I think the theme is you should take care of people that are old and disabled. George takes care of Lennie and watches out for him. Lennie has a disability and needs constant reminders about daily tasks. For example George gives Lennie several reminders about not looking at Curley’s wife. Curly is very envious of Lennie’s height and strength and his wife is very flirtatious with all the men on the ranch. George has to keep an eye out for Lennie so he will stay on task and not get into trouble. And making sure to keep their distance because she’s very flirtatious. Because he has a disability that limits his ability to rembering important things like that George has to constantly give him extra help by reminding him. And to stay away from curley because he’s envious of Lennie’s It shows that George cares about Lennie because he gives him reminders about his …show more content…
Since Candy hurt his arm on the ranch I think they feel bad /julity or responsible so that’s why he gets to stay in the bunks. For instance: he scratched the stump of his wrist nervously. “I got hurt four years ago he said.” (60) “The old man came slowly into the room. He had a broom in his hand.” This shows that the ranch let him have an easier job because of his accident. (24) Thirdly the reason why George takes care of Lennie is because he doesn’t want anything to happen to him. So for his own good George shoots him. For example, “Curley’s still mad about his hand and he’s still going to want to shoot him. For example: suppose they lock him up and strap him down and put him in a cage. That ain’t no good, George”. This proves that George was only trying to protect and keep him from having to suffer. (79) The only way to keep of out of harm’s way was to put him out of harm’s
Ain’t gonna be no more trouble. Nobody gonna hurt nobody nor steal from ‘em.” (pg. 106) and then he pulled the trigger. George believed that if his best friend had to die, he shouldn’t have to
Lennie also looks up to George so much that he often repeats his actions. “Lennie, who had been watching, imitated George exactly. He pushed himself back, drew up his knees, embraced them, looked over to George to see whether he had it just right. He pulled his hat down a little more over his eyes, the way George's hat was” (Steinbeck, 4). Lennie does this not only because he looks up to George, but because he wants to impress in a way that in his head, makes up for him forgetting, and doing “bad things.”
Sometimes, the difference between good and bad isn't always black and white. Sometimes, you have to make a decision that isn't bad but, isn't necessarily good. that's exactly what George did when he shot Lennie. After Lennie killer Curley's wife, George realized Lennie would never stop causing trouble. Curley also made it very clear he was going to make killing Lennie as painful as possible.
Curley’s hatred toward Lennie was led not only because Lennie killed his wife, but because Lennie humiliated him by breaking his hand. George also does the right thing by killing Lennie because he stopped him from causing more deaths or harming others
But this time George puts Lennie “down” himself, rather than for a stranger to do so. This is what lead George to shoot Lennie himself; the feeling of responsibility and ownership over Lennie. While Curley’s wife was in the ranch talking to
George felt guilty for bringing Lennie to the ranch and if he hadn’t… Curley’s wife would have probably still be alive. He is responsible for any kind of trouble Lennie gets into. After a while, he notices that Lennie is growing into a bigger problem than he anticipated. George knew he couldn’t handle the stress caused by Lennie
Lennie’s strength and his childish mind is his biggest struggle that affects many people on the ranch and himself. Lennie is overprotective of George and about being with him he would do anything for the guy, so when Crooks tells him, “S’pose he gets killed or hurt so he can’t come back. ”(71) Lennie then contradicts his opinion”This ain’t true. George ain’t got hurt.
Although George can be seen as caring to others he may be seen as controlling over what Lennie says and does. In chapter four, George goes off with the other farmhands to have fun and relax while he leaves Lennie alone back at the ranch. When Lennie goes off to pet his pup that Slim, one of the other farmhands, gave him, he sees someone else in the barn so he goes over and starts to talk with the stable buck, Candy.. When George found out what Lennie was talking about with a black guy, he scowled at Lennie and scolded him. " George scowled. "I though I tol ' you not to tell nobody about that."
George tries to defend Lennie after the rest of the ranch workers find out what he has done to Curley’s wife. He explains that Lennie cannot help getting himself into dreadful situations, but he has never done them on purpose. This quote ultimately proves that
George keeps telling people that Lennie is a “Hell of a worker.” showing that people. All that matters to the boss and Curley (who represents the elite during this time) only see him as a useful worker. Lennie, like an animal needs someone to take care of him.
Even though Lennie and Curley got in a fight, and George warned Lennie not to get in any fights, George still wanted to make sure Lennie was okay. Since George is protective of Lennie, he will make sure Lennie is okay no matter what happens. When Lennie gets hurt in any type of way, George is always there to take care of
After Curley’s wife is killed, there is no way George and Lennie can exist peacefully and continue their lifestyle. George has to put Lennie out of his misery. If George doesn’t kill Lennie, he
Demanding things out of Lennie does not show him anything it just tells him to stop what he is doing and sometimes that does not help. Lennie and George’s relationship is more of a danger to one another than it is a good relationship. George makes Lennie feel guilty for everything he does. George is trying to discipline Lennie in a way that does not
This relates to Of Mice and Men because George wanted Lennie to be happy and still hold onto his pride when he died. He made sure Lennie didn’t feel like he was trapped with no way
Even though George repeatedly insults Lennie, George knows what Lennie is and is not and stands up for him. Another time George talks about him is when Lennie kills Curley's wife. Not only does George tell the other workers about Lennie, George also stands up for him saying that it was an accident and Lennie did not do it to be