Lennie and George are itinerant workers who move from ranch to ranch as laborers in California during the Great Depression. George is a quick-witted and smart worker, while Lennie is strong but mentally challenged. They mostly do manual labor like bucking barley in the fields.
George and Lennie's job is to find work as farm laborers during the Great Depression. They aim to save enough money to one day own their own piece of land where they can live off the fat of the land and tend to rabbits.
In the novel Of Mice and Men, George and Lennie are traveling through what is described as a wooded area with a riverbed in a town in rural California in the first chapter. The novel was written by John Steinbeck and published in 1937.
george kills Lennie
No, because George kills Lennie.
In John Steinbeck's novel "Of Mice and Men," Lennie does not kill George. George ultimately makes the difficult decision to shoot Lennie to prevent him from suffering a worse fate at the hands of others after an accidental tragedy Lennie causes. George kills Lennie out of a sense of compassion and mercy.
Lennie and George met when George's aunt Clara passed away and Lennie's Aunt Clara died. George was friends with Lennie's Aunt Clara, and Lennie's Aunt Clara had asked George to look out for Lennie after she passed away. George agreed to take care of Lennie and they formed a strong bond based on mutual dependence and friendship.
George manipulates Lennie by taking advantage of Lennie's simple-mindedness and dependence on him. He often convinces Lennie to do things or not do things by appealing to Lennie's trust in him and his desire to please George. George can be both loving and controlling towards Lennie, using their close bond to control their situation.
The boss suspects that George is taking advantage of Lennie by making decisions for him and speaking on his behalf. He questions the nature of their relationship and whether George is exploiting Lennie in some way.
George and Lennie first met when Lennie's Aunt Clara asked George to take care of him after she passed away. George and Lennie have been traveling and working together ever since.
George and Lennie have $10 between them.
In the opening dialogue between George and Lennie in John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men," Lennie's forgetfulness, childlike nature, and dependence on George are hinted at through his repeated requests for George to tell him about their dream of owning a ranch. George's protective and authoritative tone towards Lennie also suggests a dynamic where George takes on a caretaking role for Lennie.