Lennie is incapable of making decisions by himself and relies and depends on George entirely and also looks to him as sort of a big brother. Lennie also sees that George is helpful for guidance and answers which relates to Lennie’s mental abilities. Lennie feels a sense of safeness and comfort when he is with George, whereas when Lennie is without George he sometimes feels awkward and misunderstood by others. George refers to Lennie as his cousin in the book, only to avoid questions being asked and hassle from the ranch owner. But the truth to the matter is that George promised Lennie’s Aunt Clara that he would take care of him when she passed away.
He believes they must carry on this tradition and he never has come to realized how awful it is. Old Man Warner did not show value of human life by putting crops over innocent peoples lives. In “The Lottery,” all of the towns people know each other very well due to their community of only 300. They all respect each other and feel bad for General Zaroff also takes pride in what he does, more than any other characters. He finds no harm in the actions he's choosing to make.
In the book Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck uses the setting to reveal the fall from paradise. 1. “‘O.K. Someday- we’re gonna get the jack together and we’re gonna have a little house and a couple of acres an’ a cow and some pigs and-’ ‘An’ live off the fatta the lan’,’ Lennie Shouted.” (p.14) This is the dream that George and Lennie want. It is not entirely unlikely, in fact it seems quite achievable.
His arms did not swing at his sides, but hung loosely." He shares a dream with George to own a piece of land. Lennie's special job would be to tend the rabbits. He likes to pet soft things, like puppies and dead mice. We know this got him into trouble in Weed when he tried to feel a girl's soft red dress: she thought he was going to attack her.
The friendship that George and Lennie share forms the core of the novella, and although Steinbeck idealizes and perhaps exaggerates it, he never questions its sincerity. From Lennie’s perspective, George is the most important person in his life, his guardian and only friend. Every time he does anything that he knows is wrong, his first thought is of George’s disapproval. He doesn’t defend himself from Curley because of George’s stern instruction for him to stay out of trouble, and when he mistakenly kills his puppy and then Curley’s wife, his only thought is how to quell George’s anger. He has a childlike faith that George will always be there for him, a faith that seems justified, given their long history together.
In the extract we see that Crooks is very cynical towards the American dream, “‘you guys is just kiddin’ yourself.’” Crooks dismisses the dream as nothing more than something that is just in the heads of these workers. As a more permanent member of the ranch due to the accident leading to his crooked back, Crooks see’s so many itinerant workers come and go from the ranch with the same dream, “Seems like ever’ guy got land in his.’ And he knows that not a single one will ever get it, so when he hears Lennie and Candy’s dream he just assumes that they are just like the other workers. Crooks reveals to us the hopes and dreams that surrounded men and women in the 1930’s, Crooks has seen ‘hundreds’ of men come and go with this dream of having their own piece of land, but he knows that not one of them will ever get it. This tells us about the optimism of that time and how everyone thought and hoped they would achieve their dreams but also the pessimism of those who knew the truth of how they would never get their dreams and so gave up dreaming. “‘Nobody never gets to heaven, and nobody gets no land.’" This stark realism gives us an impression that Crooks has absolutely no hope, he has completely lost faith on
George and Lennie have been working on ranches forever, and since they have known each other they have had a dream. They dream that one day they can have a farm of their own with lots of rabbits for Lennie to tend. Early in the novel George describes to Lennie the farm that they are going to own one day. “We’ll have a big vegetable patch and a rabbit hutch and chickens. And when it rains in the winter, we’ll just say the hell with goin’ to work, and we’ll build up a fire in the stove and set around it an’ listen to the rain comin’ down on the roof-Nuts!”(14, 15).
They says he wasn't no good to himself nor nobody else. When they can me here I wisht somebody'd shoot me..."(60) Candy's relationship with his dog was much like George's relationship with Lennie. Candy cared for his dog and other people did not appreciate it. Another character in Steinbeck’s book that shows this particular theme is Curley’s wife. She is the only female on the ranch, so this immediately draws a line in between her and the men of the ranch.
Mr Birling is a married man who is very important and confident who likes to lecture his children. Mr Birling is the owner of a successful factory. He realises that when his daughter gets married to Gerald it is going to do a lot of good to his business. He does not pay his employees very much and will refuse to pay them anymore. Mr Birling is a very selfish man who ‘has to make his way’ and doesn’t think of anyone but himself and his family; he thinks the community is stupid.
Someday—we’re gonna get the jack together and we’re gonna have a little house and a couple of acres an’ a cow and some pigs and—’ ‘An’ live off the fatta the lan’,’ Lennie shouted. ‘An’ have rabbits. Go on, George! Tell about what we’re gonna have in the garden and about the rabbits in the cages and about the rain in the winter and the stove, and how thick the cream is on the milk like you can hardly cut it’”(Steinbeck 8). This explains that they had everything planned out.