The Theme Of Friendship In John Steinbeck's 'Of Mice And Men'

Of Mice and Men In the novella Of Mice and Men, written by John Steinbeck, we see the progression of a strong friendship. I think George was an overall good friend to Lennie. He always made sure that Lennie was safe. George and Lennie are two totally different people, but their friendship said so much. Lennie definitely was not all there most of the time. Lennie didn’t have much control over his actions, and George was always there to cover for him. No matter what George was there, he could’ve left Lennie. He didn’t though. Why wouldn’t George leave him? George always looked out for Lennie, he was always there. One example of this is when they were traveling out of Weed. They were looking for new jobs and a new place to stay. In order for George and Lennie to get new jobs, they have to have work cards. They also needed bus passes for the bus. George knew that Lennie was irresponsible and was most likely going to lose his card and bus pass. To prevent this from happening George held onto both his and Lennie’s card and pass (Steinbeck 5). If
George decided he was going to have to kill Lennie (Steinbeck 106). This decision was sparked after george found out that Lennie accidentally killed Curley’s wife (Steinbeck 91). This may look like a terrible situation to some people, it looks like George is a bad friend. This is not the intention of George though. George knew that there was no way Lennie was going to live in this situation. If George didn’t kill Lennie himself, Curley would’ve done a lot worse. Lennie would’ve been tortured, and George would have to stand there and watch. George saw the guilt Candy felt when he let Carlson kill Candy’s dog. This dog was Cancy’s only family, as is lennie to George. If george let Curley and his men kell Lennie, he wouldn’t be able to live with himself. Lennie trusts George, this way it was less of a painful struggle for Lennie. George was the only one who could do