Role Of Companionship In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

The characters make dreams that cannot be achieved in John Steinbeck’s, Of Mice and Men, where friendship and loneliness are shown by certain characters in this novella.

Friends are needed in a person’s life for emotional stability whom without would lead to a life of loneliness and solitude. In the novel, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, the characters Crooks, Candy and Curly’s wife exhibit a form of loneliness. They are driven to George and Lennie’s friendship because they lack support and that emotional stability in their own lives."A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody. Don't matter no difference who the guy is, longs he with you. I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an he gets sick" (Steinbeck, 13). Throughout his novel, Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck shows that victims of isolation crave to fulfill a companionship to fill in that void of loneliness.

George and Lennie take care of one another by being there for one another in the book of mice and men it states. “an why? Because I got you too look after me and you got me to look after you and that’s why.”(Steinbeckpg14) This shows that in the story they take care of each other. Another quote that shows that George and Lennie take care of one another is “a guy needs somebody to be near him! He wined a guy goes nuts if he aint got nobody(pg72). There is a quote that shows that George and Lennie take care of one another.in the story it also states “aint

A good friendship is needed to survive through tough times. Lennie respects George because George gives him comfort. George cares for Lennie so much that he considers him to be part of his family: “George said, he’s my cousin. I told his old lady id take care of him. He got kicked in the head by a horse when he was a kid” (Steinbeck 22). Aside from comfort and advice, Lennie also needs George because when he gets in trouble, George always manages to find a way to help him get out of it. When Lennie had got in trouble in Weed, George stays by his side and gives him advice that helps remain safe and calm. George has many opportunities to leave Lennie and change his lifestyle, but he needs Lennie just as much in order to help him through his own hardships. Lennie looks

Both Lennie and George would be nothing without each other. Steinbeck clearly shows how important friends are and how they can support and help you in a number of different ways. Lennie needs George for basic survival and without him, Lennie’s life would not be very long. George on the other hand, needs Lennie for a purpose in life. The conclusion of the novel Of Mice and Men illustrates what life would be like for George and Lennie without the other.

    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.

In summary of Of Mice and Men, this book is based on loneliness and how men need someone to depend on, and how it is so crucial to have friendship and people around you who care about you. Some of the people in this book are very lonely and to have friendship just makes life a lot easier and the way Steinbeck describes friendship is in this novel, it is about trying not to be

Imagine being discriminated against because of your ethnicity; or being the only woman on a ranch, stuck in a loveless marriage, when all you really want is someone to talk to. What about having to kill that friend, and bury all chances of breaking free from the life of the average migrant worker? How would you feel? These scenarios in John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men illustrate the need and desire for companionship in life. There's Crooks, the negro stable buck; Curley's wife, whose marriage to Curley hasn't exactly been lively; and George and Lennie, whose friendship is strong enough to get them to a better life and out of the negetive cycle that the average migrant worker became trapped in during the Great Depression.

In Of Mice and Men, there are an abundance of themes throughout the novel. One of those themes is friendship which is shown clearly though George. In the novel, when Lennie says, “Because I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you.” (Steinbeck 14) shows how close of friends George and Lennie are. They rely off of each other because George physically helps Lennie, and Lennie helps George mentally to not be as grim. However, another on of the themes is loneliness. Although George has Lennie, he can get lonely because he does not have anyone else to talk to. George is not the only who is lonely because Curley’s wife also shows that she is lonely when she says, “Think I don’t like to talk to somebody ever’ once in a while? Think I like to stick in that house alla time?” (Steinbeck 77) When Steinbeck was writing his novel, he wants readers to understand even though our best friends are loyal, they need other people to talk to and will at sometime lose

“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.

This is important because it shows that George wants to be alone but does not truly want to be lonely. Lennie is George’s responsibility. George views Lennie as a brother, friend, and partner in crime. Without Lennie, George is lonely but he knows that he saves Lennie from his own personal misery in the end. George knows he needs Lennie just as much as Lennie needs him. He needs his friendship and is lonely after he takes that friendship away from himself.

All the greatest accomplishments and advancements of the human species have been made through the biological instinct of humans to form bonds and make companions with others. John Steinbeck brings to light this philosophy through the main characters in the story Of Mice and Men. Lennie, a naive simpleton, has the dream of owning a ranch with George. Their companionship leads them to keep their innocent beliefs alive. Steinbeck brings to light the sense of hope that comes from companionship and illustrates the consequences of isolation by juxtaposing George and Lennie to the secluded ranch workers.

First, Steinbeck describes how important friendship is to people. When George and Lennie first go to the ranch, George tells Lennie that they’ve “‘got a future’” and they don’t have to “‘sit in no bar room,’” (Steinbeck 14) because they have each other. Steinbeck uses this dialogue between George and Lennie to hint that taking care of Lennie gives him more purpose by having him mention that guys that go around alone tend to end up in bars without any real purpose. However, since George has Lennie, he has more responsibility, and therefore has more important things to do than to go into town to a bar. Later on in the novel, Crooks explains to Lennie that “‘a guy needs somebody to be near him,’” because if he doesn’t, “‘a guy gets too lonely an’ he gets sick,’” (Steinbeck 72). Discrimination from the other men

"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.