Examples Of Friendship In Of Mice And Men

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.’” -Lennie (14). 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 personalities, 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. While on the path to accomplish their hopes and dreams together, obstacles interfere, from meeting

At this point, the reader should learn that different people from different environments can become friends no matter what color, religion, size, etc. they are as long as both share a similar common belief or point of view. George became good friends with Lennie while the dog was Candy’s longtime companion although each pair were different from one another in terms of personalities. However, the reader should also note that although people are good friends with one another, if there ever comes to be a situation where something tragic occurred to someone because a friend did something bad, sometimes the other friend must step up to stop the other friend from doing bad things which ends their friendship, but is better for everyone else as a whole. George had to shoot Lennie to preserve their friendship instead of allowing other people to interfere and kill Lennie in a more drastic and horrendous manner. Carlson shot and killed Candy’s dog, but Candy told George that he should have killed his own dog because it would have had a better meaning to both him and his dog. People can become friends when they are different from each other, but sometimes, there are moments when being a good friend is hard because of the considerations and decisions that one has to make for the benefit of