In the novel 'of Mice and Men' written by John Steinbeck, one of the protagonist who names George travels with his friend Lennie, they find a new job in the ranch and try to adapt themselves to new circumstance. During this time, they meet an old swamper whose name is Candy. Generally, Candy and George are different because they have different backgrounds, and they are similar because they have the same wishes about their futures. To start with, the reason why George chooses to come and work on the ranch is that Lennie and George have no choice but to leave their hometown. In the novel, George and his friend Lennie worked in their hometown-- Weed.
The focal character, Lennie, is inevitably drawn to tragedy, due to his wish for untarnished happiness. The composer of the novella profoundly depicts Lennie’s dream as, ‘livin offa the fatta the lan’. Lennie wishes to have a farm and ‘tend to the rabbits’, with George by his side, however due to obstacles and his untimely fate, he never succeeds with his ambition. When Lennie tells Crooks about his dream, Crooks deflates Lennie's happiness and hope by relaying him with the bitterness of the idea that ‘nobody never gets to heaven, and nobody gets no land.’
“Then he danced down the road, to see how his brothers were getting along”. He is quickly used to progress plot wise to the next little pig followed by the progression of character in the second little pig. The description of the second little pig is considerably longer, but interestingly combines and compares the first and second little pig. “He did not like to work any better than his brother, so he had decided to build a quick and easy house of sticks”. The relation does not stop with
This is nothing more than a dream to the men because throughout life on the ranch they are anything but free. Their lives are dictated by their boss down to when they wake up, work, and eat; however, when they own the farm they will move into the driver’s seat of their lives and be free to determine what they want to do and when they want to do it. Like, when George says to Lennie and Candy, “S’pose they was a carnival or a circus come to town, or a ball game, or any damn thing.” … “We’d just go to her;” …“We wouldn’t ask anybody if we could. Jus’ say, ‘We’ll go to her,’ an’ we would. Jus’ milk the cow and sling some grain to the chickens an’ go to her” (Steinbeck61).
29/9/11 Character Analysis- George George is one of the two characters in the first chapter of ‘Of Mice And Men’. The other man (his best friend) is called Lennie. They traversed together from ranch to ranch to find work. They are called migrant workers. This makes sense because the author John Steinbeck writes about social novels dealing with the economic problems of rural labour.
It becomes obvious that these two men have traveled together for a long time because Lennie knows the words of the dream by heart, and he can finish the sentences even though he does not remember where he and George are going tomorrow. George's voice, echoing this dream, seems almost like a prayer. He emphasizes that the dream makes them special; they are different from other wandering migrants who have no family and no home. They have each other, and some day they will have a farm of their own where they can "live off the fatta the lan'." They are describing the American Dream of owning land, being independent, having material possessions that provide security, and, in general, running their own lives.
Lennie enjoys being happy from the little things in life. He enjoys rabbits and soft things and is very happy. Whenever Lennie gets scared or something frightening is happening around him Lennie always thinks about his best friend George and thinks of what he would do and what George has said. An example from the text that shows George and Lennie being close and Lennie thoughts of society is when George says “But not us! An’ why because...
No matter if it was good or bad, they both went through it together. In conclusion Steinback views/ viewed friendship needed for friendship because this book “Of Mice and Men” was based on all about friendship. Geroege ended up shooting/killing Lennie thnking it was for the best. Even though George probaly didn’t want to do it he did it for Lennie so that he could be in peace. Maybe he was tired of seeing Lennie hurt and just not really enjoying life as much because of his disability.
Lennie thrives from those and George knows it. That's why anytime George lectures Lennie, he hangs his head in shame and George feels guilty and apologizes. Once the two men settled down for the night Lennie wants George to tell the story. Lennie's interjections while George tells the story show his enthusiasm and excitement and his focus on the rabbits. Children focus on the little things; adults on the larger picture.
“The Peace of Wild Things” is a poem written by American poet Wendell Berry. I feel Wendell Berry uses a unique approach of words to express the feelings and emotions in “The Peace of Wild Things”. I believe the speaker is a father who is stressing over life’s challenges to support and provide for his family. The poem expresses what the father is feeling as he awakes in the middle of the night and what he does to release his stress. Works