OMAM George quotes

Question 1

Why do George and Lennie not get lonely?

Answer 1

“You guys travel around together?” “We kinda look after each other”
- Itinerant workers usually travelled from ranch to ranch alone
- It was unusual that the travel together but the have each others company

Question 2

How does George help Lennie?

Answer 2

“Can you remember that?
“He can do anything you tell him”
- Lennie is neurodivergent, Bute this was frowned upon at the time, and neurodivergent itinerant workers weren’t usually employed. George is aware of this so he often talks for Lennie and reminds him because he is forgetful

Question 3

How does George describe being an itinerant worker?

Answer 3

“Guys like us… they don’t belong no place” “they got no family”
- Due the Great Depression and environmental disasters like the Dust bowl, farmers and others were forced to become itinerant workers who travel alone and don’t have real homes

Question 4

What three things can be written about George?

Answer 4

• George travelling with Lennie
• George helping Lennie because he is neurodivergent
• George describing being an itinerant worker