Of Mice And Men Relationship Between George And Curley's Wife

Lennie obviously had some previous attachment to small animals, otherwise he wouldn’t have picked up a random dead mouse from the floor. Perhaps it was something to keep him distracted from reality; that he was naturally slow at thinking. The fact that Lennie is the brawn and George is the brains, makes them perfect friends.
George and Lennie are like brothers. They need each other to survive. Lennie seems to suffer from a brain disease as his mind cannot grasp on to anything for too long. For this reason, George is fond of Lennie’s company and feeble-minded personality.
The fact that George states that Lennie was a cousin to lie to Candy shows that they have a close relationship. If George were to detest Lennie like he claimed he did if he were his relative, he wouldn’t have resorted to slandering about his bloodline with Lennie.
Steinbeck foreshadows that George and

Curley will get into a huge conflict later on. Curley’s character symbolizes Lennie in a way. He is unpredictable and untamed. Without George, Lennie is an animal that can’t control his actions and needs to be tamed.
To Lennie, home is where he is not alone. He wants to be in a place where his personality is not disapproved by other people. To George, home is where he and Lennie are happy and where he doesn’t always have to worry about where the next salary is going to come. He wants a place to settle in permanently while being (for the most part) peaceful..
The liniment that Crooks uses symbolizes his relationship with other people at the farm.

Colored people are often abused during the old times and Crooks’s sore spine represents the struggle and pain.
George and Lennie’s similar views of their future makes them want to work to better achieve that goal. Their friendship is tied together by the belief that working hard together will eventually lead to their ultimate achievement.
Curley’s wife attitude towards Crooks and Candy shows her approach towards older men. She believes that since she is Curley’s wife, she has power to make the men instantly regret their decisions to talk back at her. This scene of intense arrogance foreshadows that her own words will be handed back to her.
George’s responsibility is to keep Lennie under control. However it is clear when George is not around, Lennie is not able to control his actions nor emotions, making George a huge factor in his life. George is more like a catalyst for Lennie’s actions, because Lennie knows he can’t differentiate right from wrong, so he obeys George and his commands (most of the

time).
To Lennie, obeying and making George satisfied is right. However, his dull mind is not able to process when to stop nor how to negotiate. In contrast, wrong is when George is dissatisfied with Lennie’s actions. Lennie’s dumb mind may cause greater problems for George and his job, for George claims responsibility for him. Right and wrong for Lennie is deciding whether he wants to keep a close relationship with George or not.
Lennie’s fidelity towards George cost him his job and his reputation. At the farm, he was seen as dumb but useful in the fields, and a nice person. However, a feeling of betrayal sets in even though it wasn’t intentional.
George’s goal was to make Lennie feel at peace, while trying to avoid the inevitable. Like how Candy said near the middle of the story, where he said it was better to shoot his own dog rather than a stranger doing it for him. George did the same thing; he shot his best friend rather than letting Carlson do it. The act of shooting his buddy is not an act of treason, but ironically an act of kindness because George knew Lennie would be more peaceful there, petting all the rabbits that he wanted without harming them.