Re-read the end of Chapter One, from: 'George's voice became deeper. He repeated his words rhythmically as though he had said them many times before.' to the end. What does this tell us about the relationship between George and Lennie and why is it important to the novel?

George and Lennie have this dream of getting their own ranch. They have something that they are looking forward to. To keep them going.  Lennie pleads him to describe this dream carefully, as he gets excited about it and thinks about tending the rabbits. The relationship they have is close and lonely. It's important to the novel because it becomes clear that they have nothing left.

  George describes most men to be "the loneliest guys in the world". I think that this prepares you for what will be coming further on in the book, and what most characters are like. Lonely. "They ain't got nothing to look forward to." George explains their matter differently and says: "With us it ain't like that. We got a future." It's something he's trying hard to believe himself.

  Their dream is realistic, but George knows it won't ever happen. It's just something to make Lennie happy. Their dream is far off, and it won't be succeeded without help. It's a dream. Tending the rabbits is something important for Lennie, it's his reward from George if this job works out. Lennie's dream.

  George tells Lennie to not say a word when he talks to their new boss. This shows that the job means a lot to George and he doesn't want to mess this one up, by Lennie talking. George's rules to Lennie are strict and very straight forward, but Lennie struggles to understand and take his commands word by word. It unfolds something in the story, like a somewhat warning that Lennie is danger. He's trouble.

  The sunset at the end of the chapter is something symbolic. It describes George and Lennie's loneliness. "The sycamore leaves whispered in a little night breeze." The chapter in a whole, shows their loneliness. How Lennie tends to mess things up. How Lennie is trouble.