Here George, Lennie, And Candy become close to the goal of buying a house to live the American dream. Also the men realize that they must keep this plan a secret even from their friends, as they will try to keep them from achieving the dream. However Lennie was sitting in the barn then Curly’s wife came in, she a tramp and talking to Lennie. Next Lennie’s had got caught in her hear and she freaked out causing Lennie to panic, and in the moment Lennie has held her as she was flopping about and that caused her neck to snap. (Steinbeck 91) Here Lennie fell as he committed murder although he never meant to, never the less the act let to Lennie’s death and his greatest fall.
He’s more contending with comfort remembering this makes lennies death more palatable. Lennie likes to pet soft things which leads to death of the mouse, puppy and curly’s wife, Thus lennie’s happiness tends to end in some form of suffering like lennies mouse suffered because it was small and vulnerable , lennies mental is undoing. George’s Card Game this is a world where a chance plays a major role. For instance, slim happened to be in the barn when curly comes into the bunkhouse looking for his wife. Location, the Bunkhouse is the cruel world of reality is not a good place this is also a world of fate.
The fact that the rabbits never really appear in the book, shows the reality of Lennie’s dreams that he will never understand. The mice in the story represent a false hope for a safe place for Lennie. The first mouse in the story is a dead one that Lennie likes to keep in his pocket so he can pet it. Which kind of says that Lennie doesn’t care about death or even realize it sometimes, he’s more concerned with comfort. The mice are what Lennie remembers his Aunt Clara by, and that’s the only thing he has to remember her by are those mice.
Considering how this novel ends, is George a good friend to Lennie? Logan Topic sentence: In the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck the story shows how George is a very good friend. Reason/Detail: The first example is in the beginning of the book when Lennie touches the woman’s dress and she started to freak out. Example: When the lady was freaking out George ran out with Lennie and hid in a ditch all night with him so they wouldn’t be spotted. Reason/Detail: Next when they were trying to get a job George did all the talking so Lennie wouldn’t mess it up which helped them get the job.
Chapter 3 short answers: 1. Lennie slept in the barn because he wanted to be close to the puppies. 2. White and George talk about the merits of old Susie’s place over Clara's, it being cheaper and having nice chairs. George decides to go out with the boys.
When Curly first saw Lennie, he already had a bad impression towards him because Curly hated people that are bigger than him. What made it worse is that George was talking for Lennie because he didn't want him to say anything that could compromise their jobs. Curly got suspicious at Lennie because he didn't talk much, so George told Curly that Lennie is is cousin and that when he was young he got kicked in the head by a horse which caused his mental disablity. As Curley left, George told Lennie that he should avoid Curly before anything happens, but if Curly wanted a fight just give it to him and teach him a lesson. Minutes later, 2 of the handymen around the farm returned to the bunkhouse that they were in.
George and Lennie lose themselves in the idea of the dream; their relationship is inspired by ideas of ' rabbits', 'puppies' and 'alfalfa'; “George says were gonna have rabbits and a berry patch.” (Section 4, Page 83) This dream becomes impossible due to the death of Lennie. George is passionate about the dream, it is his life fulfillment to own his own property: ‘to live of the land’, but George sacrifices this by killing Lennie. George knows the inevitable future of Lennie and places Lennie in front of the dream. This act of friendship is definitive and he sacrifices all his dreams and hopes to save his best friend from heartbreak. George also goes against his moral code, George does not want fall into the ranch worker stereotype.
Lennie also as the misfortune to have a feeble mind in a very strong body. He does not appreciate or understand his own strength as we see him destroy anything living from mice to Curley’s wife. His physical strength presents a challenge to Curley, but as he learns when Lennie crushes his hand, coupled with his lack of cognition Lennie is a lethal cocktail. Lennie’s other disadvantage is the time in which he lives. He is threatened with being ‘locked in the booby hatch’ and really the options for helping someone
Steinbeck carries this theme throughout Of Mice and Men, the Great Depression what a dark and lonely time in America’s history and Steinbeck was trying to tell us it did not have to be this way. People can always reach out and develop relationships in order to stave of the “meanness” of isolation. Prejudices in the 1930’s kept people isolated itinerant worker life harsh and kept people on move and on their own.Tired of constantly reminding Lennie of things he should remember, George gets quickly angry when Lennie forgets to get the firewood, for example, and instead goes after the dead mouse. On the other hand, George's anger is quickly under control, and he blames himself for scolding Lennie. In fact, Steinbeck makes clear that, despite his complaining and frustration, George looks out for Lennie and genuinely cares for him.
“[I]f I was alone I could live so easy,” he says. Lennie has his own private dream of living in a cave with his own rabbits, while Curley’s wife often regrets her missed chance to become a Hollywood actress. In the end, the novel’s main theme is that people must learn to reconcile their dreams with reality, to accept that everyone’s best laid plans often perish. These plans “go awry” not because the characters in the novella give up on them, but because forces beyond their control destroy them. In the bleak