Lennie Friendship

In the first place, George shows how he cares for Lennie by bargaining with him by allowing Lennie to tend to the rabbits if he stays out of trouble. In chapter 1, George shows pride and encouragement toward Lennie by telling Lennie that he might be able to tend to the rabbits after all. ""Good Boy! That's fine, Lennie! Maybe you're getting' better. When we get that coupla acres I can let you tend the rabbits all right."" (Steinbeck 15) George exclaimed. With this selection you can see that George tries to encourage Lennie to keep remembering and listen to him. George and Lennie have been together for a while so their bond has strengthened over time, George shows compassion toward Lennie multiple times in the book.

Even though George sometimes says how much better his life would be without Lennie, he will always protect Lennie. George is devoted to watching out for Lennie. He is always telling Lennie not to talk because that will probably lead to trouble. If Lennie gets in trouble that will block the both of them from living their dream. So George is inspired to keep Lennie out of trouble.

Happiness is what makes friends, friends. George always goes out of his way to make Lennie happy. Everything he does is for Lennie’s benefit, along with his own. George is making sure Lennie has food, comfort, money, a job, and a true friend. In the text, Steinbeck writes, “Lennie pleaded, “Come on, George. Tell me. Please George. Like you done before.” “You get a kick outta that, don’t you? Awright, I’ll tell you, and then we’ll eat our supper….””(13). Everything that George does, is for Lennie. He cares about Lennie so much, and that is what makes him a true friend to Lennie. Lennie tries his hardest to make George happy as well. Lennie makes George believe that they can have their own place one day. That makes George happy and hopeful. True friends make sure each other is

At this point in the novel, we have heard George mention twice that his life would be improved without Lennie. However, George still seems to feel a need to look out for Lennie. That said, he protects Lennie from conflict by explaining to everyone they meet that he is just a “big kid”.

That is not “caring” for someone and also I think that the main reason he stayed with Lennie and stuck by him was of pure guilt .George would also repeat how life would be easier if he was alone and basically what he could do without Lennie.One key concept and evidence that George is not a good friend to Lennie is that you do not under any circumstance kill your friend.

Lennie is a large slow and a bit childish due to his mental disability. George is small, rough, bright but short tempered man that travels and cares for lennie. On page 14 George was talking to Lennie about how guys like them are lonely, they have no family or place to go. Unlike themselves they have a future and theycare for eachother. Then lennie says happily “But not us! Ah’ why? Because.. Because I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you and that's why” this shows that George and lennie have each other's back and they're basically each other's family and if they ever got lost or separated, they had a specific spot to go find each other so they wouldn't have to worry where they would be.

George starts to dehumanize Lennie as he treats him like a dog. He makes sure that he remembers what he is told, and praises him like a dog whenever he repeats what was told to him to remember. With this, George was justified in killing Lennie because people would often make fun of Lennie for not being normal. So George had done Lennie a favor of taking him out of a world that would hurt him in the long run, than later for maybe Lennie to take his own life hating the world he once lived

He also knew that Curley would give Lennie a even more violent punishment, which would be horrible. George believed and knew that shooting Lennie was the best choice for him. We also can notice that he seems a little heartbroken when Lennie says,”I thought you was mad at me George.” George responds,”No, Lennie, I ain’t mad. I never been mad, and I ain’t now.

Lennie and George are completely different people, who are perfect for each other. Lennie is the one who is forgetful, but passionate towards a lot of people like George and his Aunt Clara. George on the other hand is the complete opposite. He is very controlling to Lennie, but still wants to protect Lennie as much as he can. They are good for each other because they look out for each other.

Have you ever shared everything with a close friend and they made a major impact on your life? Lennie and George are a perfect example of this impactful friendship. Even Lennie and George had their quarrels and disagreements, but they always came back together choosing friendship over isolation. Steinbeck demonstrates that true friendship can overcome the loneliness in the world. My first genre is an advertisement.

In addition to George being protective he is also fair. He never does or says anything to Lennie without a reason. In chapter two, George told Lennie not to talk. Now some may see this as telling Lennie he is too dumb to talk but all George wanted to do was to get a job to help provide for Lennie and himself. In chapter one, George says that he wants Lennie to stay with him so George can take care off him, ""I want you to stay with me, Lennie. Jesus Christ, somebody'd shoot you for a coyote if you was by yourself." (13) George and Lennie are sitting by the fire and Lennie said that he could go off into the woods and find a cave to live in, George wouldn't let him because no matter how much of a nuisance Lennie is, George will always care for

George and Lennie had a strong bond due to their long time friendship and it was this that spurred into doing George what he did. From a young age George and Lennie knew each other and transitioned from George bullying Lennie because he knew Lennie was not very bright, to George protecting and taking care of Lennie seeing as he knew Lennie would not survive without him. In the world that these men live in, George would have been practically expected to dump Lennie off in an institute because he was mentally challenged, but although George’s character is gruff on the exterior, inside he is an exceptionally kind person that does not want that to happen to his best friend which is why he takes Lennie under his wing at the beginning of the story and why he kills him at the end. His kindheartedness is what gave Lennie the best death he could have, looking across the river and envisioning his dream in all its glory (Steinbeck

George feels the love of a parent towards Lennie and could not leave him, although he seems to demonstrate the opposite in the novel. On the contrary, Lennie is completely welcoming about his feelings. He expresses himself throughout the whole novel. He has the emotions and echoes the thought and ideas of a child. Lennie is the opposite of what people expect males to be during the great depression.

First, George feels he owes it to Lennie’s aunt. Lennie’s aunt was always so nice to George and he wants to repay the kindness shown to him. Second, George stays with Lennie because of how kind Lennie is. When George told Lennie to jump in the water and then realized Lennie couldn’t swim, George jumped in to save him. Lennie was so grateful that George saved his life. Third, Lennie is George’s only family. George does not like to be alone and enjoys Lennie’s company. Clearly, you can see that George is a nice guy and enjoys taking care of Lennie.

Lennie had just killed Curley's wife and Candy showed George the body: “Lennie never done it in meanness’, he said. ‘All the time he done bad things, but he never done one of ‘em mean”(Steinbeck 95). This shows that as bad of a thing Lennie did which was kill Curley's wife, George knew Lennie didnt do it on purpose. They have a good relationship because George always sticks up for Lennie no matter how bad the situation. Another example is when After Lennie killed Curley's wife, George went to the brush where George found him : “And George raised the gun and steadied it, and he brought the muzzle of it close to the back of Lennie's head. He pulled the trigger”(Steinbeck 106). George knew he had to kill Lennie because otherwise Curley would have gotten to him first and made Lennie suffer so in a way George was actually saving Lennie. They have a good relationship because as bad as it was, it was better for George to kill him rather than letting him suffer by someone else. In conclusion the friendship of George and Lennie goes through a lot but they are always there for eachother. The relationship is good and they can always count on one another to support, stand up or be there in times of need and also do what is right for the other person.Friendships are full of love, hate, good and bad, but no friendship is quite like George