According to Aristotle theory on friendship, Lennie and George are virtuous friends. They had a friendship for a long time. Lennie and George both have a dream of having a farm that both of them could live on together. They want to live on a farm together without worrying. While people believe that Lennie and George were pleasure friends because they shared a dream, They have a bond and only share that dream because of that bond which is why they are virtuous friends. According to Aristotle virtuous friends are people who share alike dreams and wishes for or towards one another. They want the best for each other in a virtuous friendship. It is also a lifelong friendship where they share with one another. In the 1920-1930 when the novel took place is when the great depression occurred. During that time the market crashed which caused the people to lose jobs. Lennie and George worked at ranches, although they were not making much. According to Aristotle theory on friendship, Lennie and George are virtuous friends because they enjoy being with each other. George and Lennie have …show more content…
It has been argued that, Lennie and George have pleasure friendship. Pleasure friendship is a relationship based on common interest not love and loyalty. Many people may say George and Lennie share a dream of having land and not being alone. In the novel of mice and men (page 14) “o.k. someday we're gonna have a little house and a couple of acres and a cow some pigs and-”. In other words Lennie and George did share a dream, they did want to live on the farm and raise farm animals. Lennie and George constantly referred to that dream they shared throughout the novel. It is understandable why the opposition believes why Lennie and George has a pleasure friendship because Lennie and George share a dream. Although the only reason why they do share that dream is because they passionately love one another that's why they want to live on a farm with each