Of Mice and Men Blog #6 Favorite Character

Who is your favorite character in this book? Explain your reasons for choosing him or her.

My favorite character in Of Mice and Men has to probably be George. One of the reasons that I like George the most is that he takes care of Lennie even though he really doesn't have to. We never really learn why he does take care of Lennie other than that someone would've had to because Aunt Clara. He is really selfless for taking care of Lennie. He has to sacrifice so much of his own time and dreams for Lennie. Like he says to Lennie, he could've been so much happier without Lennie with him.
I sympathize with him, too. It's really hard to take care of a person like Lennie, and you have to neglect yourself to take care of the other person. With the tough lifestyle that workers like George and Lennie had, it must be even more difficult. But its good to have some kind of companionship, and that's what he had with Lennie. That made even more difficult to shoot Lennie. But I feel like that shooting Lennie was necessary so I don't blame George. But I do sympathize with him.
George is the most realistic character in the story because you get to see him in all these situations. You see him feeling helpless before shooting Lennie, and you can see his shortcomings and such. His character is developed the most, and you get to know George the best.