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Friendship In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

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“A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.” This quote from Elbert Hubbard is perfectly represented in Of Mice and Men in the many different friendships that take place. Throughout life, we all make friends and share many experiences with them. This is an important part of what makes us the people we are today. Friendship also affects the way that we act towards others. In the book friendship helps to show the characters’ personalities and what they would do for others in tough situations. The main theme of Of Mice and Men is friendship and it’s shown by George, Lennie, Slim, and Candy. One example of friendship in Of Mice And Men is the George’s friendship with Lennie. From the beginning of the book, you can tell that George and Lennie have a strong friendship. This is shown by the fact that George has traveled with Lennie and helps to keep him out …show more content…

Slim became friends with them earlier than you’d think. Slim showed trust and friendship in Lennie first when he gave one of his pups to Lennie. Slim comments on Lennie's ability to work hard and mentions that it is obvious Lennie is not too bright. Later on, Lennie doesn’t respect his trust and he accidentally kills the pup. Before knowing what happened to the pup George thanks Slim for giving him the pup. Feeling comfortable with Slim, George explains that he knew Lennie's aunt. After her death, Lennie just naturally began staying with George and following him around. George also tells Slim about Lennie's trouble in Weed. Slim also shows friendship to Lennie and George by backing up Lennie when he broke Curley’s hand. A quote of their friendship is, “I think you got your han’ caught in a machine. If you don’t tell nobody what happened, we ain't goin’ to.” (Steinbeck 64). This ties back to those three being friends by showing that Slim will have George's and Lennie's backs for almost all things that

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What truly bothers George and Slim is the fact that they will be the only ones who really know what happened to Lennie. Being responsible for the death of his best friend, George feels an unimaginable amount of guilt, but Slim is there to help him. First of all, one of Slim's remarkable characteristics is his perceptiveness. From when we are first introduced to him, to the end of the book, Slim demonstrates godlike and intelligent characteristics, being one of the few people George opens up to about Lennie. One instance of Slim's insight occurs at the end when, “Slim came directly to George and sat down beside him, sat very close to him. '

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Slim has just questioned George with a serious question. George has to debate whether or not he should tell Slim where Lennie went. If George tells him Lennie could die, on the other hand, if he does not tell him they will be on the run again. George has someone’s life in his hands and he has to do what he thinks is best. George has made a decision that could change his whole life.

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While talking to Slim, George tells him about how Lennie nearly drowned because he told Lennie to jump in the water. He tells how he saved him, but Lennie forgets and thanks him. On page 41 Slim asks George about Lennie, and by accident he says, “But he gets in trouble all

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This is told to us in a dialog between George and Slim. George says the he had been looking out for Lennie for a long time. At first he liked to play tricks on Lennie, but after one, Lennie almost drowned, so George vowed to watch

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George explains their history when he confides in Slim, saying, “Him and me was both born in Auburn. I knowed his Aunt Clara. George always knew what Lennie was capable of doing being so strong and having mental illness but he could always help him by covering for him with getting jobs and when he would get himself in trouble.

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Finally, even when he had shot Lennie, George knew he would be backed up by the group and would not suffer the consequences of his actions. This can be seen when Slim comforts George and even offers

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However you felt about your sister, that is how George felt about Lennie. Sad and crazy right? Slim is a nice person who doesn’t seem to have any problems. Well now he does.

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George would protect Lennie at all costs even from himself. After Lennie kills a young woman, George decides it is better for Lennie to be dead rather than to be tortured and kept in a cell or a mental asylum. The decision of killing Lennie hit George like a train, but he knew it was something that was in Lennie’s own good. Knowing he could have an easier life without Lennie, George still kept him around because he needed George and George needed Lennie. George tells Slim “Course Lennie’s a God damn nuisance most of the time, but you get used to goin’ around with a guy an’ you can’t get rid of him.”

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