Of Mice And Men Friendship
They share a friendship so great that if they were both are separated, they couldn't survive. Their friendship is a deep one, where they share their lives together, benefitting from each others company. "Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family.
They don't belong no place. They come to a ranch an' work up a stake and then they go inta town and blow their stake, and the first you know they're pounding in' their tail on some other ranch. They ain't got nothing to look ahead to....With us it ain't like that. We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that give as a damn about us. We don't have to sit in no bar room blow in' in our jack jus' because we got no place else to go. If them other guys gets in jail then can rot for all anybody gives a damn. But not us. But not us!
An' why? Because.....because I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that's why."(p.13-14) Because of the extent of Lennie and George's friendship, they go beyond the mere sharing of words. George and Lennie share a dream of owning a farm, due to their immensely strong bonds. Its is their friendship that makes their dreams of one day owning a farm are possibility
In the third chapter of this book, Candy is center of attention due to his dog, which Carlson wants killed. Candy is an old man who has no one to talk to or keep him company besides the dog. To him, the dog was more than an animal that smelled, it was a companion to share life with. When Carlson tells Candy he wants to kill his dog, Candy is hesitant to answer. Candy stalls, and finally gives in to Carlson's request. He had this dog for his whole life, and now that it was gone,
Candy would be abandoned without a friend. Out of this loneliness, he jumps on to Lennie and George's dream, giving practically everything he has to them, stressing the necessity of friends and sharing your life with a
They don't belong no place. They come to a ranch an' work up a stake and then they go inta town and blow their stake, and the first you know they're pounding in' their tail on some other ranch. They ain't got nothing to look ahead to....With us it ain't like that. We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that give as a damn about us. We don't have to sit in no bar room blow in' in our jack jus' because we got no place else to go. If them other guys gets in jail then can rot for all anybody gives a damn. But not us. But not us!
An' why? Because.....because I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that's why."(p.13-14) Because of the extent of Lennie and George's friendship, they go beyond the mere sharing of words. George and Lennie share a dream of owning a farm, due to their immensely strong bonds. Its is their friendship that makes their dreams of one day owning a farm are possibility
In the third chapter of this book, Candy is center of attention due to his dog, which Carlson wants killed. Candy is an old man who has no one to talk to or keep him company besides the dog. To him, the dog was more than an animal that smelled, it was a companion to share life with. When Carlson tells Candy he wants to kill his dog, Candy is hesitant to answer. Candy stalls, and finally gives in to Carlson's request. He had this dog for his whole life, and now that it was gone,
Candy would be abandoned without a friend. Out of this loneliness, he jumps on to Lennie and George's dream, giving practically everything he has to them, stressing the necessity of friends and sharing your life with a