To what extent do you sympathise the character of George

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To what extent do you sympathize with the character of George?

In Of Mice and Men, there are several characters that are really sympathetic, but I sympathize with George most because first he is mentally healthy, second his friendship with Lennie makes him become Lennie's "father", and third he has to make the right decision to shoot Lennie. Here is the further elaboration.

Some may question me why mental health can become a reason for George's poor fate, because Lennie is sympathetic due to his mental handicap, how could not being mentally handicapped is a bad thing? Actually for George, it is.

"I think I know'd we'd never do her. He usta like to hear about it so much I got to thinking maybe we would". This suggests that actually George knows that their dream may not work out, because he understand the reality that their life is unfair and miserable, but he tries to assume that they can do her. Only George suffers this inner struggle, not believing in something but telling himself to believe in, never does Lennie.

When Lennie says that Curley's wife is pretty, George tells