... 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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• Grade Level: High School

... 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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• Grade Level: High School

... 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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• Grade Level: High School

... 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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• Grade Level: High School

... 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 ... ...

• Word Count: 338
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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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• Grade Level: High School

... 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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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... 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 ... ...

• Word Count: 895
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School