George and Lennie are best friends who travel around together. George is a smart, small and thin man. He cares about nothing apart from Lennie. .
'You an' me can get that little place, can't we George? You an' me can go there an' live nice, can't we, George? Can't we?'.
(131).
Lennie is a simple-minded man who has a physical strength of an elephant. .
'The boss pointed a playful finger at Lennie. "He ain't much of a talker, is he?".
"No he ain't, but he's sure a hell of a good worker. Strong as a bull.'.
(43).
He depends on George for everything. They are two men who travel around America together trying to find ranch work. .
"George .I ain't got mine. I musta lost it.'" He looked down at the ground in despair.
"You never had none you crazy bastard. I got both of 'em here. Think I'd let you carry your own work card?".
(22).
George is a happy and quite loud man who is very good at bonding with others. George likes to act hard around the other guys but likes to dream when he is on his own. George is happy because he has Lennie as company, however Lennie is not always on the same wavelength as George and this frustrates him because he needs someone to talk to who is sensible.
'George still stared morosely at the fire. " When I think of the swell time I could have without you, I go nuts. I never get no peace.".
He is also comes across as a loud man because he is always speaking for himself and Lennie.
'The boss licked his pencil. "What's your name?".
"George Milton.".
"And what's yours?".
George said, "His name's Lennie Small.".
(42).
In his own way George loves Lennie and would do anything to protect him especially in a time of crisis. This is evident when he tries to stick up for Lennie at the time of finding the body of Curley's wife.
"Lennie never done it in meanness,".
"All the time he done bad things but he never done one of "em mean.".
(132).
The quote means that Lennie always does the wrong thing but he never means to and regrets what he has done afterwards.
