Friendship In Of Mice And Men By John Steinbeck

Steinbeck is revealing that companionship can serve in many different purposes. Of Mice and Men is an important text because the themes of companionship, power, discrimination, loneliness, and dreams play a role in people’s lives at some point in time. An example of one of the themes that relates to a real world scenario is everyone has or had a dream and dreams is hope and a reason why people are still living and carrying on. In conclusion, companionship is two people sticking together through the stormy days and sunny days, making hard decisions that are in everyone’s best interest, and protecting each

George’s good nature can be seen through the way he takes Lennie under his wing. For George, there is no benefits that come from taking care of Lennie, he just does it out of the goodness in his heart. An example of this can be seen when George helped Lennie escape out of the town of Weed, in which Lennie had been accused of rape for clutching onto a girl’s dress. Unlike Lennie, George does not have any mental disability and can perfectly function by himself. This is the aspect that makes him such a good person, because taking care of Lennie is just like dragging around a ball and chain. George could be living a much better life on his own without Lennie. To prove this, George even says it himself when talking to Lennie: “God you’re a lot of trouble. I could get along so easy and so nice if I didn’t have you on my tail. I could live so easy and maybe have a girl” (OM&M 7). Despite these words, George still takes care of Lennie because George knows that without his guidance, Lennie would be left to be taken advantage of out in the dangerous world. From George’s devotion to Lennie, it is shown that one who is good will guide others, even if it means sacrificing something he could have

George was a good friend to Lennie because he cares for him. Lennie’s aunt died a while back and George promised her that he would take care of Lennie no matter what. George was not forced to watch over Lennie, he made a choice and stuck with it. Also, Lennie was holding a dead mouse and he was petting it. George saw and threw it across the pool. (page 6) He did that so Lennie wouldn’t get sick or a disease. Finally, George and Lennie went to work on a farm and there was a woman. She was a man named Curley’s wife. George had heard that she was trouble and told Lennie to stay away from her so that he wouldn’t get hurt.

For example, when he killed Curley’s wife, he was touching her hair and getting more and rougher while doing so. When she told him to stop instead of stopping he continued to touch her hair when she tried getting away he killed her. In this situation he overreacted if he would have just let her go then nothing further would have happened, Lennie would still have been able to tend the rabbits. Luckily Lennie has George to keep him on track and tell him not to react so strongly to things. Like in the book George told Lennie to stay away from Curley. George tried defusing the situation between Lennie and Curley although nothing ever happened between Lennie and Curley when George told Lennie to stay away. George was not only looking out for Lennie but in some way, he was also looking out for himself because if Lennie and Curley had a problem then he would have to leave yet again and find another job. Which it seemed like he was always ready to do to protect Lennie but it also seemed like he was getting sick of having to leave and find a new job because Lennie keeps getting into

Good friendships make life easier. Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, is about two men, George and Lennie, who go on various journeys in order to get a job. Although George would consider Lennie to be his closest friend, he ultimately ends up shooting and killing Lennie. George did this, not out of hatred, but rather out of protection. A good friend will always want what is best for one another. Steinbeck uses his protagonists’ friendship in order to show that true friendship can help make any of life’s hardships less difficult.

What do you think Steinbeck says about the theme of friendship in Of Mice and Men?

    Do true friendships come and go easily? In George and Lennie’s case, no. In Steinbeck’s book, Of Mice and Men, George and Lennie travel together looking for work. They travel from ranch to ranch together, eat together, and dream together. The two guys depend on each other for support and to achieve the classic American Dream. George and Lennie have a true friendship because George is always looking out for Lennie, Lennie always listens/remembers what George says, and George does everything he can to make Lennie happy.

As Thomas Aquinas states, “There is nothing on this earth more prized than true friendship.” Friends cheer each other up when they are sad and support them when they are happy. In John Steinbeck’s novella Of Mice and Men, two migrant workers, George and Lennie, arrive as newcomers on the ranch. Throughout the story, different problems are thrown their way, and their friendship is tested with each one. George shows how true friendship requires sacrifice because friends sacrifice personal freedom, they protect each other, and they sacrifice emotional energy.

Trustworthiness, dependency, and advices are all valuable ideas that must exist in friendship as it helps realize the importance of a friend. People can acknowledge the worth of each other, and also appreciate from their existence, which can lead to an evolution in their friendships. But it can also be a way to consider the standard of a good friend – a true friend. The author analytically motivates readers to wonder about how much of these values their friendships convey, and by utilizing his conceptual meaning of a true friend, Steinbeck translates that a real friend is whom that you can trust, depend on, and take good advices from. Steinbeck in conclusion, further alludes readers to look back upon their friends, and to consider how many “real” friends are besides them

John Steinbeck has written many novels. Of his most famous, the tale, Of Mice and Men, tells the tale about the strife of friendship. The two main characters, George Milton, and Lennie Small, are the best of friends, despite Lennie’s mental disability. Another friendship that is portrayed in the story would be the friendship between Candy and his very old, sickly dog. Another friendship, that is more vague than the others, is the friendship between all the bunkmates; the farm workers. When Steinbeck wrote this epic novella, he not only wrote about friendships, but he showed that friends will go to the ends of the Earth for each other.

To do just because George is his friend. Lennie and George treat each other like they are

In the novel, “Of Mice and Men,” John Steinbeck emphasizes how solitude is sustained through inhumane boundaries made by one another among the characters of the novel. Analyzing further into its context, Steinbeck claims the barbarity of isolation with only the friability of self-hope. Evoking the characteristics of the George and Lennie’s friendship , and intending to compare it to the real world, Steinbeck exposes the necessity for friendship in a striving path toward a possible benefitting future. The theme of solitude within the striving path to fulfilling a dream, demonstrates that friendship is vital as it is evident through the characters of George, Lennie, Crooks and Curley’s wife. Evident as it is that the personality of George makes a dramatic contrast with Lennie’s actions, both of their

Upon meeting the boss, George is wary about Lennie’s behavior, thus he lies, “He’s my...cousin. I told his old lady I’d take care of him” (Steinbeck, 22). This comes to show that George has to be aware of what course of actions he is going to take and plan them very carefully, meanwhile, trying to make no suspicious moves while working at the ranch, especially around Curley and with the other rancher’s. In order not to get into anymore trouble, and not to go near Curley’s wife, George warns Lennie, “I seen ‘em poison before, but I never seen no piece of jail bait worse than her, You leave her be.” (Steinbeck, 32) What George is implying to both Lennie and the reader is that, he had some kind of experiences before and knows that Curley’s wife could eventually bring the two into a whole heap of trouble down the road if one them is caught being around Curley’s wife. Even though George can be a caring guy, he is showing a side that represents that it is not easy trying to be ahead without messing up

Doing what is best for a friend is an important aspect of friendship. In the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, two workers during the Great Depression look for employment often finding it at farms bucking barley. In the novel Lennie murders Curley’s wife on accident, George, having previously told Lennie where to go if trouble arose, is first to encounter Lennie. Knowing that if anyone else had come, or will come, Lennie’s happiness will be interrupted and he would be killed as soon as he was seen, and so, George speaks to Lennie making him feel as if nothing was wrong and that their beloved dream was going to come true immediately. As soon as Lennie gets even more ecstatic George shoots and kills Lennie. By doing what is best for Lennie,

Helen Keller once said,“Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.” This quote reveals one of the benefits of friendship which is companionship. The book Of Mice And Men written by John Steinbeck, is about the friendship between two unlikely men. It embraces traits and values of their friendship and how much they learn from one another. Throughout the novel Of Mice And Men involves the two main characters George and Lennie show traits that are building blocks of friendship.