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Why do George and Lennie want a ranch?
George wants to own a ranch, a place that he can call his own. He’s spent practically his whole adult life as an itinerant laborer, traveling endlessly from place to place in search of hard, underpaid work.
What does Lennie want the most when they get their own ranch?
Lennie then threatens to leave George and live in a cave. George is sorry and tells him to stay. Before sleeping, George describes their dream to Lennie; they want to buy their own small farm where they will grow their own food, rear animals and keep rabbits for Lennie to look after.
What is Lennie’s favorite story?
What’s Lennie’s favorite story? the plan for their future happiness: though life as a ranch-hand is one of the loneliest in the world, he and Lennie have each other, and someday, as soon as they manage to save enough money, they will buy a farm together and, as Lennie puts it, “live off the fatta the lan’.
Why is Lennie at the ranch without George?
He couldn’t do farm labor but could only do sweeping and mopping and other such chores. Without Lennie, George would have had to do all the hard outdoor work. With Lennie, the ranch would have been manageable because Lennie was tremendously strong and could do anything he was told to do.
Was Lennie kicked in the head by a horse?
In chapter 2 of Of Mice and Men, George tells the boss that Lennie got kicked in the head by a horse and that he and Lennie are cousins.
Why did George stay with Lennie and looked after him?
George stays with Lennie because he promised Lennie’s Aunt Clara that he would take care of him. George also enjoys Lennie’s friendship and company as they travel from ranch to ranch, searching for work as migrant farmers.
What is Lennie’s favorite animal?
He doesn’t like to cause problems (for fear of not getting to tend the rabbits) and he loves to pet soft things such as the puppies or the dead mouse.
What does George do after he kills Lennie?
After killing Lennie, George will never fulfill the dream of life on the farm. At the beginning of the novel, when George describes the dream to Lennie, he also describes other ranchers: “’They got no family. They come to a ranch an’ work up a stake and then they go inta town and blow their stake…
Why does Lennie like George to tell the story of the ranch?
Why does Lennie like George to tell the story of the ranch, even though he already knows it by heart? The story gives them hope for a better life. They find purpose and stability in their dream.
Why does Lennie want to own a farm?
It gives him hope that his dream of owning a farm with George and tending the rabbits will actually come true. But for lennie, this is the closest he will ever get to achieving his dream. 001 0 1
Who is Lennie in of mice and men?
In the story of “Of Mice and Men” Lennie Small is a migrant ranch worker travelling to a town called Solidad with a man called George. Lennie suffers from a mental disability, and has a love for the fell of soft things.
What does Lennie want George to dream about?
Lennie wants George to repeat the dream of the farm over and over again. Lennies is dream is for the two of them to have their own farm, off by themselves, where they’ll also have rabbits.