Through George’s wall of condescension and sarcasm you find out that there is deep love for Lennie within him. George spends a majority of the novel cleaning up Lennie’s “messes” and scheming for a better future for the two. Truthfully Lennie is the jewel of the crown with characterization. His child-like demeanor and actions provide amusing situations which help you to connect with him. Soon you begin to understand the gravity of his disabilities, and you worry for his well- being as he has a hard time taking care of himself.
Explore the ways that relationships are presented in ‘Of Mice and Men’ Steinbeck presents relationships in ‘Of Mice and Men’ through many different characters but out of all the characters George is the most prolific because he forms different relationships with many different people. These relationships are friendly, hostile and trusting change throughout the course of the novel showing the attitude people had during the 1930s. Within ‘Of Mice and Men’ the most active relationship is between George and Lennie as it spans the course of the novel and changes tones frequently. Towards the beginning phrases appear which refer to Lennie similar to an animal. This is shown during an argument over a dead mouse as it says ‘”Give it here!” said George.
In the book, George cared for Lennie and was always there for him. He would comfort Lennie and gave him a shoulder to cry on. In the movie, their friendship wasn’t as great as it was in the book. George was very annoyed of Lennie and hated him being around. He believed his life would have been better if Lennie never existed or never met each other because George believes Lennie holds him
George promises to never leave Lennie alone “You ain’t gonna leave me, are ya’ George? I know you ain’t!” (Steinbeck Pg. 103). Though George knows Lennie is a burden he stays to help Lennie “Lennie's a God damn nuisance most of the time, but you get used to goin' around with a guy an' you can't get rid of him." (Steinbeck Pg.
I strongly agree with the quotation, “In a dark time, the eye begins to see.” I believe this quotation means that when everything starts to get grim and go amiss, that is when people start to understand things clearer and see from a different point of view. This quote relates to the two novels, Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes and Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. In the story Flowers for Algernon, the character Charlie Gordon can relate to the quotation. When Charlie learns he is going to grow more intelligent he can’t wait to have the surgery done. He believes he will have more friends and know everything.
Themes Contained within the novel, Of Mice and Men there are fundamental and universal ideas illustrated by concrete events as well as symbols. The most prevalent and all encompassing theme of the book is appropriately suggested by the simple title of the book. In most situations of our human existence, there are “Mice” and there are “Men”. This analogy explained, is simply that there is usually someone who is superior—relative to the person they are interacting with, and there will always be someone who is inferior—the mouse—who is vulnerable to he who is superior. There are numerous examples of this in Of Mice and Men.
The details in this passage add to our understanding of the character Curley, who is a small mean and seems to have developed an inferiority complex as a result. The alliteration of the derogatory language of “Ya big bastard” exemplifies this as Curley tries to overcompensate for his small stature by attempting to take on those bigger in size. The adjectives of how Curley is a “little guy” and how “he hates big guys” highlight the juxtaposition between Curley and Lennie. Furthermore, the imperative “Get up on your feet” portrays Curley’s keenness to provoke a fight with the weak in order to exert his authority, as unlike Slim who was described as the “prince of ranch” with a “natural air of authority”. However, in contrast to this, Slim wears “blue jeans and a short denim
In the beginning this irritates him and he feels a bit beat. However soon after Ralph takes his side and openly defends him in front of Jack. Though Piggy does not have the looks ideal for the role of leader, he certainly has superior intelligence to all the other boys. Piggy is behind most of Ralph’s success. However if he has something to say, he rarely speaks out loud, instead he just mutters to himself or jack.
At first Lennie takes the beating without puting up a fight, but when George says "Get em Lennie!" pg. 63, he grabs Curley's hand and breaks it into pieces effortlessly. Instead of getting in trouble from the Boss, who is also Curley's father, all the guys threaten Curley to say he got his hand stuck in a machine or else they will tell everyone how he really broke it. So even when Lennie hurts another person, he still shouldn't take responsibility for his actions because his brain has been trained to listen George's every command since he has been there for him all his
George speaks on behalf of Lennie. “Why don’t you let him answer?” In this scene George shows that he cares about Lennie and therefore speaks on behalf of him. He knows that if Lennie talks then they might not get the job but if he works before he hears him talk, then they are set. He admits to the boss that he isn’t “bright,” this shows that George is honest to the boss and not over exaggerating Lennie’s intelligence. George is a character who doesn’t take advantage of Lennie’s misfortune.