Friendship In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

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Claire Copenhaver ‘Of Mice and Men’ shows us a great deal about the importance of friendship and the ability to stick together and achieve your dreams. John Steinbeck compares both men who are fortunate enough to have friends and those who aren’t, and prove to his readers how much more you can achieve with two people rather than one and how much ones company is appreciated, yet often taken for granted. In the book ‘Of Mice and Men’, we quickly learn about the close but different friendship George and Lennie experience and the dream they are able to share together and stride towards. George is often complaining about the strain and inconvenience Lennie puts on his life. “God a’mighty, if I was alone I could live so easy”, George says to Lennie, although really, George appreciates Lennie’s company and this is evident when George tells Slim, “I seen the guys that go around on the ranches alone. That ain’t no good. They don’t have no fun”. This statement proves George’s friendship to Lennie is important to him and he …show more content…

He keeps to himself a lot and hides away in his little room near the horses. “I ain’t wanted in the bunkhouse, and you ain’t welcome in my room,” he says to Lennie who wants to come in and talk to him as he obviously looked lonely. Crooks lets him in after a while as Lennie doesn’t mind the fact that he is black. Crooks has no white friends because he is discriminated against and doesn’t trust them. “S’pose George went into town tonight and you never heard of him no more,” he says to Lennie. Lennie is sure George wouldn’t do that because he has so much trust in him and he knows he is a better person than that whereas Crooks can’t trust anyone because he hasn’t had a real friendship with a white person since he was a child. This is telling us that friendships are important and help us build our

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