Lenie And Lennie's Relationship Essay
“The Counterfeiters” When dealing with a story like “The Counterfeiters” it is often hard to have a complete understanding of the story because there is always so much going on. There is the always present relationship between Olivier and Bernard, the adulterous ordeal between Vincent and Laura, the novel “The Counterfeiters” which Edouard is writing, and many, many other side plots that revolve around each other and tie the mass web of main characters all together. However, I found that the most intriguing and interesting relationship in “The Counterfeiters” was the relationship between two schoolboy friends, Olivier and Bernard, presented by André Gide; and in my opinion, the subplots of the novel are all anchored by the connection and
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Lennie is constantly holding on to the idea of having his own rabbits to tend to in order to make himself happy and Olivier takes the summer off with Passavant without really being prepared to do so, simply because of the jealousy he feels when Bernard is with Edouard and he receives his first letter in the mail. As both stories progress, I felt as though George and Bernard’s characters were breaking away on their own more and Olivier and Lennie’s characters seem to just fail. After a summer away with Edouard, Bernard did not have the same feelings for Olivier as he said, “He did not therefore find much difficulty in persuading himself that he had had enough of Olivier; that during these two summer months he had exhausted the charm of an adventure which ran the risk of encumbering his life.” (p. 324 The Counterfeiters) Bernard knew it was time to move on from his affection towards Olivier and be his own person. In “Of Mice and Men”, George needs to make a similar decision when there is an angry mob threatening the life of Lennie. By shooting Lennie in the back of the head, George is giving up on his joint dream with Lennie and putting the child-like ogre out of his misery. Lennie and Olivier both took similar spins as Olivier almost tried to kill himself and acted very immature at the Argonauts’
Lennie is constantly holding on to the idea of having his own rabbits to tend to in order to make himself happy and Olivier takes the summer off with Passavant without really being prepared to do so, simply because of the jealousy he feels when Bernard is with Edouard and he receives his first letter in the mail. As both stories progress, I felt as though George and Bernard’s characters were breaking away on their own more and Olivier and Lennie’s characters seem to just fail. After a summer away with Edouard, Bernard did not have the same feelings for Olivier as he said, “He did not therefore find much difficulty in persuading himself that he had had enough of Olivier; that during these two summer months he had exhausted the charm of an adventure which ran the risk of encumbering his life.” (p. 324 The Counterfeiters) Bernard knew it was time to move on from his affection towards Olivier and be his own person. In “Of Mice and Men”, George needs to make a similar decision when there is an angry mob threatening the life of Lennie. By shooting Lennie in the back of the head, George is giving up on his joint dream with Lennie and putting the child-like ogre out of his misery. Lennie and Olivier both took similar spins as Olivier almost tried to kill himself and acted very immature at the Argonauts’