We learn George is the brain of the operation, and Lennie is simple-minded but sincere. We also get good amount of foreshadowing: we learn that the men have left their hometown because of the strange incident of Lennie touching a girl’s dress. Before they’ve even gotten to the ranch, George warns Lennie that if anything bad happens, they’re to meet in this grove. Perhaps the most important function of this "initial situation" is to explain that the men are in search of money for one big reason; they’ve got a dream of owning a little place of their own. As George tells Lennie the well-worn story of the place they’ll have, we realize this relationship goes both ways.
Running Head: A Raisin in the Sun A Misunderstood Man Rebecca Tutt Northwood University A Misunderstood Man Page 1 A Raisin in the Sun, a play by Lorraine Hansberry shows the battles of a black family in Chicago and introduces Walter Lee Younger as one of the more outstanding and effective characters in the movie. Walter is a disappointed 35 year old chauffeur who lives with his poor family in a small apartment in Chicago. Walter is a visionary, he is always brainstorming ways to make more money in order to better his family’s live. He wanted to be rich and came up with a plan that would enable him to obtain
The two men were forced out of their home town in Weed, due to Lennie being accused of rape. Lennie is a large, lumbering, childlike migrant worker. Due to his mild mental disability, Lennie completely depends upon George, his friend and traveling companion, for guidance and protection. George is the opposite, a miniature, intelligent man, always alert and focused. Lennie is like George’s child, imitating his wise skilful actions.
Was killing Lennie an act of mercy? The book Of Mice and Men, written by John Steinbeck, is about the two farmhands George and Lennie. In the year 1930 they arrive in Salinas, California, with hopes of achieving their dream of buying their own land. Lennie is not the brightest person, but he is as strong as a bull. George on the other hand is just a typical farmhand, not as strong as Lennie, but not nearly as dumb either.
“The old man came slowly into the room.” (Steinbeck pg 22). From the start Candy was only interested in making friends and finding a better life. Curly; Cocky and Narcissistic, Curly shows his true colors from the beginning. Cold and heartless toward the people working on his fathers ranch he always has a conflict with his newly wed wife always blaming her for cheating on him. “He glanced coldly at George then Lennie.” (Steinbeck Pg 23) Getting defensive over the very sight of Lennie and George trying to pick a fight with the wrong people.
It becomes clear in the story that Lennie has a mild mental disability, and is deeply devoted to George and is dependent upon him for protection and guidance. They both share a dream of one day buying their own piece of land, farming it, and, much to Lennie’s delight, keeping rabbits. The next day the two show up together at the nearby ranch and George insists that he does all of the talking. He lies, and begins to explain that they are cousins and that the reason they travel together. He tells him that a horse kicked Lennie in the head when he was a child and he hires them.
In the novel Of Mice and Men there is a character named George. George is a short buff guy that is trying to pursue his dream of getting his own ranch. Ever since he has been on the road looking for jobs after jobs, he’s dreamed of this ranch. He hates taking orders from people on there own ranch. He wants to work on his own ranch and have people working for him.
He worries his age will make his useless on the farm. When he hears of George and Lennie’s plan to buy a piece of land he offers his life’s savings if he can join George and Lennie in owning the land. Candy knows he won’t be around much longer, and he just wants to make sure he is safe, and well taken care of. In the book Candy says “a guy needs someone to be near him, a guy goes nuts if he ain’t got nobody. Don’t make no difference who the guy is, as longs as he’s with you I tell ya.
From the moment we learn why Lennie and George are on the road (Lennie’s dress-petting incident in Weed, mentioned on page 41), we realize that Lennie’s combination of small thinking and big body is bad news. Lennie doesn’t know his own strength, but he’s also unable to gauge other people’s (or animals’) weaknesses. We learn this major trait after Lennie smashed Curley’s hand in self defense after the smaller man had attacked Lennie for no good reason (pg. 63 and 64) Steinbeck gives the reader a sense of sympathy after Lennie begins to cry about how he didn’t mean to hurt Curley “I didn’t wanta” lennie cried, “I didn’t wanta hurt him.” (pg.64) Lennie is also best described as childlike; he embodies the best characteristics of a childish mentality – innocence, exuberance, and earnest love and trust – but he also embodies the worst – unchecked anger, irresponsibility, and an inability to connect his actions to their consequences. For example, Lennie loves to pet soft things like mice, puppies, velvet and as mentioned earlier, dresses.
Of Mice and Men is set in the Great Depression, during the 1930 's. The novel was written in 1937, it is set in the Salinas Valley region of California. The book ‘Of Mice and men is a touching tale between two men who dream of having a better life. John Steinbeck wrote ‘Of Mice and men because he had gone through experiences of working on the ranches. The novel is structured in six sections to tell the story of George and Lennie who are the two main characters throughout the book.