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Of Mice and Men
George
In the novel, “Of Mice and Men”, George Milton can be said to be one of the central characters. John Steinbeck, the author describes George at first as:
"...small and quick, dark of face, with restless eyes and sharp, strong features. Every part of him was defined: small, strong hands, slender arms, a thin and bony nose."
I think John Steinbeck uses his looks to help portray his character, from this description the reader can visualise him clearly; the adjectives Steinbeck uses gives the reader an insight to what his personality is like. We equate the strong features and strong hands with a man with a strong personality, a leader, a determined man but also a man with great depth of caring.
Lennie’s friendship is very important to George; George outlines their friendship early on in the book,
“Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don't belong no place....With us it ain't like that. We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us... An' why? Because...because I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that's why."
George gains a lot from befriending Lennie. Lennie is mentally disabled but a physically strong man. This is to George’s advantage as Lennie can do the work of two men on the ranch which keeps a steady income for George. But George does give the money to Lennie, he doesn’t exploit him, this shows that George actually does care for Lennie and isn’t just using him for his stupidity and hard work.
In 1930’s California, it was very unusual to travel around with a partner looking for work. But, George kept Lennie under his wing when his Aunt Clara died. Even though sometimes George got angry at Lennie, he was smart enough to know Lennie could not survive on his own and stayed a good friend to him despite the fact that it wasn’t the norm.
"Whatever we ain't got, that's what you want. God a'mighty, if I was alone I could
George
In the novel, “Of Mice and Men”, George Milton can be said to be one of the central characters. John Steinbeck, the author describes George at first as:
"...small and quick, dark of face, with restless eyes and sharp, strong features. Every part of him was defined: small, strong hands, slender arms, a thin and bony nose."
I think John Steinbeck uses his looks to help portray his character, from this description the reader can visualise him clearly; the adjectives Steinbeck uses gives the reader an insight to what his personality is like. We equate the strong features and strong hands with a man with a strong personality, a leader, a determined man but also a man with great depth of caring.
Lennie’s friendship is very important to George; George outlines their friendship early on in the book,
“Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don't belong no place....With us it ain't like that. We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us... An' why? Because...because I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that's why."
George gains a lot from befriending Lennie. Lennie is mentally disabled but a physically strong man. This is to George’s advantage as Lennie can do the work of two men on the ranch which keeps a steady income for George. But George does give the money to Lennie, he doesn’t exploit him, this shows that George actually does care for Lennie and isn’t just using him for his stupidity and hard work.
In 1930’s California, it was very unusual to travel around with a partner looking for work. But, George kept Lennie under his wing when his Aunt Clara died. Even though sometimes George got angry at Lennie, he was smart enough to know Lennie could not survive on his own and stayed a good friend to him despite the fact that it wasn’t the norm.
"Whatever we ain't got, that's what you want. God a'mighty, if I was alone I could