Lennie:
- He is described
twice as a beast in the first chapter. The first time is when he was drinking water, he didn’t care
whether it was clean or dirty he was just very thirsty. Then they described him
as if the way he was drinking out of the dirty river water was, as a horse
would drink. The second time they talk about how he was following his friend George
and dragging his feet on the dirt as a bear would drag his paws. Again describing
a human as an animal, those are two examples of naturalism.
- Lennie has
a disadvantage, and that is why he kind of relies on his friends George
for most things, like a job, food, water, survival on the road, and company so
that he is isn’t feeling lonely.
- George:
- He is the
one that carries all the weight taking care of Lennie making sure they both
have jobs, food water, and survive on the road. And, I would say Lennie also
keeps him company.
- George also
relies on lennie for small reasons, because he is short and not as strong as
Lennie is so you could say that George also relies on Lennie in ways.
- Setting:
- This all
takes place in the wood by an old lake that has been stagnant for a while now,
the 1930s is very different from now, especially in their type of cloth and
they way they react to a situation once they are in trouble.
- I can
relate to this situation in a short story I read before “The Scarlet Ibis”. It kind
of a similar situation, because the same way doodle relied on his brother and
vise versa. Lennie and George rely on each other.
