How Does Steinbeck Present The Theme Of Friendship

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Friendship is friends sacrificing for each other in situations. In John Steinbeck 's novel Of Mice And Men, He allows us to discover friendship through the characters actions and relationships with others. The novel starts with two men traveling all around the Central Valley of California during one of the saddest era, the Great Depression. Since these two men are always constantly on the move, they do not have many friends but each other. George is small, but quick-witted and lennie is large or immense but has little thinking ability and is not able to take care of his own self. Throughout the novel, the most essential theme is friendship shown by George having to protect and save Lennie.
George shows his friendship to Lennie by protecting