JT Cosgrove Dr. Kilbourn English 9 March 13, 2024. Despite differences, we can still be friends. Friendships can be tough to maintain over time. Steinbeck's story Of Mice and Men highlights the idea that friendship requires each person to be attentive to and understanding of the needs of the other, and in the children's book I Like this and You Like that highlights the idea that despite our differences people can still be friends. In Steinbeck's story there are 2 main characters Lennnie, and George, George is the brains of the two of them and Lennie isn’t the smartest but the 2 of them are good friends. In the children's book there are two friends and they are completely different, they don’t have many things that they agree on. Both Ashmen …show more content…
This is further shown when the two kids say “I like you and you like me”. This shows that the two friends who are completely different from each other can still have a strong friendship with one another. In the children’s story I Like This and You Like, the characters come to a balance between themselves and their friends as they act with their friends in mind. They didn’t always have this balance though, at the start they we sort of arguing about what is better when they both like different things, one said “I like spring the most“and the other said “I like fall the most”, they are completely different from each other yet they can still be good friends In the children book towards the end they one gives veggies to the other because they don’t like them and that shows that they have a balance with each other. When one friend gave the veggies that he didn’t like to the other who did like the veggies, it shows that they were thinking about their friend at that moment. It also indicates they are good friends and that they know each other, so they decide to share food. Even despite the differences, they were able to make a balance …show more content…
This is shown when Lennie is worrying a lot about losing his card that permits him to work at the farm, George said “You never had none, you crazy bastard. I got both of ’em here. Think I’d let you carry your own work card?” This proves that George cares deeply for Lennie as he knows that Lennie wouldn't be able to hold onto the card so George held onto it for Lennie knowing that Lennie would not have been able to do that by himself. Another example is when Lennie shows that he is listening, George tells Lennie that he is a good boy, “ “"Good boy! That’s fine, Lennie! Maybe you’re gettin’ better. When we get the coupla acres I can let you tend the rabbits all right. Especially if you remember as well as that." This shows that George is motivating Lennie to continue to stay out of trouble by saying he will tend the rabbits so that Lennie stays out of trouble showing that George cares greatly about Lennie and that is why he must take care of him. This shows that if a person fulfills their obligation to another person, nothing bad will happen. In Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, George acts with Lennie in his mind before he acts. This is shown when George takes the dead mouse away from Lennie. He explains: "Aw, Lennie!...I ain’t takin’ it away jus’ for'meanness. That mouse ain’t fresh, Lennie. And besides, you’ve broke it pettin’ it. You
One of the most memorable friendships of the early 2000s is portrayed in the movie Napoleon Dynamite. When the two main characters Napoleon and Pedro meet, they become fast friends. Napoleon and Pedro stay loyal to each other throughout the entire movie, despite what others might think. This is similar to how John Steinbeck portrays friendship in his novella Of Mice and Men. The friendship between the main characters of the novella, George and Lennie, is unexpected. They choose to stand by each other regardless of society’s expectations. Through this, Steinbeck communicates the theme that a loyal friend can be a haven in a heartless world.
To begin with, according to Lucius Annaeus Seneca, “One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood”. Even this quote explains that true friendship is when an individual stands for another individual. In the novel Of Mice and Men, author John Steinbeck examine the idea of friendship between two migrant ranch worker even when there was difficulties. Through the character of Slim and George, author Steinbeck illustrates friendship and reveals that friendships stand up for each other even when is difficult time.
The novel, set in the 1930s, is a story of friendship of migrant workers George
A friendship is a special relationship between peoples , It occurs between friend that care about each other. In talking about friendship , the novella from John Steinbeck “Of Mice and Men”. Two friends George and Lennie ,they are trying to find a job together to complete their dream of having a farm. But Lennie is an adult size with a child's mind, he gets in trouble a lot and as his friend, George helping him solve the problem and taking care of Lennie. Later George and Lennie finds a new job , but George lies to the boss about the problem that Lennie has.
John Steinbeck's agricultural upbringing in the California area vibrantly shines through in the settings and story lines of the majority of his works. Steinbeck's novel, Of Mice and Men, takes place in the Salinas Valley of California. The drama is centered around two itinerant farm workers, George Milton and Lennie Small, with a dream of someday owning a place of their own. Lennie Small is a simple-minded, slow moving, shapeless hulk with pale eyes whose enormous physical strength often causes him to get into trouble. George Milton on the other hand is small in stature, clever, dark of face and eyes, and acts as Lennie's guardian and calming force.
