In Ellen’s case, her obliviousness about the coffin saved her when the soldiers confronted the Johansen's about the fake funeral, Annemarie put Ellen’s safety above the needs of her curiosity to do make a decisions. In terms of friendship, selfless decisions like these allowed Annemarie and Ellen to be dependable on each other, the theme also built off off the large amount of trust Ellen had on the Johansen’s to help her. Moreover in Steinback’s novel the brother both Lennie and George had a strong companionship of years, yet when Lennie was giving himself a death sentence George had to put him out of his misery in the best way possible, by killing him himself as they talked about fantasies, after Lennie is gone, Slim a friend tells George, ""You had, George. I swear you hadda” (Steinback, 1993, p. 110). Lennie would have caused more disruption and George - like Annemarie- sacrificed his dream ranch with Lennie to put him out of his misery of life where there was always a manhunt after him.Yet a difference between the two theme novels is the components that built the companionship, in Number the Stars Ellen was comfortable staying at the Johansen's as she trusted them and their judgment; in contrast, in Of Mice and Men George couldn’t trust Lennie or his judgment, as Lennie killed everything he touched and never realized his mistake. Another example of trust is when Annemarie never doubted Ellen’s promise, “I’ll be back some day , I promise” ( Lowry, 1989,p.96). The theme is strongly displayed in this as the their
In Ellen’s case, her obliviousness about the coffin saved her when the soldiers confronted the Johansen's about the fake funeral, Annemarie put Ellen’s safety above the needs of her curiosity to do make a decisions. In terms of friendship, selfless decisions like these allowed Annemarie and Ellen to be dependable on each other, the theme also built off off the large amount of trust Ellen had on the Johansen’s to help her. Moreover in Steinback’s novel the brother both Lennie and George had a strong companionship of years, yet when Lennie was giving himself a death sentence George had to put him out of his misery in the best way possible, by killing him himself as they talked about fantasies, after Lennie is gone, Slim a friend tells George, ""You had, George. I swear you hadda” (Steinback, 1993, p. 110). Lennie would have caused more disruption and George - like Annemarie- sacrificed his dream ranch with Lennie to put him out of his misery of life where there was always a manhunt after him.Yet a difference between the two theme novels is the components that built the companionship, in Number the Stars Ellen was comfortable staying at the Johansen's as she trusted them and their judgment; in contrast, in Of Mice and Men George couldn’t trust Lennie or his judgment, as Lennie killed everything he touched and never realized his mistake. Another example of trust is when Annemarie never doubted Ellen’s promise, “I’ll be back some day , I promise” ( Lowry, 1989,p.96). The theme is strongly displayed in this as the their