Character Actions in "Of Mice and Men"
Character Actions in "Of Mice and Men"
I feel that this book does a good job of portraying the fact that there are bullies in this world and that they aren’t always the bigger people. Words can cut deeper then actions, and that in its self made George a bully. Even though George looked after Lennie, he was still very cruel to him. George felt burdened by having to take care of Lennie. Now does this excuse his behavior towards Lennie, no. George would always tell Lennie, that he would of done much better without him and that just broke down Lennie inside. But other then that he tried to use his best judgments on trying to take care of him. He knew that Lennie had no one else, that would take care of him.
Now Lennie is an interesting case all in himself. He needs special help and there is no one who cares for him enough to actually take him in and help him. Lennie finds himself trapped in two different worlds. In one world he has to act like he is a deaf mute and doesn’t speak at all. Which of course he finds unbearable. On the other hand he finds himself to be free when he is with George and they are by themselves. He doesn’t understand why people treat him any different from everyone else of course Except that is of course George who actually hates his job of having to take care of him. Now Lennie had an obsession with soft things and that’s what got him in trouble. If he hadn’t wanted to touch her soft hair then nothing would have happened. Now if Lennie were to be growing up in a society like this, then it would be so much different. Because, people wouldn’t tolerate it. Or we might think that they wouldn’t tolerate it, but for all we know things like this
So it was a type of hate, love, friendship, and it depends on which angle you look at things, From who’s prospective. Now once you have an idea of who’s side you’re going to be on. You have to look and see if George does things that are in Lennie’s best interest. George was left with the...