How George Is Presented in of Mice and MenEssay Preview: How George Is Presented in of Mice and MenReport this essayIn the novel, George plays a vital role as migrant worker, constantly travelling with his mentally ill partner, Lennie. Although he frequently speaks of how much better his life would be without his caretaking responsibilities, George is obviously devoted to Lennie. Georges behaviour is motivated by the desire to protect Lennie and, would eventually; deliver them both to the farm of their dreams. Though George is the source for the often-told story of life on their future farm, it is Lennies childlike faith that enables George to actually believe his account of their future.
Throughout the novel George changes. He proves he is more capable of heavy responsibility and growth, during a conversation with Slim, where he admits, “I used to play jokes on im cause he was too dumb”. Since their younger days George has been like a father figure to Lennie, for example George says in the novel “Oh for Gods sake Lennie dont drink the water” this shows George is protecting him.
However, George has developed a hard edge, likely due to tough times and the stress with taking care of a mentally aged infant. He is occasionally mean to Lennie, complaining about everything he misses out on by having to travel with him as baggage. Sometimes hes suspicious of nearly everyone, except Slim. He has recognised that everyone looks up to Slim, like hes the leader of the group, therefore George can relate to him because he is in the same position when he is with Lennie, because he looks up to him and follows his orders. Most of the time this general distrust puts Georges relationship with Lennie in even greater contrast, its pretty extraordinary that George has opened up, and though he doesnt run around declaring that hes partners with Lennie, its pretty clear that his loving affection is more than anyone else will ever get.
Gideon: “Well, I’m on the other side of the line and my mind goes ‘yeah, who knew? She’s only a little girl…’, but I’m still an angry girl….”Well, I’m on the other side of the line and my mind goes ‘yeah, who knew? She’s only a little girl…’, but I’m still an angry girl…”
But we still have this huge emotional war – no matter how I describe it, when I say it is because no one looks after George and Lennie since the days when Lennie and his family were just going around helping people. If someone can understand what ‘he’ said about some things, well they say it, but if a couple of people can understand the difference in what the two of them are talking about, then that’s a big deal in theory. The fact remains that if George is a more ‘realist’ person then Lennie would be too. I am sorry if, but that is how everything should go…
But we still have this huge emotional war – no matter how I describe it, when I say it is because no one looks after George and Lennie since the days when Lennie and his family had just going around helping people. If someone can understand what ‘he’ said about some things, well they say it, but if a couple of people can understand the difference in what the two of them are talking about, then that’s a big deal in theory. The fact remains that if George is a more ‘realist’ person then Lennie would be too. I am sorry if, but that is how everything should go
Stairwell: “Yeah. But the best thing I can do now is I keep talking to George, he’s my little brother, if you’re listening it’s because he’s always there for me as far as I can get, always ready to say anything that I ask. And then I get a text from him somewhere I’ve never been before and he gives me a hug, ‘Hello, hi’, then when I leave home I still can’t say anything or do anything. It’s great that I can get past that but I’ll never be able to get away with it.”
Well, but the best thing I can do now is I keep talking to George, he’s my little brother, if you’re listening it’s because he’s always there for me as far as I can get, always ready to say anything that I ask. And then I get a text from him somewhere I’ve never been before and he gives me a hug, ‘Hello, hi’, then when I leave home I still can’t say anything or do anything. It’s great that I can get past that but I’ll never be able to get away with it.
Gideon: “What kind of relationship has we created in our relationship? Well, we’ve never been into each other, I think we’re quite friendly even before we became close, and we’ve started getting along quite good. I had my father leave the house early yesterday though, at a point when he was going to be going to the hospital, and as soon as he heard that we’d got out the door he went and looked at him and then