Comparing George And Lennie In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

Intro: In the play Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare the relationship between the two main characters Romeo and Juliet has been seen as a model relationship for a long time, their relationship is used in songs and in media a lot. What a lot of people don’t know is that Romeo and Juliet had known eachother for a very short amount of time and they don’t establish the traits a good relationship has, while the characters George and Lennie ,in Of Mice and Men written by John Steinbeck, do establish good relationship traits. Romeo and Juliet have qualities to their relationship that make it good but George and Lennie develop better traits like trusting each other, sharing a common goal and protecting each other which make their relationship better.
Paragraph one: George and Lennie share a common goal. George and Lennie's friendship is driven by a goal to get a house and have better lives and they have something to think about in the future, while Romeo and Juliet have no other goal than to be together not allowing them to have anything to look forward to. For example in Romeo and Juliet before their wedding the friar ,or

George puts a lot of trust in Lennie at this moment because of what this interview means to them. Lennie always has trust in George and when Lennie is talking to Crooks this is shown “George wouldn’t do nothing like that. I’ve been with George a long time “ (Steinbeck 71). Lennie has trust in George that George will always come back and never leave him. Lennie relies on George and puts all of his trust in him. This makes them have the better relationship because Lennie can’t be without George because Lennie knows George will always come back and help him out, and George knows Lennie will help in anyway George asks. This makes them closer and have a better relationship than Romeo and