George and Lennie’s Relationship John Steinbecks “Of Mice and Men” is focused around the theme of how two men have come together and are such good friends in a time when most people have nothing. They have each other and even though they may not always get along they have learned to accept their differences and stick together, because in the end all they have is each other, which is what makes them different from everyone else. George acts towards Lennie as a very responsible father, ‘you never had none, you crazy bastard. I got both of em here’ this quote shows that George as a responsible guardian and looks after his bus pass and doesn’t trust Lennie with his pass because he thinks Lennie would loose and took the responsibility of looking after it. Another quote to this is ‘ look George.
In their relationship, George is in control like a parent, while Lennie is just like a little kid. We see many examples of this throughout the novel, and just one example is, "like a terrier who doesn't want to bring a ball to its master". Another simile compares Lennie to an animal, though this one shows him as something small, and though unwilling, unable to do anything about it. At the same time, it calls George the "master". Candy and his dog is another key instant where the lack of friendship is shown.
Examine Steinbeck’s portrayal of Curley’s Wife. How do our feelings towards her change throughout the novel? In this essay I will, examine and explore Steinbeck’s portrayal of Curley’s Wife in Of Mice and Men. I will also examine how our feelings towards her change throughout the novel. Steinbeck presents the character of Curley’s wife to be attractive, flirtatious and vulnerable and she is a very complex character.
Chapter 1, pg. 14. In the novel we can see Lennie looks up to George, as he loves to hear the stories of the Ranch and tending the rabbits. Lennie hangs on Georges every word as a younger brother does. In the film the relationship is depicted as more of a father and son relationship as it seems it is only Lennie that needs George and not vice versa.
Lennie is powerfully built and his strength gets him into many sticky situations throughout the novel. George, however, is a smaller man who is much weaker than Lennie. In the novel, Steinbeck pictures George for the reader as "small and quick, dark of face, with restless eyes and sharp strong features" (2). He is Lennie's complete opposite in appearance. Despite their immense differences in build, it is the smaller and weaker George who takes care of the stronger and more powerful Lennie.
She had bigger dreams than just being a housewife and I think being the only woman on the farm stifles her. She looks to the men on the farm for friendship and companionship, but obviously they take it as flirting and in order to stay out of trouble with Curley, they stay away from her. This increases Curley’s wife’s loneliness. Curley’s wife represents women in the 1930’s during the Great Depression. Women in the 1930’s were seen by men as scheming and devious.
The people of Maycomb only knew Boo Radley and Tom Robinson by what others said about them. Both of these characters do not really have their own "song" in a sense, and therefore, are characterized by other people's viewpoints. Boo Radley went through his life never wanting to hurt a fly. He left gum, pennies, and wax dolls for Scout and Jem. He sewed Jem's pants and left them on the fence so he could get them easily.
Instead of calling Curley’s wife by her name they say “Curley’s woman”, “a tart”, “the new kid and a jail bait”. If men talked to her more and started calling her by her name Curley’s wife wouldn’t flirt as much and would feel way more valuable than she did. She is first introduced by candy the swamper, who describes her from her perspective to George and Lennie. The fact that Curley’s wife is introduced through rumours means that the reader already has a negative impression of Curleys wife before she even enter the section. Candy mentions that “she got the eye” suggesting that she is flirtatious and immoral, she flirts with other
In the novel George says ‘Lennie never done it in meanness. All the time he done bad things, but he never done one of em mean”’. This shows How George feels sympathy for Lennie as he always manages to get other people upset at him and always manages to get himself into trouble but Steinbeck is showing the reader though George that he never means to cause trouble and he often held back and get in trouble due to his simplicity and child like mind. Steinbeck uses characters around Lennie to make the reader feel sorry for Lennie. In the novel apart from George, no one else really cares for Lennie.
Curley’s wife is excluded from female roles as she is seen as a possession of Curley and is often found in search for companionship, as her newly found husband doesn’t provide her with the affection she desires. As she states to Lennie, ‘’I don’t like Curley, he ain’t a nice e4fella’’ – she often attempts to interact with the other men