Unconditional Friendship In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

Of mice and man gives a us an overview of George and Lennie’s unconditional friendship in a time when everybody was lonely and lacking of true emotions. This two friends travel and overcome obstacles together. They talk excitedly about a dreamed place for themselves where they don’t have to depend on anybody, but somehow it seems impossible to get there. John Steinbeck’s story mainly focuses in George and Lennie’s friendship. But also, in the solitude of men who lived in the 1930s during the instability of the US in the Great Depression. George and Lennie became friends when they were just kids. George feels that he has to take care of Lennie since his aunt Clara died. Lennie is child-minded and always likes to pet soft things. He’s not concious of his own strenght, but he never means no harm. However, he keeps digging himself into trouble and George always have to get him out of it. After they left Weeds where they initially lived, they got to a new ranch where they got jobs. Once there, they met Curley and his wife who everyone said ‘‘she’s got the eye’’ and she would be the cause of …show more content…
Since the the very beginning of the story Stenbeck utilized the mice Lennie killed to represent how fragile is a life and how easy it can be taken away. Following the foreshadowing events with animals, the killing of Candy's old dog showed how Carlson wanted to take the dog out of its misery and how shooting it was the only way to do it. Also, the characters kept saying that Curley’s wife will cause a disaster in the rach. When George saw her dead body he knew it was Lennie who killed her. He said he wouldn't let anybody hurt his friend which came together with the disappearance of Slim's gun. They tought Lennie had taken it, but since the beginning of the story, the image given to Lennie was of a child-minded whom never meant no