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Of Mine and Men John Steinbeck (Characters (George (he needs Lenny…

- - - - Failed Businesses
      - Harsh poverty
      - long term unemployment
- - - - By 1900 there was no unsettled land
      - Need a stake to buy land
      - Unrealistic because of the Great Depression
- - - - Lennie 'imitated George exactly', 'he pulled his hat down a little more over his eyes, the way George's hat was.' He copies George and then looks over to him as if to ask if he did it right.
    - - After he has run away from the ranch, Lennie hides in the brush up by the pool 'Lennie said softly, "i di'n't forget, you bet, God Damn. Hide in the bush an' wait for George." He pulled his hat down lower over his eyes. "George gonna give me hell," he said. "George gonna wish he was alone an' not have me botherin' him." He turned his head to look at the mountains.' These lines show that Lennie is afraid that George will give him 'hell' and he considers leaving, going off into the mountains and leaving George alone.
        
        This part also shows the reader that Lennie is very trusting in George and loyal towards him. He is afraid of George telling him off but he waits for him anyway.
  - - - Lennie tries to look out for George
        
        Lennie tells George, 'You drink some, George. You take a good drink' when they get to the pool, George tells Lennie that the water is dirty and if George had listened to Lennie, he might have got sick, but Lennie doesn't understand this, he just wants his friend to have a nice drink.
    - - If George needs Lennie, then by killing him he has not only lost his place in heaven But has lost his place in heaven and will be lonely because of this, but his friend had a peaceful death, and this is a big self sacrifice on George's part.
      - George is constantly helping Lennie, with his health and getting him out of trouble and looking after him, he continuing to travel with him anyway.
        
        'Don't drink so much' 'you gonna get sick like you was last night' George says to Lennie as he drinks the dirty water. He is looking out for Lennie's health.
        
        George explains to Lennie that 'you never oughta drink water when it ain't running'.
        
        When Lennie thinks he has lost his work card, George tells him 'You never had none, you crazy bastard. I got both of 'em here. Think I'd let you carry your own work card?'
        
        In the Final part of the Novella, when George is about to kill Lennie, he tells him to look over the pool to the other side and imagine their dream ranch with the chickens and the field of crops and Lennie says 'Le's do it now George. Le's get that place now' he was excited and happy and thinking about their farm when George pulls the trigger. This shows that George wants Lennie to not know his fate and not know that he is going to die. HE wants Lennie to be thinking about all of the things that make him happy.
    - - His first line in the novella 'Lennie... Lennie for God sakes' show he is impatient and frustrated with Lennie
      - When Lennie asks where they are going while on the way to the ranch, George says 'So you forgot awready, did you? I gotta tell you again, do I? Jesus Christ'. George gets very impatient with Lennie.
  - - - He says to George, 'Come on, George. Me an' you'll go in an' get a drink.' This could show that all is not lost for George, as Lennie seems to be immediately replaced with Slim in the scene where Lennie was shot and then Slim comforts George. This all makes it seem like although Lennie is gone, George has found a new friend in Slim. This is also shown quite clearly when they walk, together, up to the highway. The highway could represent a new start, because a highway takes you from one place to another, so the fact that George is walking up to the highway with Slim could show that George will have a new start and will have a close friendship with Slim now that Lennie is gone.
        
        This would be good for George to have Slim as him friend (or travelling companion) because slim is a skilled worker and could get a job anywhere, he is reliable and is a normal person. This would mean that George might be able to buy his farm with Slim and he could still achieve that dream and that the dream didn't die with Lennie.
  - - - He is presented as a bully when he is in a position of power and abuses it to bully Lennie because he perceives him to be mentally inferior to him. "S'pose George don't come back..." 'Crooks pressed forward with some kind of private victory' and 'Crooks' face lighted with pleasure in his torture' both give a negative view of Crooks. The image of 'torture' conveys the deliberate nature of Crooks' taunts and the distress this would bring to Lennie. Steinbeck's use of the word 'pleasure' implies that Crooks had a lack of humanity similar to what he got from others.
- - - - Metaphors and similies
  - - - No chapter names, just numbered parts 1-6
    - - His audience would have interpreted the plot as a reference to the American dream and how it has been ruined by the lack of free land and the great depression.
    - - 3rd Person narration, follows the story of George and Lennie but does not give perspectives through thoughts and feelings. The reader can infer their emotions from their dialogue and reactions, but the narration is quite matter of fact, almost like relaying 'something that happened.' (the original title) This leaves the reader to make up their own mind and this is a very moral story. It is left to the reader to decide on the feelings.
- - - - Long rectangular building, white washed walls, small, square windows. Description of bunk house is very realistic which helps the reader to believe the unrealistic stringing together of the plot.
      - Simple lifestyle, only luxuries being a magazine and cards, but the only card game played is solitaire by George. Other than that, they had only functional things, soap, razors etc.
      - Small, square windows in three walls = lack of light... Doorway, light coming in, transition between outside and inside.
    - - Crooks' room is littered with tools and work related materials, showing that he is skilled and he is settled and he works closely with the horses, he keeps his medicines with the horses medicine. Possessions scattered on the floor, because he was alone, he could leave it around.