Mutualism In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

People with little in common can still be able to hold a strong and perfect relationship. There can be many differences in people but they could come together and put aside their differences to become good friends. This leads to John Steinbeck’s Of Mice & Men which has many relationships that are all unique and most of the characters are completely look, act, and think differently. The book Of Mice & Men has many themes, but one theme that stood out was people can be totally different, but still have a superb relationship. The characters in Of Mice & Men help unveil the theme by Lennie and his love for animals and George, George choosing to stay with Lennie, and Candy and his loyal canine.

Author Carlos P. Romulo once said “Brotherhood is the very price and condition of man’s survival.” This quote goes along very nicely with the overall idea of Of Mice And Men because the story revolves around brotherhood. Throughout the course of the novel, we see the bonds between characters grow stronger. Characters, like Lennie and George, who have been friends for a long time, continue to have their companionship grow. There are also characters, like Lennie and Crooks, who are both ostracized by the people who live around them, although unintentionally, become friends. In his story “Of Mice And Men”, John Steinbeck uses interactions between characters to create a mood of desperation to reveal how we as humans value brotherhood because no matter how much we deny it, we all need someone to be there for us and to count on.

Is the love of your friend unconditional? Would you care for them if they were mentally retarded? What if they had unpredictable behavior that could be lethal to others? This was the daily life and burden of George in Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. George and Lennie are great friends that are two migrant workers in California during the 1920s. George is physically a small man that takes care Lennie. Lennie is unaware of his largeness and strength that has a gentle heart and likes to pet soft things. The story begins when the two men are dropped off by a bus two miles away from the destination of the farm they are going to work at. George and Lennie stop by a river to get a drink of water before they walk to the farm. When George takes a sip of water, he notices that Lennie is hiding something in his pocket. So George asks Lennie what it is, Lennie pulls out a dead mouse. Lennie says that it feels soft and he likes to pet it. George, out of fear, takes the dead mouse and throws it into the river. George tells Lennie that he could get really sick from the mouse.

“To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with.” ― Mark Twain. Twain's words relate to Lennie and George in Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, who divide their happiness and joy with each other. In the story Lennie and George are companions very close though they have their ups and downs. Lennie and George find a ranch to work on where they meet many people like Candy, who is an old man who lost his dog, Curley--the boss's son and his wife. At the ranch they get into many different things- good, bad, involving other characters and more. In Of Mice and Men Steinbeck shows that companionship is beneficial in many ways.

People are put on this earth to find something or someone to go through everyday life with. In the book, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, it shows that companions are in everyone's lives. The book explains how the story of small smart man named George and his dumb friend Lennie; they have acted as companions for a long time and hope to achieve the American dream. During their quest they meet many people and Lennie gets into trouble multiple times. Everytime this happens George has to make a tough decision about what to do for his friend even though it feels like a pain. Through the characters Lennie, George and Candy, John Steinbeck says companionship makes people happier.

"Of Mice and Men" is a book about two men and their struggle to achieve their dream of owning a small ranch through their companionship. The two men are completely different, one being a retarded fellow (Lennie), and the other, a typical ranch hand(George) who travels with him. On the path to achieving their dream, they run into obstacles, but stick together, stressing the importance of true friendship. Steinbeck wrote this book to tell us how important it is to have a friend to share your life with.

Relationships for many are very important. Whether it be the love that it is felt or the bonds that are made many find relationships the most meaningful thing to them. Whether it is love towards a friend or love towards a significant other, relationships revolve around it. In the book, “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck the readers are met with an interesting duo. Though this relationship is not of lovers but of friends.

Your everyday surroundings affects your life. It affects you in several different ways. It could affect you in small ways or huge ways. For example, the girl you pass in the hallway could become your best friend and be there for you when no one else will. The boy you saw helping the elderly gives the elderly hope that the next generation will do great things for the world and not mess it up.

There are a lot of friendships in the media that are like George’s and Lennie’s relationship. 3 pairs from the media that are like Lennie’s and George’s are Radar and Henry Blake from the television show M*A*S*H*, Pumbaa and Timone from The Lion King, and Dumbledore and Hagrid from the Harry Potter book and movie series. Radar is the George in his and Henry’s relationship. He keeps Henry in line with his work and signing off orders like how George keeps Lennie out of trouble. If it wasn’t for Radar, Henry Blake wouldn’t of been able to run the M*A*S*H* unit as smoothly as he does with Radar at his side. Pumbaa is the Lennie in this situation. Pumbaa is the strength and also the out cast. Timone takes Pumbaa under his wing and he is the brains

In the book, ‘’Of Mice and Men,’’ friendship seems to be the importance to having one another’s back. Lennie and George were the definition of friendship. The bond was unbreakable even through frustration, yet the transportation from farm to farm slowly began to decrease that important trait as the social workforce increased. Despite George progressing as the backbone of Lennie, people can only strive so far, before striving no longer matters.

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, set during the Great Depression, this is a tale of friendship and adversity throughout this friendship. The novel shows readers the importance of dreams, the importance of friendship, and the need for sacrifice. We are introduced to two characters, George and Lennie; they travel the country together looking for jobs and taking care of one another. Lennie gives every reason to George to abandoned him, yet George stays even if his life would be better without Lennie. Although Lennie can be a handful sometimes, George should stay with him because isolation can make a man go nuts, and George and Lennie have had a plan where they can achieve the American Dream.

Friendship is a powerful and sentimental bond between two people. A true friend is someone a person can depend on to stay with them through their troubles. John Steinbeck, the author of the novel Of Mice and Men, uses the relationships between George and Lennie, Candy and his dog and George and Slim to discuss the idea of friendship throughout his novel. Steinbeck focuses his writing around the characters George and Lennie.

“Friends are siblings God never gave us”-(Mencius). In the novella Of Mice and Men written by author John Steinbeck, the world of migrant workers during the Great Depression is explored. The story follows George and Lennie, friends who became migrant workers that get in trouble a lot and are forced to move regularly. In the novella Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck the theme of friendship is displayed through the characters of Lennie, George, Candy and his dog.

Imagine going through life without having any friends. The story Of Mice and Men, by

In the book, “Of Mice and Men” John Steinbeck illustrates how two people (George Milton and Lennie Smalls) in a friendship need to cooperate in order for everything to work. But the problem about this friendship is that Lennie is mentally ill and he doesn’t know too much from right and wrong. This ability does not help George at all and in fact gets them in trouble wherever they try to stay. Therefor, George gets put in very difficult situations. The author, Steinbeck, details his story and gives valid descriptions on what the two have to go through and what problems they run into.