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According to the anonymous proverb, “character, like tea, reveals strengths in hot water,” meaning, what does the character do when faced with conflict. In the novel, , by John Steinbeck, George shows his strengths in two ways, one was taking on Lennie and the ....

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.... exploded triumphantly. Anyone would have given up on him and left, but not George. George stayed with him because he loved him. He remained for a friend. George’s other strong characteristic was taking the life of a friend, out of love and compassion. He also did it out of respect, so Lennie could die with dignity. “George was quite for a moment. “But not us,” he said. “Because____” “Because I got you an’____” “An I got you. We got each other, that’s what, that gives a hoot in hell about us,” Lennie cried in triumph. George cared, he cared a lot about Lennie. “And George raised the gun and steadied it, and he bought th ....