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Friendship In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

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In this essay, I will discuss how the theme of friendship is presented by Steinbeck in 'Of Mice and Men'. I will do this by discussing five chosen characters, and how they interact with eachother and others around them. My five chosen characters are George, Lennie, Crooks, Candy and Curley's wife. George starts off as a very brash and unpleasant person in the beginning of the novel, and this is shown from the way he tends to get easily annoyed and snap at Lennie. For example "Jesus christ you crazy bastard." He is easily irritated by Lennie's forgetfulness and his tendancy to keep mice in his hands while he walks, this might show that he is an impatient person. But despite him being easily annoyed by Lennie, he gets along well with the other men at the ranch, like Slim and Candy, whom he talks to quite often, this shows that he can make friends quite easily, but maybe doesn't have the time to, when he has to move a lot due to Lennie and being ranch workers. …show more content…

But despite George being his closest "friend", George is easily annoyed by Lennie, which causes them to brach away from each other when George starts to go off with other men on the ranch. By doing this, Lennie then gets into trouble because George isn't there to keep him in check even though he is responsible for him. Lennie tries to make friends with Crooks at one point, but doesn't get too far, as Crooks is the "negro stable buck." For example, Crooks says "nobody got any right in here but me." Which suggests he doesn't like to make friends, or he is even prevented from making any as there is no other person of colour on the

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