Meet George Milton

The novel "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck outlines the life of George and his slow friend Lennie during their time in "The Great Depression" of the 1930's. This book outlines the time
period rather well as many men were left single and travelling to find work at the time. George Milton met Lennie Small back in their home town where Lennie's Aunt Clara asked George to look after him. Ever since, George had taken on the responsibility of finding jobs at various work ranches for the men to build a stake at. Although the two men travelled around together, they were altogether different in both personality and stature. George seemed was"small and quick, dark of face, with restless eyes and sharp, strong features." He was the leader of the two men as he seemed to be the brains of their pairing. It seemed as though George was cruel to Lennie and bossed him around, yelling and cursing at him for never remembering. He often got angry with Lennie for never remembering the "bad things like (he) done in Weed, neither." Although Lennie did not mean any harm he seemed to always get in trouble and bring George down with him. George, throughout the beginning of the book, exploded at Lennie however "the anger left him suddenly" when he looked at Lennie's anguished face. This showed that George had a soft side for Lennie and cared about him despite the sudden flashes of rage him sometimes exhibited.Lennie looked up to George and listened to him almost in the way of a father son relationship. This relationship was developed even as much as to include story time. Lennie's dream included simply taking care of rabbits where as George's was a little more elaborate. Despite this fact both of their long term dreams involved living with each other. George even stuck up for Lennie in all circumstances and tried to lay out a plan for Lennie to meet him at "the brush by the river" if he ran into any trouble. These lines foreshadowed the obvious trouble that Lennie and George would run into later on. George's character will continue to develop as the story moves forward. This fact leaves the reader wondering how long George's compassion for Lennie will continue? Will he care for Lennie even under the toughest of circumstances?