Tuesday, October 1, 2019
George and Lennie in the First Three Chapters of Steinbecks Of Mice an
In chapter one, George and Lennie are introduced onto the scene and you get to know them a little bit and you get to see how they are related/ their relationship. When I read this first part, I could tell that George was pretty much Lennieââ¬â¢s caretaker and it was his job to find Lennie a job and make sure he ate enough and stayed a live. He kind of resented having to drag Lennie around (pg 11~12: ââ¬Å"Well we ainââ¬â¢t got any!â⬠George exploded. ââ¬Å"Whatever we ainââ¬â¢t got, you want. If I was alone I could live so easyâ⬠¦ But wadda I got? I got you. You canââ¬â¢t keep a job and you loose me every job I get.â⬠), because Lennieââ¬â¢s a bit slow and he messes up a lot. He tries really hard to be good and listen to what George tells him to do, but in the end of every situation, Lennie forgets what George told him beforehand and sometimes it creates a little trouble (pg 45~46: ââ¬Å"Well, he seen this girl in this red dress. Dumb like he is , he likes to touch everââ¬â¢thing he likes. Just wants to feel it. So he reaches out to feel this red dress anââ¬â¢ the girl lets out a squawk, and that gets Lennie all mixed up, and he holds on ââ¬Ëcause thatââ¬â¢s the only thing he can think to do. Well, this girl just squawks and squawks. I was jusââ¬â¢ a little bit off, and I heard all the yellinââ¬â¢, so I comes running, anââ¬â¢ by that time Lennieââ¬â¢s so scared all he can think to do is jusââ¬â¢ hold on. I socked him over the head with a fence picket to make him let go. He was so scairt he couldnââ¬â¢t let go of the dress. And heââ¬â¢s so strong, you knowâ⬠¦ Well, that girl rabbits in anââ¬â¢ tells the law sheââ¬â¢s been raped. The guys in Weed start a party out to lynch Lennie. So we sit in an irrigation ditch under water all the rest of that day.â⬠). But when you look at them, you can tell that George is... ...e Lennie is scared and confused (and still dazzled by the farm memory), he doesnââ¬â¢t even try to protect himself. He just cries to George to make Curley stop. George just wants Lennie to stand up for himself, so he tells Lennie to ââ¬Ëget himââ¬â¢. Lennie obeys George and, in the process, breaks every bone in Curleyââ¬â¢s hand. (pg 69: Curleyââ¬â¢s fist was swinging when Lennie reached for it. The next minute Curley was flopping like a fish on a line, and his closed fist was lost in Lennieââ¬â¢s big handâ⬠¦Ã¢â¬ we got to get him in to a doctor,â⬠he said. ââ¬Å"Looks to me like everââ¬â¢ bone in his hanââ¬â¢ is bust.â⬠) Slim threatens to make Curley the laughing stock of the town if he tells what really happened instead of saying that his hand got caught in a machine. I knew that somehow, somewhere in the storyline, Curley was gonna get into a fight with Lennie and Lennie was gonna hurt Curley badly.
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