In the first section in Of Mice and Men I found George and Lennie’s relationship very interesting.
It appears that George cares very much for Lennie. Yet, I think George feels some resentment for taking on the responsibility of watching over him. Having younger siblings, I relate with George’s frustration with Lennie. Throughout the section, George shows his frustration with his ever changing attitude towards Lennie. For example on page eleven George is furious but then on page thirteen the mood lightens and George sincerely apologies. I can understand how George would like to go on and live his own successful life, but he sees the importance of taking care of his friend.
Lennie seems somewhat oblivious to the rest of the world, much like that of a young child. It seems that he thinks George knows best and wants to always make him happy. This is shown on page twelve when Lennie says: "...I wouldn't eat none, George. I'd leave it all for you ... and Iwouldn't touch none of it."
As said in The Richest Man in Town, "relationships matter most." We will se where this one goes!
I must say that i agree with you 100% that George feels resentment in taking on the task of taking care of Lennie.
ReplyDeleteCecilia, I really like how you related your own life to the story. I also completely agree with both you and Matt that George does resent taking care of Lennie but then I also think he enjoys the companionship of him, and he knows it's the right thing to do.
ReplyDeleteExcellent blogging. You support your theories with quotes from the book ---- Fantastic!!
ReplyDeleteYou make correlations to real life with your reading ---Also Fantastic!!!
Keep looking for all the hidden things like symbolism and foreshadowing to discuss as well.
Hi Cecilia. I strongly agree with your opinion of Lennie. I think he is like a young child. He really doesn't have a clue about what goes on, but yet he tries to remember things.
ReplyDeleteI disagree with all of you. I believe that George doesn't feel any sort of resentment at all because without Lennie George would have a boring life.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed your blog.I agree with you it seems that Lennie is basicly a little kid.
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