'Of Mice and Men' is a 1937 novel about the life and difficulties of travelling ranch workers. The two main characters in this novel are called George and Lenny, and they are both travelling ranch workers, finding work wherever they can so they may raise enough money to achieve their dream; a plot of land of their own. George is a described as a small but an intelligent man although his views on whether or not …showed first 75 words of 1578 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1578 total…companion. Apparently George had two things going for him with he often mentioned. One of them being that he was not completely alone, having Lenny to look out and care for him and the second being his dream. Both died when he was forced to shoot Lenny to give his friend a good and clean death compared to the spiteful and withdrawn one he would un-doubly face should Curly be able to deal with him.