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Describe The Relationship Between George And Lennie's Life
1) George and Lennie presumably have traveled with each other a long time. Consequently, George has to live with Lennie and the of what he does and says, and at times George can crack and become highly upset with Lennie. Just imagine living with someone extremely annoying and only them for an extended period of time. One could infer that the two have been together a long time. Under normal circumstances, people do not become fed up and enraged and uptight over someone asking for some ketchup.
2) In this time period, many people relocated to work due to employment agencies sending workers to work at one farm, then they would have been paid and move to do another job. But, George has Lennie to look after because he causes problems. For example, Lennie broke Curley’s hand, killed Curley’s wife and touched the girl in the town of Weed. The common intention for all these workers was to do their job and collect their pay afterwards, but when you have a accomplice who gets fired, they do not complete their work, causing them to earn no money. In all, Lennie can cause a plethora of problems that make it undesirable to work with Lennie.
3) It was typical for some single workers of this time period to work their job, then afterward go to town and spend all of it on things that they
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In the poem, the farmer destroys a mouse's nest and becomes deeply upset while the mouse just moves on and forgets. When compared to George and Lennie, it is clear that George is best represented by the farmer and Lennie is best represented by the mouse. George clearly remembers when accidents happen, such as Lennie’s mistakes. Lennie’s mistakes always escapes his memory. He always kills the mice by accident while petting them, even though he has killed many. Mistakes Lennie has made have led to them getting fired, yet he does not remember them, while George sees them

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