Lennie And George Essay Research Paper Lenny

Lennie And George Essay, Research Paper

Lenny and George from, Of Mice and Men, are two characters looking for a place to, lay their hats. They had been in a lot of trouble in the past, mainly to the misfortune of Lenny s incompetence. Many things contributed to the critic s opinion of Lenny and George s loyalty. One of the biggest reasons for their being loyal or not, is when George shoots Lenny, many of the

critics use this as a comparison. Some critics understand that Lenny is not very bright, and George is not much smarter, therefore, their relationship is just coincidental, but others believe that the two characters are very loyal to each other.

Desmond MacCarthy believes that Lenny and George are very loyal to each other. MacCarthy says, Like a child, Lenny loves to make George repeat over and over again the story of how happy they will some day be together in a shack of their own… (340). When he says this, he believes that when George tells Lenny the story, George does it because he has feelings toward Lenny and is nothing but loyal to him. Mostly, however, MacCarthy refers to the part in the story in which George shoots Lenny. MacCarthy explains, Lenny flies to the place where George had told him to go if he ever got into trouble. And George finds and shoots him, while telling him to look where the little house stands which had so nearly become their own (340). This converts to Lenny and George s loyalty because why would George tell Lenny the story he tells him many times before, when he shoots him. This shows that George cares very much for

Lenny and knows that if he does not shoot Lenny, then someone else will, or give him a slow painful death. MacCarthy believes that Lenny and George are very loyal to each other.

Peter Lisca, although, believes that Lenny and George were not loyal to each other and they were just together by coincidence. [Even in the beginning of the book,] Lenny and George as they enter this place from the highway to an outside world. It is significant that they prefer spending the night here rather than going on to the bunkhouse at the ranch (Lisca 343). The

significance of this is that Lisca believe George could not trust Lenny to go into the ranch the first night because of Lenny s stupidity. He could not trust Lenny therefore George is not loyal to Lenny. Lisca also exclaims, Lenny needs to hear the story about the rabbits in order to go on… (343). When he states this, he is basically saying that Lenny needs to be comforted with this

dream of one day owning a ranch of their own, in order to go on. Lisca believes that Lenny and George are not loyal.

Harry Thornton Moore also believes that they are very loyal to each other. Again,comparing loyalty, to when George makes the decision to kill Lenny. Moore puts drastically, He attracts sympathy because he has to lose his friend Lenny, to whom he has been so loyal, and whom he has to kill at the last in order to save him from the others (342). Moore actually puts in that portion of his critique that George is loyal to Lenny. Moore makes the comparison to

loyalty, why would George tell the story of them living off of the land to comfort Lenny is feeling insecure. Such as the day in which they camped out, before entering the ranch, the first night they stayed at their new job, and when George had to kill Lenny. Mr. Moore believes that Lenny and George are very loyal.

Stark Young, however, believes that Lenny and George are not loyal to each other. Young, unlike Lisca, relates the two men s loyalty to when George kills Lenny. How could a man go through with killing someone, and that someone being a person he knew for a long time (Young 339). This is a meaning within itself. Young cannot believe that a person s best friend would shoot him, just so some other people could not shoot him instead. He is saying, that best friends cannot just shoot each other. Young writes strongly that if George was really

Lenny s companion, he would find an alternative way to getting Lenny out of the situation.

Young states, A man cannot treat a person like that and still be loyal to him (339). Young is

referring to the beginning of the book when George does not trust Lenny going to the Ranch the

day that they are supposed to be there. Young firmly believes that Lenny and George are not

loyal to each other.

Lynn Munro implies that Lenny and George are very loyal to each other. George and

Slim, however, do assess the full situation and are able to elude the posse long enough for George

to usher Lenny out of the world destroying his hope of attaining a better more hospitable future.

By allowing Lenny to die Humanely… (Munro 3). George killing Lenny was the best thing that

George could ever do for Lenny. She believes that if a person is going to die, that person would

rather die by the hands of a friend rather than by the hands of people that hardly know you.

Munro states, [Curly s wife s] haughtiness and contempt for the workers are ultimately her

undoing. Because she views Lenny as easy prey, she ups the ante and encourages him… (2-3).

This statement relates to Lenny s innocence, and Munro believes that since Lenny is so innocent,

he does not know better, than be loyal. Munro believes that Lenny an

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