How Does George Protected Lennie Friendship

Throughout the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck an ongoing theme was friendship. In the book Lennie and George relied a great deal on each other, and both of them had created a strong bond. For example, George continued to drag alone Lennie even though he had gotten them into lots of trouble. “ God a’mighty, if I was alone I could live so easy… You can’t keep a job and you lose me ever’ job I get… An’ that ain’t the worst. You get in trouble.” (Steinbeck, 10) After Lennie reacted to what George said, George expressed how he really felt, “No-Look! I was jus’ foolin’, Lennie. ‘Cause I want you to stay with me.” (Steinbeck 12) Though George didn’t always explain how important Lennie was in his life, the way George protected Lennie helped