“Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.” The quote from Euripides, ancient Greek philosopher. It means that real friends stick together in good and especially in bad times. Real friends are needed, they are our support in the most difficult times and they help us accomplish different things. A person without friends is a really miserable individual. The book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck and the movie Ice Age directed by Chris Wedge, share similar themes about friendship and how it is tested, but they also have different themes, like the time and the end. The general message of these pieces is similar because they both concentrate on friendship and how important it really is. Mannie and Sid’s friendship
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Authors show that friends can often have some misunderstandings and sometimes they just want to be left alone. Like Mannie said to Sid: “Let’s get one thing straight here, there is no WE! There never was a We! In fact, without Me, there wouldn’t even be a You!”(Ice Age) Mannie is really mean to Sid because he finds the sloth really annoying. The mammoth has been alone for a really long time and it is weird for him to have someone else sticking around with him and that is why he wants to get rid of Sid. In the book Lennie and George have times when they have disagreements. “You crazy son-of-a-bitch. You keep me in hot water all the time.” (11) There are lots of things that Lennie does and George is against them. George feels that he is responsible for Lennie because he promised to his aunt to watch after him. He has to make sure Lennie stays out from trouble because there can be serious consequences. Like how Lennie touched the girl’s dress in Weed and how they had to escape later. These pieces show that every friendship has arguments but in the end they will surpass …show more content…
The biggest contrast was the time. In Ice Age the activity took part more than 20,000 years ago. “The ice is melting! We have to hurry up!” (Sid) This quote shows that the group of friends was escaping from the meltdown. It also indicates to the fact that the time in the movie is during the ice age. The herd had to hurry up because the ice was melting and their lives were in danger. However, in Of Mice and Men took place during the Great Depression. "Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don 't belong no place. They come to a ranch an ' work up a stake and then they go inta town and blow their stake, and the first thing you know they 're poundin ' their tail on some other ranch. They ain 't got nothing to look ahead to." (13-14) George refers how migrant workers were continuously looking for work and trying to survive during the Great Depression. It wasn’t easy time for them because they had to travel a lot and they didn’t have enough money. Life was tough on them. But they had to find a solution and get out from the black hole. George and Lennie had a dream to have their own ranch one day and they were aspiring towards it. In those pieces, characters had a different vision of
Authors show that friends can often have some misunderstandings and sometimes they just want to be left alone. Like Mannie said to Sid: “Let’s get one thing straight here, there is no WE! There never was a We! In fact, without Me, there wouldn’t even be a You!”(Ice Age) Mannie is really mean to Sid because he finds the sloth really annoying. The mammoth has been alone for a really long time and it is weird for him to have someone else sticking around with him and that is why he wants to get rid of Sid. In the book Lennie and George have times when they have disagreements. “You crazy son-of-a-bitch. You keep me in hot water all the time.” (11) There are lots of things that Lennie does and George is against them. George feels that he is responsible for Lennie because he promised to his aunt to watch after him. He has to make sure Lennie stays out from trouble because there can be serious consequences. Like how Lennie touched the girl’s dress in Weed and how they had to escape later. These pieces show that every friendship has arguments but in the end they will surpass …show more content…
The biggest contrast was the time. In Ice Age the activity took part more than 20,000 years ago. “The ice is melting! We have to hurry up!” (Sid) This quote shows that the group of friends was escaping from the meltdown. It also indicates to the fact that the time in the movie is during the ice age. The herd had to hurry up because the ice was melting and their lives were in danger. However, in Of Mice and Men took place during the Great Depression. "Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don 't belong no place. They come to a ranch an ' work up a stake and then they go inta town and blow their stake, and the first thing you know they 're poundin ' their tail on some other ranch. They ain 't got nothing to look ahead to." (13-14) George refers how migrant workers were continuously looking for work and trying to survive during the Great Depression. It wasn’t easy time for them because they had to travel a lot and they didn’t have enough money. Life was tough on them. But they had to find a solution and get out from the black hole. George and Lennie had a dream to have their own ranch one day and they were aspiring towards it. In those pieces, characters had a different vision of