George is responsible for Lennie and is described as in, John Steinbeck book Of Mice and Men, a trustworthy and loyal friend. George and Lennie have been travel partners ever since Lennie’s Aunt Clara died. They move from job to job as Lennie always ends up getting in trouble. In the book Lennie and George had to flee from their previous job in Weed because he had grabbed a girls red dress and she felt he…
When George make the decision to kill Lennie himself, he is being a true friend and is deciding to live in isolation instead of with Lennie. George is looking out for Lennie’s best interest in the end and is trying to give Lennie the peace he deserves. George knows that he will not be able to protect Lennie from the horrible murder he committed, in addition to this, he knows that in order to make money and progress he cannot continue to watch over Lennie. All in all, friendship and sacrifice are displayed at the end Of Mice and Men when George makes the right decision to kill Lennie…
George’s feelings for Leinnie as well as the strong bond they share forced him to kill Lennie, which was his way of honoring their friendship. In many relationships trust is a fundamental necessity for the relationship to strengthen and the same holds true for friendship. George is blindly…
If you ever had a choice of killing your best friend or letting them suffer from the bad choices they have made, what would you do? This is a very hard question to answer. In John Steinbeck´s story Of Mice and Men one of the main characters in the story, George, has a tough decision to make with his best friend, Lennie. Lennie has done a bad thing, and he has no way of getting out of it this time. Therefore, George has to decide between three choices.…
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck tells the story of two men, George and Lennie, who share the ambition to own a farm one day and the sequence of events that follows as they seek to accomplish their aspirations. On the other hand, Maria Boyd’s Will entails the story of a boy in high school who is mischievous and headstrong. He gets punished for his actions and is forced to participate in the running of the school musical which begins journey where he befriends an unlikely group of people.. These novels tell two vastly different stories, however both convey similar themes of friendship and stereotypes. The use of and … help to convey the themes and messages of each of the novels.. Will is set in a high school, illustrated as large, hectic stomping grounds.…
When you kill a best friend, it’s not the easiest thing to do, but when it is for their best interest, it makes it easier to understand why. When George kills Lennie in the Salinas Valley, it is significant because this is where the book started and ended. Also, at this time, Lennie is feeling extremely lonely and feels like a burden to George. Lennie is saying how he just wants to let George live his life. George and Lennie were always thinking about their friendship, so when it came time for George to kill Lennie, he was thinking what was the most important thing for him was.…
George and Lennie are the best of friends, however just like any other friendship, they have their fair share of ups and downs. Yet they care about each other immensely and that’s all that matters. It’s safe to say that George and Lennie had a friendship equivalent to no other. They lived, traveled, and worked collectively.…
This is true for George and Lennie because they are very close friends…
Imagine being killed by your Best Friend. One person you could fully trust. Would you be happy they saved you from the torturous pain you would endure or would you feel betrayed. Although technically it would not matter because you would be dead. Well this is what happens in a book titled Of Mice and Men.…
According to various articles and the words written by Steinbeck in “Of Mice and Men”, George and Lennie have a very true friendship. The first reason is self-disclosure. A good example of this is how George tells Lennie about his life dream. After George and Lennie run away from Weed, they end up by river where they stop and hide.…
Throughout the story, George was complaining about Lennie. In the final act, he took Lennie’s life. George never truly understood the true meaning behind the word friendship.…
“If you love something set it free and if it comes back it was really yours” is an old saying that means that sometimes you need to put some else’s needs over yours. George had to think of how much suffering would go on in Lennie’s life if Curley got to him first, he went to jail, or he escaped and most likely killed again. The best possible thing for Lennie was to die and the only one who would let him die as peacefully as possible was George. Even though some argue that euthanizing Lennie was an act ending of their friendship, I would disagree and say that it was the ultimate sign of friendship. George not only had to shoot the only person he had in the world but also know that all of his and Lennie's hopes and dreams would never happen.…
In the novel, Of Mice and Men, one of it’s main themes is friendship. To begin with Lennie and George are two men who travel together because Lennie can’t take care of himself, so George takes care of him. That is a friendship that could have lasted a lifetime. They grew up in the same town and when Lennie’s aunt died George let him tag along. Adding to that, candy and his dog have an amazing friendship.…
John Steinbeck, throughout Of Mice and Men, explores the essence of male companionship. Despite the fact that most of the migrant workers are solitary, friendship is desired among them all. The bond of male friendship, they believe, will combat the pain of loneliness the field laborers feel. Steinbeck demonstrates the theme of male friendship throughout the characterization of Crooks, Slim, and through the bond between the protagonists, George and Lennie.…
Jarrett Deslauriers Mr. Popp English 9 27 October 2015 Relationships Are Essential Could you imagine life without having any positive relationship with anyone? Exactly. If you didn 't have a good relation with anyone, you would start to feel abandoned and lonely. In the book Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck portrays that people need positive companionship in their lives.…