Of Mice And Men Loyalty Analysis

How Much Will You Pay For Loyalty?

If there is one thing a human strives for in life, it is loyalty. We as humans want someone to be there no matter what. We want that bestfriend or boyfriend/girlfriend who is there no matter what. Heck, it could even be a brother or sister. When reading the book, Of Mice and Men, Lennie just wants a brother, for George it’s anyone who can return that favor, but what will it take for us to realize that sometimes the cost of loyalty can overcome the value of the loyalty. In Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck shows loyalty comes with a cost Loyalty comes with power, but not without cost. When the reader first meets Slim in the barn, early in the book, the author states,p “His authority was so great that his word was taken on any subject.”(Steinbeck 33) When his loyalty was

Lennie depends on George for his loyalty for his brothership. When Crooks and Lennie first meet, Lennie expresses that, “George wouldn’t do nothing like that.. He will be back tonight,” (Steinbeck 71) after Crooks scares Lennie by saying “ s’pose George don’t come back.” Lennie has been loyal to George. When George told Lennie not to speak. Lennie did not. Crooks will never know what it means to have that trust between someone, because unfortunately he will never be treated with enough respect to have that trust. George showed back up. He came home because he is loyal to Lennie. When Lennie killed, the ol’ hag, Curley’s wife Candy rescued George and covered for him. Candy agreed to go in and claim he found the dead body instead of George, so that it didn’t look like George was and accessory to murder. Candy hasn’t done much for George so in all honesty George has no right asking for this kind of cover. In the future im sure he will pay the cost and have to do some loyalty act for Candy. That is how it works. George receives loyalty but not without the price of paying it