George’s secret is that, despite what he tells Lennie in the beginning of the novella, he is a lonely man. He tells Lennie that their friendship is special and that they’re different from the other migrant labourers because they have each other. The reality is however, that George provides more of a friendship to Lennie than Lennie could ever give to George because of his mental illness. Throughout the novella, George uses the dream of a farm with rabbits to motivate both himself and Lennie, however, towards the end of the book, George realises that it is an unrealistic dream, especially for someone as socially inapt as Lennie. Ultimately George kills Lennie to spare him from Curley’s lynching mob and his own despair, simultaneously, he puts
