Lennie's Run Away Analysis

Throughout the novel, Lennie has many situations that George has to aid Lennie.

In a way, George was like a parent or a big brother to Lennie. He scolded Lennie and yelled at him, but, all in all, George was just looking out for him. Readers see how George is like a guardian to Lennie in the first chapter when George says, “Lennie!... For god’ sakes don’t drink so much... Lennie.

George and Lennie 's relationship is closer than most friendships now a days. George is like Lennie 's big brother and cares for him like their family. For example, when Lennie got in trouble in Weed, George did not leave him and helped him escape. Another example of George acting like a big brother to Lennie is, he holds on to Lennie 's work card so he does not lose it. George also really cares for Lennie and does not want him to leave.

So, for the most part, George talks for him and always makes up excuses as to why things happen. George does his best to keep him “in check”, but it proves to be harder than it appears. Throughout the book, George was a loyal friend to Lennie because he saved Lennie from

We can make the situation end differently, but George being his friend and knowing the conditions that Lennie is in I think it was a way of ending the story. George didn 't want Lennie to suffer .So he decided to just shoot him. They could 've just let him go to jail but he would suffer. He could either die in jail by other inmates, get executed if he resisted.

From the day that Lennie’s Aunt Clara died and from the day George took Lennie in as a friend George was always there for him. If Lennie did not have George, Lennie would have no one to protect him and save him from all of the bad things that he has done. Despite all of the dangers and problems Lennie got George and himself into, George benefited and also learned from Lennie’s mistakes. George needs his ignorant sidekick as much as Lennie needs George.

One of the many reasons why I feel Lennie is the most sympathetic is his disability. Being that Lennie has this disability it's hard for him to live independently. Lennie can't learn or remember much on his own . He needs someone which happens to be George to look after him and keep him out of trouble. Lennie has sympathy for everyone but mainly George he hates when George gets upset with him.

No matter what Lennie does wrong George sticks by him and helps him when he is needed most. Like when they were run out of Weed. George was there to make sure he wasn’t killed, because Lennie was accused of raping a girl. When all he really did was feel her dress, “Well, he seen this girl in a red dress. Dumb bastard like he is, he wants to touch ever’thing he likes.

Lennie cares about George. Lennie always wanted to be with George because, he needed a companion, but he may have trusted him a bit too much. “I turn to Lennie and say jump in and he jumps, couldn’t swim a stroke. He damn near drowned. "(Steinbeck, 40)

George would protect Lennie at all costs even from himself. After Lennie kills a young woman, George decides it is better for Lennie to be dead rather than to be tortured and kept in a cell or a mental asylum. The decision of killing Lennie hit George like a train, but he knew it was something that was in Lennie’s own good. Knowing he could have an easier life without Lennie, George still kept him around because he needed George and George needed Lennie. George tells Slim “Course Lennie’s a God damn nuisance most of the time, but you get used to goin’ around with a guy an’ you can’t get rid of him.”

This quote shows that George loved Lennie, so he helped him escape from Weed. George hid with Lennie for a day in a irrigation ditch, this shows the devotion George has for Lennie. Others may think that George only did this to save himself, and that he doesn’t care about Lennie. However, this quote show the love George has for his friend, Lennie. “He been doin’ nice thing for you alla time.

In reality the only reason George killed Lennie was because he didn't want Lennie to be lynched or killed by a random stranger George could have continued to run with Lennie but at some point he would make another huge mistake. George couldn’t allow Lennie to get away with murder. While a true friend will hopefully never kill or even think about killing their best friend, in this situation it was the only reasonable thing to do for not only Lennie’s own good but for the safety of the general public. A true friend wouldn’t allow their best friend to not only be humiliated but killed in front of strangers for a mistake he had made because he truly didn’t know any

During this time it was unusual for two men to look out for each other, as you can see when George says, “‘Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. ”(13), which was why what they had was so special and made is worth it. But it was also hard to be Lennie's friend, because it also meant he had to be constantly looking out for him. An example is when George says “might jus’ spen’ my time tellin’ you things and then you forget ‘em , and I tell you again” (4). It is easy to see how there

George didn’t want Lennie to suffer a long painful death from being shoot in the guts, or from being locked up in a cage being beaten by Curley and the farmhands. George did the right thing because he didn’t want Lennie to suffer. But George also didn’t do the right thing because he killed his friend and broke his promise to Lennie’s aunt Clara that he would look after him and protect him. It was also kind of a good thing for George to do because if he wouldn’t have killed Lennie, Lennie would have suffered, or Lennie could have hurt someone else.

Many people argue that Lennie’s murder could have been nevaded. George is often criticized for his harsh treatment towards Lennie. However, George had to do what was necessary to protect his lifelong companion and to let him go in a way that would be peaceful for him. That meant in whatever means necessary. All throughout the story, George is thought to be cruel and harsh to Lennie.