Lennie thrives off of George’s way of speaking about their dream and also the way he talks about him and Lennie’s unique and strong relationship “Guys like us that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don't belong no place....With us it ain't like that. We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us.” Lennie’s finds comfort
It may not seem like a sacrifice, but now George will lose the only pal he ever had. George is such a good friend that he makes the ultimate sacrifice to prevent Lennie’s pain. We all want many relationships in life time. George has a best friend, Lennie, and that's great, but being handicapped, Lennie doesn't offer much back. George doesn’t get anything back gets nothing from
George and Lennie want to own a farm together, but with how Lennie acts it might not happen. TT [George is doomed from his friendship with Lennie.] George and Lennie are really close friends. George and Lennie’s P1 [friendship] doesn’t have any issues that could break their friendship. TT [Lennie holds George back, but George cares so much for Lennie that he’s willing to overcome the challenges.]
However, George could walk away from Lennie at anytime, but he chooses to stay loyal. George knows that Lennie holds him back, "If I was alone I could live so easy" (11), easy is exactly what life would be like without Lennie. Without Lennie George could hold down a job, buy his own farm, and start a family. Although he’s aware of this, he knows Lennie stands no chance in the real world. George’s loyalty even causes him to put his life on the line for Lennie, “So we sit in an irrigation ditch under water all the rest of the day.
After struggling with his sexuality through his youth, he finally entered anew life as a gay man, and started a new life. He published his first short story and set his name on bottom of the book. In 1940, Williams’s first play called Battle of Angels and playing in Boston, Massachusetts. Between 1940 and 1945 he started to donated money and lived on grants from the America Academy of Arts and Rockefeller Foundation. Because they hired Williams to write film scripts in Hollywood.
In 1980, he returned to New York to anchor his own program and then to join CBS as a news correspondent. In 1986, he moved to ABC News, where he received two Emmy Awards and two National Headliner Awards for excellence in reporting during his three-year tenure. O'Reilly's career took a turn in 1989 when he joined the nationally syndicated Inside Edition. For the next five years, Inside Edition was the highest rated "infotainment" program in America. After six years as anchor, O'Reilly left Inside Edition to earn his master's degree in public policy at Harvard University.
Charley offers him a job, trying to be a sympathetic friend and neighbor. “You want a job.... Don't get insulted.” Charley puts up with Willy like a good friend would. You take it too hard. To hell with it. When a deposit bottle is broken you don't get your nickel back.” Bernard, Charley's son, is a loyal character as well.
In addition to this, as he is a respected figure on the ranch, he feels no need to vocalize a dream. George Lennie and Candy all have the dream to live on a farm and become independent. George says “Some day- we’re going to get the jack together and we’re gonna have a little house and a couple of acres … “. This was a very common dream for migrant workers in 1930’s America, however due to Lennie’s actions; the
His main purpose is to protect Lennie, who is lost without him. Even though he complains about living with Lennie, he is always committed to living with his friend and protecting him. Opposite Lennie, George changes through the novel. In the beginning he is devoted to fulfilling his future dream, living a life of freedom and happiness with Lennie, on their own land. But when he shoots his best friends, he also kills his future dream and furthermore his idea of an idyllic brotherly world.
I. Preface. John Steinbeck is one of the greatest storytellers of the twentieth century. He was born in Salinas, California in 1902. His wonderful novellas The Pearl, Cannery Row, The Red Pony, and Of Mice and Men not only introduce readers to a fascinating, realistic cast of characters, make the hills and seacoast of California and Mexico come to life, but also tell intriguing stories of the lives of real people.