Character Analysis in of Mice and Men
CHARACTER ANALYSIS
George
George is the second main character and one of the protagonist after Lennie in Of Mice and Men. When Lennie gets into trouble, He always helps him find a solution or get away, though Lennie’s size combined with his mental handicap caused problems frequently. He is also a planner, telling Lennie where he should go if there is trouble on the ranch. To make the dream which is owing a ten-acre farm becomes a reality, He’s competent to work hard. Unlike the other ranch hands that squander their money on women and drink, George refuses to spend a dime in vain, saving everything to make the dream happen. He wants to buy the farm so that he and Lennie can live there, free from problems and constraints caused by society.
Sometimes George is portrayed as a short-tempered, for he gets frustrated with Lennie’s slowness. Several times George thinks about what he could do if Lennie were not around, but it was only momentary thoughts.
Because of George’s concern so much about Lennie, he can’t allow him to die brutally at the hands of Curley and the angry ranch hands. After painting the picture of the farm in Lennie’s mind one last time, he takes Carlson’s pistol and mercifully shoots his friend, in a totally selfless act of kindness. It was a terribly difficult thing for George to do. In the ending, Steinbeck shows us the feeling lost and alone of George without his faithful companion and without a dream to keep him going.
Proofs :
⇨ “the first man… sharp, strong features.” (Ch.1 p.19)
⇨ “so you forgot that…a crazy bastard!” [shows his temper, impatient, bullies Lennie] – (Ch.1 p.21) ⇨ “guys like us… they don’t belong no place” & “with us it ain’t like that.. that give a damn about us” [shows he’s a thinker related when he compares their relationship to other lonely soul. By having their dream, make them different] – (Ch.1 p.31-2) ⇨ “he’s my… cousin” [indicated that he really cares for
George
George is the second main character and one of the protagonist after Lennie in Of Mice and Men. When Lennie gets into trouble, He always helps him find a solution or get away, though Lennie’s size combined with his mental handicap caused problems frequently. He is also a planner, telling Lennie where he should go if there is trouble on the ranch. To make the dream which is owing a ten-acre farm becomes a reality, He’s competent to work hard. Unlike the other ranch hands that squander their money on women and drink, George refuses to spend a dime in vain, saving everything to make the dream happen. He wants to buy the farm so that he and Lennie can live there, free from problems and constraints caused by society.
Sometimes George is portrayed as a short-tempered, for he gets frustrated with Lennie’s slowness. Several times George thinks about what he could do if Lennie were not around, but it was only momentary thoughts.
Because of George’s concern so much about Lennie, he can’t allow him to die brutally at the hands of Curley and the angry ranch hands. After painting the picture of the farm in Lennie’s mind one last time, he takes Carlson’s pistol and mercifully shoots his friend, in a totally selfless act of kindness. It was a terribly difficult thing for George to do. In the ending, Steinbeck shows us the feeling lost and alone of George without his faithful companion and without a dream to keep him going.
Proofs :
⇨ “the first man… sharp, strong features.” (Ch.1 p.19)
⇨ “so you forgot that…a crazy bastard!” [shows his temper, impatient, bullies Lennie] – (Ch.1 p.21) ⇨ “guys like us… they don’t belong no place” & “with us it ain’t like that.. that give a damn about us” [shows he’s a thinker related when he compares their relationship to other lonely soul. By having their dream, make them different] – (Ch.1 p.31-2) ⇨ “he’s my… cousin” [indicated that he really cares for