ch. 1 george and lennie's relationship pp

8/7/2019 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.

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