Bond In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

Friendship is a strong bond. Throughout Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck shows the bond of a friendship with Lennie and George, and the old man and his dog.
In chapter 1, Friendship is a strong bond is introduced by when George and Lennie were sitting down and eating beans, George says, “Well, look.Lennie if you jus’ happen to get in trouble like you always done before, I want you to come right here an’ hide in the brush ‘till I come for you.” Their friendship bond is strong enough that even if Lennie got in trouble, George will come back for him and they could continue on to the next farm. They’ve been traveling together for a long time and them moving on to the next farm together is part of their friendship. “With us it ain’t like that. We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that give a damn about us,” they don’t travel alone like the others do, they travel

The old man and his dog shared a strong bond and the old man didn’t want him to die quite yet, “The Old Man squirmed uncomfortably ‘Well - ***, I had him so long. Had him since he was a pup. I herded sheep with him.’” Carlson though had a different idea and he wanted to go out and shoot the dog. Along with the dog, George explains more on how he meet Lennie, “When his Aunt Clara died, Lennie just come along with me out workin'. Got kinda used to each other after a little while.” Therefore, the story of how George and Lennie travel together makes sense and how their friendship began because of Lennie’s mental mind. Curley’s wife tries to develop a friendship with the guys, but she is only able to make one with Lennie. Curley’s wife talks to Lennie and they end up talking about soft things so Curley’s wife lets Lennie touch her hair. She wanted a friendship so much, that she ended up getting killed for it. The main point of having Curley’s wife in the story is to show how friendship is needed because she fights so hard for