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Relationships In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

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Relationships in Of Mice and Men Throughout the book Of Mice and Men there are different types of relationships ranging from health to unhealthy. Relationships are a main motif throughout this classic and those relationships drive some of the characters to their downfall. Two examples of friendship are George and Lennie, Candy and his dog. However, a negative relationship is created between Curly and everyone else on the ranch. To begin with, the friendship between Lennie and George is the main focal point throughout the story. Author John Steinback illustrates George considering Lennie as a burden or hassle that he has to take care of.An example of that is,"I wasn't kicked in the head with no horse, was I, George?" "Be a damn good thing if you was," George said viciously. "Save ever'body a hell of a lot of trouble." (2.61-62) Even though George berates Lennie on a daily basis, Lennie still trusts him and continues traveling with him. However, George might seem cold hearted and stern towards Lennie, but deep down without Lennie he would face being …show more content…

Now, this relationship is due to the workers only being there to work. Even Though, many men work on this ranch Candy cannot connect with any of them because once they get their earnings they leave. Due to that Candy has to befriend a dog to be his companion because the dog won’t leave him. This is why Candy is so affected when they put the dog down because he would have to subdue to his loneliness once again. A similarity in the relationships between George and Lennie, Candy and the dog is that they both felt the need to do the deed of killing their companions due to the strong bond created over time. However, Candy did not actually kill his dog but, had the feeling of regret that he didn’t dos it

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