The author talks a lot about Route 66 in his story. I believe he was not effective in explaining that Route 66 represents America. This is because of his lack of details about route 66 and his evidence being irrelevant. His information is a sad excuse of a man trying to relive his childhood and hope that everyone would follow in his foot steps.…
No, the author is not effective in proving that Route 66 represents America. The author is not effective because in the first paragraph, he says that the interstate will get you there faster. So he is not talking about America, he is talking about highways in America. He did not talk about the roads he had driven and Route 66 brings many memories that he would have so present and that he never forgot those beautiful places. All he said was that he was helping to move some of his family, he was helping with his car to move his family's things home from home. He helped his family when he passed by the roads that he speaks in the text, he said that the roads can be reached quickly you want to reach. The other road is narrower and less dangerous.…
So in the book Of Mice and Men it follows two men named George and Lennie. George and Lennie are best friends and they dream of owning a small farm together. Lennie wants to take care of the rabbits if they get get any. Lennie always asks “Will I be able to tend the rabbits?” (Steinbeck,56).They end up working on a ranch and they both stick out. That’s when most of their troubles started.…
In John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men is a story that revolves around George and Lennie life. Since Lennie likes to touch velvet like thing, he had grabbed a girl dress causing her to scream rape. This resulted in George and Lennie get chased out of their town, Weed, and having to find a new job. During their time working on a ranch in Soledad, Lennie had encountered some problems. For example, Lennie had accidently killed his puppy and also on the same day he killed Curley's wife. Lennie is a childlike big guy who cannot control his strength, but at the same time he has an affection of touching anything soft.…
“If you ever just happen to get in trouble like you have always done before, I want you to come right here and hide in the brush.”(doc B) In the story Of Mice and Men there are two main characters, George and Lennie. George is average sized and intelligent, and Lennie is tall, very muscular, and below average. George and Lennie have a farm dream that they will own land, so they go to work on a ranch to earn money. A worker there, Candy, offers to go in with 300 dollars. Everything is looking good until Lennie accidentally kills Curley’s wife, and Curley is a hothead. He wants to kill Lennie very painfully, but George gets there first. He has to shoot him in the back of the head. Steinbeck uses foreshadowing to indicate the deaths of the farm dream, Curley’s wife, and Lennie.…
In the novel Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck tells the story of two best friends living life on the run, struggling to keep a steady job working as ranch hands. George and Lennie are faced with many obstacles throughout the course of this book, beginning with Lennie and his slow mindedness, George is always side by side with Lennie, practically holding his hand to coach him through life. The story begins with the two men running away from Weed, the ranch they were previously employed at; we later find that George and Lennie had to flee after Lennie had touched a ladies dress and made her feel uncomfortable. Upon arrival at the new ranch, George had told Lennie to stay away from Curley’s wife, Lennie disobeyed George and similar trouble has followed them.…
Without Lennie, George would be just like the other hands, but with Lennie, George has a strong sense of responsibility. George doesn’t see their dreams in terms of rabbits but in a practical way. Their farm will be one where they can be independent and safe and where he will not have to worry about keeping track of Lennie's mistakes. They can be secure and in charge of their own lives. However, Lennie is the one who adds the enthusiasm because…
In the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, George and Lennie have a very close relationship and their companionship is quite deep. During the 1930s, which was during The Great Depression, George and Lennie escape from Weed because they get into trouble. George has to look after Lennie because Lennie’s Aunt, Clara, is dead and no one takes care of Lennie. Then, they go to the Salinas Valley where they are going to work on a ranch. In the novel, George is morally right to kill Lennie because George wants to protect Lennie from the painful death and save other people from Lennie’s uncontrolled strength.…
On their way to the farm in Salinas, California, George described this dream to Lennie. They had stopped to rest in a field when George said, “‘O.K. Someday—we’re gonna get the jack together and we’re gonna have a little house and a couple of acres an’ a cow and some pigs and—‘” (13). George continued to describe their dream when he said, “’We’ll have a big vegetable patch and a rabbit hutch and chickens. And when it rains in the winter, we’ll just say the hell with goin’ to work, and we’ll build up a fire in the stove and set around it an’ listen to the rain comin’ down on the roof—‘” (14). This dream was important to George, because he wanted to be free instead of being controlled by other people. Lennie was excited about this dream also, because he would get to pet rabbits all day and he loved to pet soft things. Although their dream was amazing, they unfortunately could not fulfill it due to many reasons. One reason their dream did not come true was because they got fired from most of their jobs due to Lennie’s mental retardation. For example, during their last job, Lennie saw a girl who was wearing a dress that looked soft, so he touched it without her permission. The woman yelled and two guys were sent out to find Lennie…
The road that is mentioned in this passage, the “migrant way”, refers to Route 66 that was used by many to travel to California. The common road used by migrants from all over the country symbolizes the common struggle of those people as they make their journey west. As the migrants came together on Route 66, they shared similar goals and similar challenges. Steinbeck uses this road as a symbol of a shared struggle between these people.…
Lennie Small was born with a mental disorder and lived with his Aunt Clara until she passed away. Lennie did not attend school and did not have a spouse. All he had was his best friend, George Milton, who was his caretaker throughout all their endeavors. Lennie depends on George for knowledge and protection because he doesn’t know any better and could hurt himself and others. Although George was his caretaker and best friend, he decided to shoot Lennie in the back of the head because he caused too much trouble and was being hunted down to be tortured. Lennie was a large man who couldn’t do much but who worked ranch to ranch along with George. Lennie loved petting animals and was especially fond of mice. Although Lennie is a gentle and kind man, he doesn’t know his own strength and ends up killing the mice he pets.…
Honore De Balzac once said “Nature makes only dumb animals. We owe the fools to society.” In John Steinbeck’s novella Of Mice and Men, George and Lennie are two migrant farmers who dream of owning a ranch of their own, this is until Lennie, having a child's mind, but being a big strong guy, accidentally kills Curley’s wife, also killing their dream of owning a ranch. Lennie and George are portrayed as rabbits in Of Mice and Men because they follow along with the lower class blindly just like society desires them to, dreaming to change their path but never succeeding in this, like so many others.…
Lennie was born with a disability that causes mental retardation, because of this he doesn´t always know right from wrong and acts like a kid. He shows this when he gets upset at George for taking away his dead mouse that he hid in his pocket. George tells him that he can say a word when they get to the ranch that they are going to work at, if he does then they might not be hired because of Lennie's impairment. George says to Lennie, ¨If he finds out what a crazy bastard you are, we won´t get no job, but if he sees ya work before he hears ya talk, we're set¨ (6). This tells us that…
Chapter 1 – George and Lennie camp in the brush by a pool, the night before starting new jobs as ranch hands. George finds Lennie stroking a dead mouse in his pocket. He complains that caring for Lennie prevents him from living a freer life. We find out that Lennie’s innocent petting of a girl’s dress led them to losing their last jobs in Weed. However when they talk about their dream of getting a piece of land together, we know they really depend on each other.…
George and Lennie, in Of Mice and Men, desire a house on a farm, but when…