From the beginning readers see how annoyed George can become with Lennie. George tells Lennie, “if I was alone I could live so easy. I could go get a job an’ work, an’ no trouble. No mess at all” (Steinbeck 11). Even though George gets annoyed with Lennie it is obvious he still cares because after he said those words to Lennie, “He looked across the fire at Lennie’s anguished face, and then he looked ashamedly at the flames” (Steinbeck 11). George struggles with caring for Lennie or having the sense of freedom he would have without him. Most of the problems George experienced in John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men are problems many people would never think they would have to deal with. Most people do not have to worry about having enough money to own land, we all just have a house and take it for granted. None of us would ever imagine having to shoot someone, especially someone we care about, in the back of the head. However, some of the problems George faces, like him and Curley’s dislike for each other, we can imagine. In the end, Of Mice and Men is a great novel that presents many internal and external
From the beginning readers see how annoyed George can become with Lennie. George tells Lennie, “if I was alone I could live so easy. I could go get a job an’ work, an’ no trouble. No mess at all” (Steinbeck 11). Even though George gets annoyed with Lennie it is obvious he still cares because after he said those words to Lennie, “He looked across the fire at Lennie’s anguished face, and then he looked ashamedly at the flames” (Steinbeck 11). George struggles with caring for Lennie or having the sense of freedom he would have without him. Most of the problems George experienced in John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men are problems many people would never think they would have to deal with. Most people do not have to worry about having enough money to own land, we all just have a house and take it for granted. None of us would ever imagine having to shoot someone, especially someone we care about, in the back of the head. However, some of the problems George faces, like him and Curley’s dislike for each other, we can imagine. In the end, Of Mice and Men is a great novel that presents many internal and external