ch. 1 george and lennie's relationship pp
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We are going to explore the relationship between
George and Lennie in Chapter One.
Our focus is going to be on how we can effectivelycommunicate our points about this relationship using
mature and developed vocabulary and phrasing.
Sometimes the best method of learning how to write
is to look at a range of examples.
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Example 1
We can tell that Lennie is like a child because he is
always doing the same thing that Geroge is doing
like on page 4 where it says Lennie who had been
watching and imitating George exactly this shows
that George is a role model for Lennie.
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What is the main point example 1 communicates?
What prevents this point from being communicated
effectively?
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What is the main point example 2 communicates?
How could Example 2 be improved?
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Example 3
We can tell that George is important to Lennie. He looks up
to him and models his behaviour on Georges actions. For
example, when they were sitting round the pool at the
beginning of Chapter One Lennie had been watching him
closely and imitated George exactly. George, feeling angry
and frustrated, explodes, God amighty, if I was alone I couldlive so easy. Lennies face is drawn with terror he cannot
bear George to be angry with him.
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Example 3
The relationship is not one sided, however, as George, even
though often frustrated at being tied to Lennie, cares about
him and does not want to hurt his feelings. He is pleased
with Lennie when he does something right, calling him Good
boy when he remembers what he has to say to the ranch
boss. He put his hand on Lennies shoulder after he threwthe dead mouse away and made Lennie cry, and told him he
would get him another, fresh one. He is also ashamed after
he has shouted at Lennie and sees his anguished face.
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Example 3 is obviously the most developed and mature of
the examples but what makes it so?
If you had to give feedback to the person who wrote Example
3, what advice would you give them to improve the overall
quality of the writing?
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Other points you could make:
George is like a parent to Lennie (takes away the dead
mouse)
Lennie seeks his approval (Look George. Look what I done
when making ripples in the water)
Lennie acts like a child who does not know the right way tobehave as a man (e.g snorting water in the pool)
Steinbeck uses animal references and imagery to describe
Lennies (big paws)
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Lennie has a childs mind in an immensely strong
mans body. This means that his mind has never
learnt to control his body and he does bad things
without meaning to. In Weed, trying to stroke a girls
dress, he frightens her and they have to flee the
town. His innocence and vulnerability makes the
reader, and George, feel sympathy for him.
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Lennie is described by Steinbeck as a child or an
animal, rather than a grown man. They both share a
dream the American Dream, where they will save
enough money to buy their own small farm, but it
has a different importance for each of them. For
Lennie his dream is about being responsible for
others, a principal carer who is needed. For
George, the dream offers him a future where he can
control his destiny and be independent.
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Lennie believes the dream will come true, but does George,
really?
Lennie and George, even though they are so different, need
each other. George says to Lennie, Guys like us, that work
on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world.with us it
aint like that. We got a future. We got somebody to talk to
that gives a damn about us.