George And Lennie's True Friendship

When it comes to friends there’s people who just socialize with you and well for the other people who motivate you are true friends. In the book OF MICE AND MEN by John Steinbeck there’s two very special people who motivate each other. George and Lennie, they take care of each other, while they make sacrifices for each other. George and Lennie’s relationship shows us the true meaning of friendship. George and Lennie take care of one another. As John Steinbeck writes “I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you”(Steinbeck 14). George has Lennie to look after him while Lennie has George has Lennie to look after him. If Lennie gets hurt George will be there looking after him. Lennie and George always have each other’s back. “but I wouldn’t eat none, George. I’d leave it all for you”(Steinbeck 12). This shows that even though Lennie wants some he wouldn’t eat it because he wants George to have it. Lennie would give him anything even if it meant everything to him. Lennie is always making sure George knows he would give everything up for him. “we travel together”(Steinbeck 25). George and Lennie go everywhere together. They’re with each other through every adversity. Most importantly, George and Lennie always make sure the others okay before themselves. …show more content…
“with us it ain’t like that”(Steinbeck 115). George and Lennie know they have something others don’t have. They always make sure they know what they got. “Lennie begged ‘”let’s do it now, let’s get that place now”(Steinbeck 106). Lennie wants to have the dream now. He wants to make George do it now. “were gonna have a little house and a couple of acres an a cow and some pigs” (Steinbeck 14). They talk about their place to show that they’re going to go somewhere. They want to show that they’re looking forward to having a place. Lastly, George and Lennie make sure each other knows what they’re going to