Of Mice and Men

Two things that I focused on during this section was the bond between George and Lennie and the foreshadow and resemblance that seems to be made between Lennie and the old dog. The relationship between George and Lennie is one that people may not understand, but we see that George deep down really cares for him. George constantly is putting Lennie down, yet when it comes to leaving him behind or when Lennie says he is going to go off into the hills and live by himself, he does not let him. Without Lennie in George’s life, it would be much easier and he would not have to be on the run but he chooses to stay with him. It seems like maybe he is a family member or a brother at first, but we learn he is not related. Many people that they work with do not understand since many men do not “travel together,” but we see a close bond that the readers may not understand ourselves. Second, the old dog that is shot in this book I feel is there to foreshadow what is to come with Lennie. Lennie is compared to a dog in this book with his “paws,” and we see character traits from the dog in Lennie. They talk about how they will shoot him in the back of the head and will not know what was going on or even feel it which is important to the owner. When Lennie is compared to this old dog, we see that he is also disabled in a way like many of these people think that both of they are.