Friendship In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

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Friendship
Friendship is a feeling that everyone has and should experience in their life. It is a feeling of love and compassion for another person and helps the person know they can trust them. It lets the person know that you would so anything for each other no matter how big or small. In the novella, Of Mice and Men, there are two main characters Lennie and George. George and Lennie show compassion and friendship for each other all throughout the story in many different ways.
There are many types of friendship, states, Friendship in an Age of Economics, the first type of friend ship is for those who only get pleasure out of the friendship. The best example of this in the text of, Of Mice and Men, is when George tells Lennie about the story

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