Relationships In John Stienbeck's Of Mice And Men

Relationships are extremely important to a person's life because they benefit them greatly. Relationships last through the hardest of times and that can be seen in many texts. The author, John Stienbeck was influenced by the poem “To a Mouse” when writing the novella “Of Mice and Men”. In these two texts there is a clear statement exemplified by the relationships among the characters which is why relationships matter. In the novella, “Of Mice and Men,” the most important of the many relationships is between George and Lennie’s because this directly shows why relationships matter because relationships help people get through hard times, overcome obstacles, and most of all they help one another, we can also see a relationship like this one in

George finds Lennie in the river where he tells him to meet him if anything goes wrong. George sees the fear in Lennies eyes and he takes it upon himself to do something that might seem wrong but helps Lennie a lot and shows why this is the most important relationship in this novella. This is why relationships matter because they help bring out the good in people and push them through hard times and they continue through those hard times if they are that strong. A quote to show this is, The voices came close now. George raised the gun and listened to the voices. Lennie begged, “Le’s do it now. Le’s get that place now.” “Sure, right now. I gotta. We gotta.” And George raised the gun and steadied it, and he brought the muzzle of it close to the back of Lennie’s head. The hand shook violently, but his face set and his hand steadied. He pulled the trigger. The crash of the shot rolled up the hills and rolled down again. Lennie jarred, and then settled slowly forward to the sand, and he lay without quivering,”(Steinbeck 106). This quote shows how George eventually takes it upon himself to kill Lennie because it was eventually going to happen because Curley was going to do it, but he did it in a better way for Lennie, George made a point to ensure that Lennie looked away and he started to tell the story of their dream place to allow Lennie to die peacefully, thinking about his

This makes sense because the novella “Of Mice and Men” was based off of the poem “To a Mouse”. They both have situations where one of the characters gets into a bad situation and their strong relationships get them through the tough time. In the poem, the man destroys the mouse’s home and feels extremely bad after doing so. This allows the man to back up and really see what he did and makes him stop and think about what he just did. A quote to show this is, ““The best laid schemes of mice and men./Go oft astray. And leave us nothing but grief and pain./Instead of promised joy,” (Burns 7). This quote is showing that even though plans may go wrong and people may get in situations that are extremely bad, relationships help them get through these tough times because they allow you to see what other people are going through and feel empathy for them. These relationships are extremely important because they show how people have to step back and look at someone who you hurt, and feel what they are feeling. Then you fix what you had just done. These relationships allow you to correct yourself and allow you to take in the good in