He is also a man of his words and one who has integrity. Before she dies, Lennie’s Aunt Clara makes George promise to take care of him. In keeping his oath to protect Lennie, George shows honor by ensuring that Lennie stays with him even after they are both fired from their first job in Weed. What drives George to act as Lennie’s brother is a basic human characteristic to help those who can’t fend for themselves. George makes sacrifices for Lennie just as a person might for a complete stranger just to save them from
“But not us,” he said. “ because I got you’__” “An I got you an we got each other.” (Steinbeck, 104). Steinbeck the writes on about how George and Lennie are going to be happy together living on a farm. This is the big brother part of George that wants give Lennie a happy memory before the inevitable
“Of Mice and Men” Essay. From the start of this novel we can see that George holds the power in their unique relationship. Without George, it would seem that Lennie would continuously get not only himself, but others in trouble. Although Lennie does not do this deliberately he still needs George to guide him and make decisions for him. For us, George appears to be like a father figure towards Lennie, he attempts to plan all of their everyday communications to try keep life as normal as possible for the both of them.
One of the main characters we empathise with is Lennie due to his disability and child-like mind. It is clear to us from the start that Lennie is very child-like as his dream is, “to tend the rabbits”, even though this seems like a small insignificant dream, to have the freedom to have your own ranch with rabbits is near to impossible for men like Lennie and George. It is obvious through Steinbeck’s choice of language that Lennie never truly doubts the fact his dream will come true. However, he often reassures himself he hasn’t ruined the dream by asking, “I can still tend the rabbits, George?” this conveys Lennie’s vulnerable side and also how precious the dream is to him. Despite Lennie’s best efforts to keep the dream it was not meant to be.
The joy they had stemmed from a new belief that they were not just waiting for Doodle to die but to live a full life. It was in that moment that Doodle became a brother rather than an invalid. If Brother had not been afraid of embarrassment at school doodle would have never left the wagon. This story shows the effective of pride as positive and negative ways. It’s a sad story between the life of brother’s pride and the death of his brother.
Lennie tries to make George´s death easier for them both by start talking about the dream they had in common. Lennie said to George that he should look the other way, so that George could not see what was going on and be terrified. Before Lennie shoot George, they both had a smile around their
Although the pair holds each other back from what each yearns, they take care of and depend on one another. Lennie depends on George for help in daily life because of his mental retardation, while George needs Lennie for his companionship. Without Lennie, George would have a dull life without entertainment, which helps while working on ranches since days can be long and hard. Aside from their friendship, George and Lennie help each other at work. George is the brains, who finds the work for the two and does the talking, while Lennie is the physical strength.
Kisean callis Mrs. Keblish English II 6TH hour 16 January 2014 Character motivations I. George is a great and nice man who really cares about Lennie A. George feels obligated to take care of Lennie a. The reason he feels obligated to take care of Lennie is because he almost killed Lennie b. George knows Lennie can’t do anything by himself and will soon get himself killed B. George sees Lennie as stupid and not independent a. George doesn’t think Lennie could find his own food or shelter b. George believes that if Lennie lived alone he would constantly be taken advantage of c. George and Lennie have a nice relationship and at times George may see Lennie as good for nothing but I think George sees Lennie
Baba’s biggest admirer is his own son, Amir has always looked up to Baba and wanted him to care about him and love him. Amir feels as though his own father doesn’t even love him because Amir’s mother died while giving birth to him. People in the town envy the plentiful life that Amir and his father have. They have a nice house, a Ford Mustang, an orphanage, and plenty of money. In the book The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini uses
Even though it was odd to others that these two grown men traveled together, I loved how George and Lennie didn’t think of it that way, just because they had always had each other and that's what friendship is. They protected each other, even when in the end it came down to George having to kill his best friend. George only killed Lennie to protect him from what could have happened. The theme of friendship and dreams is universal in almost every story, because it is essential to life. No matter where you go or what you do, you will always find a friend in something or someone.