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Of Mice And Men Friendship And Loneliness

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What is friendship? The definition of friendship is the emotions or conduct of friends; the state of being friends. What is loneliness? The quality of having no friends or company. This is a part of the book Of Mice and Men because the characters Lennie Small and George Milton. They have a friendship of a lifetime, they protect each other, and George has sacrificed things for Lennie. Friendship and loneliness can make or hurt someone, the characters in Of Mice and Men have similar problems in the story.

George has protected Lennie from the start, from running away from Weed to California so Lennie wouldn't get in trouble. George had also found a place to stay so they could live in peace, he found him and Lennie jobs on a farm. Because he knows Lennie wouldn't be able to make it on his own without him. George and Lennies friendship is more like master and dog. George says something for Lennie to do and Lennie does it. "You can't remember nothing that happens but you remember every word I say." - George …show more content…

She feels that way because the men on the ranch don't listen to her nor do they talk to her. She has a bad relationship with her husband and that affects the way she feels with her husband. She doesn’t like Curley because he spends all his time saying nonsense about what he's going to do to the guys he doesn’t like. Curley's wife is a flirtatious woman, and manifests dissatisfaction as a flirtatious move to the men on the ranch. Curley's wife is always feeling like she doesnt get to do anything from the names the men on the ranch call her like, tramp, looloo, and tart. "I don't like Curley, he ain't a nice fella.. Coulda been at the movies." - Curley's

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Lennie cares about George. Lennie always wanted to be with George because, he needed a companion, but he may have trusted him a bit too much. “I turn to Lennie and say jump in and he jumps, couldn’t swim a stroke. He damn near drowned. "(Steinbeck, 40)

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George even states in the beginning of the story, “ God a’mighty, if I was alone I could live so easy”, but later tells Lennie, “I want you to stay with me” (11-13). George doesn't want Lennie there and would rather be alone-- living for himself, but he knows he needs to keep Lennie by his side because they are best friends and can’t live without each

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To be honest George and Lennie were really good friends but they were more than just friends they were like family. I believe that George and Lennie were meant to be together. George protected Lennie and makes sure that no one hurt him because George cares about Lennie and promised to be there for him. George also promised Lennie that he would be there to protect him and that he would never let anyone hurt him. Sure enough, George kept his promise to Lennie.

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“ ‘God you’re a lot of trouble, I could get along so easy and so nice if I didn’t have you on my tail.’ ” (p. 7). In addition to taking care of him, George would sometimes have to stay back with Lennie, to make sure he didn’t get into any trouble, instead of hanging out with the other men on the ranch or other things that he preferred. Finally, Lennie emotionally and physically tired out George, which held him back from things. They have gotten fired from so many jobs, and Lennie has done so many things that were bad that George became sick of it.

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“I used to have a hell of a lot of fun with ‘im. Used to play jokes in ‘im ‘cause he was too dumb to take care of ‘imself. But he was too dumb even to know he had a joke played on him.” (40). But George got over that and started to use his power to do the right thing. So George became the better version of himself and made sure that Lennie does not get in trouble.

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First, loneliness is the sadness caused by having no friends or company, and friendship is a state of mutual trust and support between people, they are polar opposites, yet a person may acclaim to have both. For example today a person may have a friend, or many, but still will face loneliness in their life in one way or another. This is shown in Of Mice and Men periodically throughout the novel, knowing this the reader is challenged with such themes, the enticing beauty of friendship between George and Lennie, and the gloomy dreaded idea of loneliness shown by Curley’s wife, Candy, Crooks, and again Lennie. Among these characters the reader may also feel a connection between themselves and the characters, even though the world now and during the publication of Of Mice and Men has changed a lot. The world has reformed, and developed exponentially so, however friendship and loneliness is still a facet of everyday

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