Lennie was a gentle man who only cared about tending the rabbits. He knew that his dream would come true if he worked hard and helped others. Some examples of this include Lennie working on the ranch and tending to the puppies. George only looked after him because he felt bad for him, which Lennie fails to see. He doesn’t pick up on the fact his aunt never wanted him, but does see that george has always been there for him and truly does care about him. He tries to do his best work but creates jealousy between Curley and himself.
His failure was not thinking before he acted, which ended up killing Curley’s wife and the puppy that he tried to bounce off the ground, getting them and himself killed. Another failure that happened was Lennie constantly trying to feel the material of womens’ dresses, after almost being caught by the police. Curley’s wife was a very animated and nosy woman who believe that if she was the center of attention, she would have lots of friends and become famous.
She did multiple things to try to make her dream reality, including eavesdropping on multiple conversations, always distracting others with her flashy outfits and being a nuisance. She also defied the wishes of Curley himself when he told her to stay away from Lennie. The only thing that she had to do was stay away from Lennie and do something productive, but instead she kept being around him and talked to him, causing anger from Curley. She strongly believes that she can be famous, but hasn’t done anything besides spread rumors and stay on the ranch.
The puppy that she got from Slim caused an argument between Curley and her. She was told to return the puppy and go back to the ranch. When she was killed by Lennie, she wasn’t expecting it since she underestimated him. George Milton was a hard-working man who took Lennie in and helped him. He knows Lennie’s aunt, and they made an agreement that he would take Lennie would stay with her, but George ended up going back and taking Lennie with him. This is what makes Lennie stay faithful to George.
George would definitely be considered a main character since he is talked about in most of the book and is involved in most of the conflict. He comes up with interesting excuses to get him out of different situations, including when he was interrogated by his boss about why he and Lennie were late the morning that they missed the bus when when they really slept in. George has also taken Lennie out of different situations, mostly involving Lennie and the material of dresses. George is clearly much smarter than Lennie, which helps the two get the jobs that they have.
George lied to the boss by saying that Lennie was kicked in the head by a horse, explaining his profound idiocracy. He told Lennie not to talk during the interview since he didn’t want to cost them their chance at a new job. George has also lied to Lennie by telling him that he was going to own a ranch with George, but was killed by him in the barn at the end of the book. Even though George cared about Lennie, he knew that there would be one day when the two of them would split up.
There were many failures that George had, one of which was keeping Lennie out of trouble. If he had actually stayed out of the open with Lennie, he probably could have kept him alive and avoided killing Lennie. He also should have let Lennie’s aunt take him back even if she wouldn’t take good care of him. Lennie did need to kearn how to take care of himself, which George deprived him of. George also failed to keep multiple jobs, which he was fired from because of Lennie. He failed to get a ranch in the end because he didn’t have enough money.
