Of Mice and Men takes place during the Great Depression. Since work was scarce, they had to move about to find it. However, they had to move more often than one would suspect because Lennie gets in trouble by scaring women. When he touches a woman's red dress in Weed, she runs away screaming, which implies that she was afraid he was going to rape her.
You can say that George will no Longer feel the burden of having to worry about Lennie and the responsibilities that came along with Lennie.
George is Lennie's best friend and caretaker in John Steinbeck's novel "Of Mice and Men." George is significant to Lennie because he takes care of him, protects him, and provides him with guidance in a world that often misunderstands Lennie's mental limitations. George's presence in Lennie's life represents companionship and hope amidst their struggles.
Crooks forces Lennie to imagine life without George to make him realize the significance of their friendship and how much he relies on George for companionship and guidance. Crooks wants Lennie to understand the possibility of being alone and helpless, hoping to evoke a sense of fear and vulnerability in Lennie. By doing so, Crooks is trying to make Lennie appreciate the bond and support he shares with George.
george made Lennie feel strong he needed george to live and Lennie took evey word george said and though he forgot he would always turn to george and ask for him to help as there is a bit in the book that says george told Lennie to jump of a bridge into water and Lennie did even thought he could not swim and then thanked george for saving him.
George wishes he could live a simpler life without worrying about taking care of Lennie. He wishes he could travel and find work without the burden of looking out for Lennie's safety and wellbeing.
The rising action is when Lennie kills his little pup. The climax is when Lennie kills Curley's wife. The falling action is when all the ranchhands search for Lennie. The Resolution is when George shoots Lennie.
George initially wants to have a peaceful life and own a piece of land with Lennie where they can live independently and tend to rabbits. He shares this dream with Lennie to give him hope and something to look forward to.
George and Lennie are foils on a few different levels. One is in appearance. Lennie is a strong burly man, while George is short and small. The two characters are also oppositional in attitude. Lennie is calm and loving, while George is easily excited. Lennie follows orders and George takes charge. Lennie also goes through life with the desire to simply love and be loved, and George realizes the cruelties of the world and attempts to conquer them.
George is not physically handicapped in "Of Mice and Men," but he does face challenges as a caregiver to Lennie, who has a mental disability that affects his ability to understand and navigate the world. George's responsibilities and care for Lennie impact his own freedom and opportunities in life.
When George gets angry with Lennie for causing trouble, he threatens to go to a place where Lennie won't be able to find him and live an easier life without the burden of taking care of him.
There is hope for George when referring to the dream since he might live it with Slim. Slim is to George as George was to Lennie. They both like doing similar things and have alike personalities. There is a glimmer of a happy ending for them both, now that they can go into the real world without the burden of Lennie. As for Lennie as very sad as it is, his dream is over. (unless his dream happens in "heaven".) (Very said that George killed his best friend and lied to him, about the dream and everything. And tricking him just to ill him. -cry- :( )
Steinbeck presents Lennie's and George's at the start, as George been the leader, and Lennie been the one that follows George, and is always dependant on him. Also later on in the novella it prove's that George is very protective over Lennie and always has to remind him what to do in a dangerous circumtance. They are both dependant on eachother really, as The Great Depression was going on, and not many people had anyone, they where normally lonley, and working on ranches on there own, Steinbeck is trying to show that what Lennie and George have or shall i say "had" wasn't very common in those days.