George and Lennie in “Of Men and Mice” Essay

George and Lennie are the two chief(prenominal) characters in this book. They look afterward one another and stick to flapher. I think that that itself is quite an unnamed as they are both completely the opposite to each other. Lennie is very dependant on George and probably wouldnt be able to survive without him he certainly wouldnt be able to get himself out of trouble. But George is much more Independent than Lennie. George is ilkwise quite bossy, the like a kindle but is responsible and practical too. He acts like a parent to Lennie sometimesLennie Lennie for Gods sake shamt drink so much.He often tells Lennie what to do like this example. But he is obligate to because of Lennie child like behaviour and sense. Lennie very much in his actions and words reflects the mortalality of a youthful child. This is sometimes quite admiring and amusing,You drink some Lennie, take a good big drink he smiled happily.He is also described in a way that a child would be, by saying, he smiled happily Even though Lennie annoys George, George still cares for Lennie. An example of this is when George warns Lennie about drinking the water. This also reflects his intelligence. Which he emphatically seems when hes described with Lennie because Lennie really does lack intelligence. Lennie ignores the warning showing his shortage in super C sense.We find out that George is slightly short tempered by two incidents. One is when he duologue about the bus driver giving them the wrong information.We could just as well of rode clear to the feast of that bastard bus driver knew what he was talkin aboutHes quite rude in this statement and we can tell that he is angry. Because he is already angry about this he snaps at Lennie. He talks about how much better off he would have been if he didnt have Lennie with him and in my opinion he saws some quite harsh things,You crazy son of a bitch you keep me in hot water all the time.He seems determined to hurt Lennie in this paragraph when he talks like this to him. Particularly during this part of the story, youre forced to feel kindness for Lennie and feel that George is the bad guy.But we also see Georges caring side again when he seess Lennies anguished face and he is ashamed of himself. I think George is a compassionate somebody though. Because he still cares for Lennie and sticks by him and helps him out of trouble by choice.Lennie is purposely portrayed in a child like manner. You can tell by his tone of voice, the things he says, the way hes described and his actions.Lennie who had been watching imitated George exactlyWhere we goin, GeorgeAint a thing in my pocket George, honest.Lennnie imitates George quite a lot, he looks up to George and gives him. He tries to obey George and attempts really hard to remember what George tells him. He asks questions like a child constantly. And he tries to act clever in a child like way. Lennie also has a childs imagination too He is also attracted to petting things b ecause of his child like gentle nature.Lets have different coloured rabbits, Georgehe makes silly comments like this as well.George doesnt really trust Lennie. Not because hes not a good person but because hes forgetful and makes silly mistakes which lead to big trouble. Lennies stupidity, need of understanding and might causes him to unknowingly make these mistakes. We know that hes forgetful because he doesnt remember where he is going and has to repeat things over and over again to remind himself. We also know that George doesnt trust him because he doesnt let him keep his own workers ticket.Both people think of the dream in different ways, Lennie thinks about it in a very childish dreamy way, and as youd expect, George thinks a lot and really about it. And when he realises hes being unrealistic he stops himself-NutsI think this shows that he doesnt get his hopes up too high and that he is a shoot down to earth person.George is a planner, he likes to be organised and know what s happening. He plans and tells Lennie where to go if in that respects trouble at the ranch.George and Lennie are very different people but they both advantage and appreciate the companionship that they share.But not us Becausebecause I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you and thats why