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George Milton And Lennie In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men
In this chapter we are introduced to George Milton and Lennie Small, two men who are scrambling and among the poor. George is small and smart while on the other hand Lennie is huge and mentally slow. George and Lennie's dream is of their life, to live on a farm and be their own bosses with no rules or restrictions unlike they have now working on ranches. They are going from ranch to ranch looking for work trying to make enough money to get to their dream. The only problem with their work is Lennie seems to mess things up.
Lennie acts like a child and George admonishes him like a parent. Lennie seems to forget what George tells him and he also does things he doesn't notice are wrong. George swears towards Lennie and usually tells him not to

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