In the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck it proves that friends will really do anything to protect each other. Throughout the story the two main characters Lennie and George face a agglomeration of confrontations and prove that they will do whatever they can do to protect each other. One example of this is “I’ll give him the work tickets, but you ain’t gonna say a word. You jus’ stand there and don’t say nothing”(Steinbeck 6). This example means that all George wants Lennie to do is stay silent and just stand there. This quote backs up this statement because if George didn’t tell lennie to stay there and be as silent as the night the boss who would be hiring him would realize that Lennie has a disability and they would of never got
