Of Mice and Men Project
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- Friendship
- “But not us! An’ why? Because . . . . because I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that’s why.” He laughed delightedly. “Go on now, George!”
- "If them other guys gets in jail they can rot for all anybody gives a damn. But not us."
- Loneliness
- “A guy goes nuts if he ain’t got nobody. Don’t make no difference who the guy is, long’s he’s with you. I tell ya,” he cried, “I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an’ he gets sick.”
- Dreams
- “Tell about the house, George."
- Sure, we’d have a little house an’ a room to ourself. Little fat iron stove, an’in the winter we’d keep a fire goin’ in it. It ain’t enough land so we’d have to work too hard. Maybe six, seven hours a day. We wouldn’t have to buck no barley eleven hours a day. An’ when we put in a crop, why, we’d be there to take the crop up. We’d know what come of our planting.”
- Lennie and George have been through many obstacles and adventures together which has caused them to become best friends. They would defend and be there for each other. Through out the book is constantly repeat that they say the always have each backs. That loyalty always remains. This is an example of friendship.
- Companionship
- “I ain’t got no people,” George said. “I seen the guys that go around on the ranches alone. That ain’t no good. They don’t have no fun. After a long time they get mean. They get wantin’ to fight all the time.”
- “Yeah, they get mean,” Slim agreed. “They get so they don’t want to talk tonobody.”
- Crooks faces discrimination since he is a black man in the 1930s. He is not allowed to be around the other workers (that are white) on the farmer unless he has permission. He has a room in the barn that has a bed, chair, and some books. He spends most of his time alone with makes him very lonely. He has very little interaction and conversations with other people. During this scene he discusses how lonely he can be with Lennie.
- Powerlessness
- “Well, you keep your place then, N-word. I could get you strung upon a tree so easy it ain’t even funny.”
- “Yes, ma’am,” and his voice was toneless."
- In the Bunk House George tells a story to Lennie about his hopes for the future. He would like to get his own house with Lennie. He wants to have a lot of land with many animals and crops. He also tells Lennie that they could have many rabbits that Lennie could tend. This has been a dream for Lennie and George for a long time. This dream is brought up several times throughout the book.
- Barriers
- “No,” said George. “No, Lennie. I ain’t mad. I never been mad, an’ I ain’t now. That’s a thing I want ya to know.”
- In this scene George describes his friendship with Lennie to Slim. He explains that people that work out on the ranch can get lonely but he doesn't since he has Lennie. He always has a friend with him which causes them to have a strong bond. By George describing he relationship with Lennie to Slim shows companionship between Lennie and George.
- “’Course Lennie’s a God damn nuisance most of the time,” said George.“But you get used to goin’ around with a guy an’ you can’t get rid of him.”
- During this scene Curley's wife comes into Crooks room with Lennie, Candy and Crooks talking. Crooks wants Curley's wife to leave his room because he does not want to get in trouble by her being in there. Curley's wife does not understand why she can't just talk to them.Later on in the conversation, Curley's wife threatens Crooks and Crooks begins to feel weak. He feels this way because black people had no power during this time period.
- Throughout the Of Mice and Men, Lennie constantly gets in trouble. George is the one that has to help him. This causes George to not be able to fulfill his dreams. At a certain point Lennie had did something that was so bad that George could not help him. The only way for Lennie to not to get in trouble anymore was to kill him. George knew that he could not lock him up so they had to result to killing him. Lennie caused a barrier for George because of his actions.
- “Le’s do it now. Le’s get that place now.”
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