No matter what situation Lennie gets himself into, George will always be there to help Lennie.  Lennie always means well, but all the facts sometimes aren’t produced in his words.  Instead of telling a little girl he liked her dress, he automatically went up and stroked the fabric scaring the girl. This resulted in George’s quick decision to flee Weed, basically saved Lennie’s life.  Not only is George there to solve problems he is also there to prevent problems.  When Lennie doesn’t remember that George has his work card he is frantic because he thinks he lost it.  With Lennie being very forgetful and disorganized, he doesn’t know what he has or doesn’t have, but he has George to make sure everythings in check.  Lennie looks up to George and is his anchor in life.

I didn't quite like Carlson as a character when he was first introduced.  He didn't like Candy's dog because he was useless  and was no use on the farm and he thought the old dog was better off dead.  I thought that was mean and not very nice of him because its just an animal.  However, there was some practicalness behind it.  He thought he could give Candy a new pup on that was better for the farm.  So he is not too bad of a person so far in the book. 

I reacted differently though out the story.  When Mathilde kept asking Mme. Forester “ You haven’t anything else?” It made me feel like she wasn’t appreciative that Mme. Forester was being kind and lending her jewelry.  It seemed that she was being greedy and selfish, as she always wanted more or the best.  But then my view on Mathilde changed when she paid for a replacement necklace and she had to work of her debt for ten years.  She showed great loyalty and wanted to make up for the lost necklace which makes me think that she really does care for others and not just about herself.  I think I understand that she wanted to replace the jewelry that she had mistakenly lost but didn’t want her friend to get upset.  However, I do feel like she should have been honest with Mme. Forester in the first place and then she would have found out that instead of being worth thirty-six thousand francs the false diamond necklace was only worth five hundred.

I think that it may be possible, however it is also a little unrealistic to "walk with everyone else". I do feel like no matter what background you have, if your rich or poor or your culture, you can do what ever you want to do as long as your willing to work for it.  Although in some countries no matter how hard you work no one will care because that's the way their country is run.   I think all countries should consider meritocracy.   If you really want to walk with everyone else there could be a few sacrifices, like happiness, family, relationships and beliefs.  This is similar to the necklace because Mathilde did what ever she could to fit in with everyone and feel like she belonged with her group of rich friends.