The quote that inspired John Steinbeck was the best laid schemes often go off track can be seen in the novel of Mice and Men. When Curley's wife met a man in her childhood that offered her to be an actress but the chance went away and she later died. Then Curley wanted to be a professional boxer but the dream never happened and he became a farmer then got his hand broken for trying to be tough. George and Lennie were going to buy a farm to live off the fat of the land then Lennie had to get in trouble and George had to give up the dream and kill Lennie for what he had done.
“Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.” The quote said by Euripides emphasizes how friends should be loyal to each other even when times are rough.. This need of friendship is present in Of Mice and Men through characters such as George Milton and Lennie Smalls. Lennie has a mental disability which makes him slow and childish. George and Lennie are both farmhand workers who are struggling achieve their dream together. Their dream is to buy some land with a house and buy a farm where Lennie can tend the rabbits. Due to Lennie’s mental disability and ignorant behaviors, he is accused for raping a woman in the town of Weed and causes George and Lennie to escape and look for a job on a ranch. The presence of friendship
When asked about John Steinbeck’s career, people often refer to Steinbeck as a playwright, journalist, and a well-known novelist. The book Of Mice and Men is a popular novel by John Steinbeck and a required read for most high school students. Most of Steinbeck 's novels have a central theme focusing on the relationship between man and his environment. The American dream for George and Lennie, two of the main characters in Of Mice and Men, is to have a place of their own, to be respected, and to work hard for everything they earn and deserve. In Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men, the land and a hope of a better life becomes the talisman of an American dream for Lennie and George that is left unfulfilled.
The stories, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck and The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allen Poe, both have a character that breaks a social convention. In this case, both characters, George and Montresor, were murderers. It’s clear that these characters have broken a major law, but how and why they did it will determine whether or not their justification is enough.
Yet what most fail to see is that Of Mice and Men portrays both aspects of human life through the mutual friendship of two uncommon men, George and Lennie, the dream they both share, and the sudden calamity that befalls them. Relationships are an important part of life. Humans need relationships because we are dependent on each other to survive. Babies need their mothers to feed and nurse them, and friends need each other to support, comfort, sympathize, and understand them. The friendship between George and Lennie outlined the core of Of Mice and Men, and although it’s sometimes idealized and exaggerated throughout the novel, there is no question of its sincerity.
That shows the power of friendship. Friendship is like a spark of life that brings two people together from sometimes different situations to learn more about each other and to benefit one another. In Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, two close friends, Lennie and George, who are opposites in size and personality, come from different situations, but end up traveling together to find a job in the Salinas. Both have done so to pursue their hopes and dreams of happiness and to purchase a small ranch of their own.
In life, friendship is something that everybody needs. It allows people to function better and be more successful. Some people think that all friendships are the same and do not differ from the next. However, I believe that each friendship has its own quality that makes it different from all of the other friendships while still retaining all of the characteristics that make the relationship a friendship. Today, this essay will highlight the qualities that are the same in the friendship of Maurice and Laura from An Invisible Thread and the friendship of Lennie and George from Of Mice and Men while also identifying the differences between them as well as illustrating the very attributes that define a friendship.
Throughout the novel Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, one of the most prominent and well-explored themes is friendship. In the book, we observe many relationships between characters such as George, Lennie, Candy, and Curley’s wife. George and Lennie, the main characters, give a prime example of the upsides and downfalls of a close, dependant relationship. But Lennie is not to George as George is to Lennie. Their relationship could be better described as teamwork than friendship; both bring a different skill to the table. Steinbeck portrays different friendships between different people. Human interaction under harsh conditions can often have debatable outcomes.
Friendship is a bond that brings society together as a whole. The article, “Friendship in an Age of Economics” by Todd May describes six friendships that pertains to life. In the Of Mice and Men excerpt, the reader meets two characters, George and Lennie, and their friendship is shown. Of the six friendships, in “Friendship in an Age of Economics,” the true friendship, developed by Aristotle, is used in Of Mice and Men through George and Lennie’s relationship because of how they act towards each other, and how they take care of one another through many different ways.
The famed nurses study from Harvard found “Not having a close friend is as detrimental to your health as smoking.” Lennie and George’s friendship is necessary to keep the better for each other. Throughout the story, Lennie and George need each other and look out for one another no matter what. Lennie and George’s friendship and journey throughout the story symbolizes the struggles to achieve the American dream. Steinbeck, in the story Of Mice and Men, combines characterization and symbolism to prove friends do whats best for eachother.