their victories and their defeats, but most importantly they share a common dream. That dream is of having "a little ... ...

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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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... to came despair and freight. With all natural disasters there are always serious times to overcome. Take Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989 for example. It took along time to stabilize Santa Cruz and the surrounding area. Today we are still rebuilding areas. So transforming the Joad's life proved to be an enduring task. Life is so reliant on the land that ... ...

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... life. "Dick and Louise "never thought of going into a drug store" without having sundaes or sodas" (Donner, page 1). The children did expect Christmas presents though, as they still believed in Santa Claus. Women had to work as well to survive the difficulties of Depression-era life. Many canned food and sewed clothes. Just like many mothers today, women had to manage ... ...

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