Relationships are key to the lives of many people. In the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, George and Lennie are very dependent on each other. Throughout the book, George sometimes gets frustrated with Lennie. Although their relationship can be difficult, George is definitely a father figure, or protector. George’s guidance and support for Lennie shows his love and compassion for his lifelong friend. The bond between George and Lennie is unbreakable. George is a slender, sharp man while Lennie is the polar opposite. Lennie has hands like a bear and sloping shoulders. These two men are more like brothers than anything. Throughout the novel Lennie repeats, “I got you to look after me and you got me to look after you”(104). In most cases though, George makes the decisions. Lennie has an intellectual disability, which makes it difficult to know right from wrong. The lack of intelligence and decision making is hard for Lennie. George reveals that in the past, he took advantage of Lennie’s disability. At one point Lennie almost drowned because George thought it would be funny. …show more content…
When it comes to soft things, he cannot keep his hands off of them. The conflict with Curley’s wife causes Lennie to run away and hide in the spot George told him about. In most cases, shooting someone you are close to would imply hatred toward that individual. This shows George’s love for his friend because he did not want him to suffer and he had helped Lennie out of situations before. George makes sure that Lennie knows, “I ain’t mad. I never be mad, an I ain’t now” (106). George shoots Lennie while he is imagining the farm. This calms Lennie down and in a sense, puts him in a different world. Imagining the farm was an escape from reality for George and Lennie. The fact that George would spend the time to calm Lennie down and make it a peaceful death shows that he had a special place for his friend in his