What makes a true friend? A true friend is someone who sticks with one through the hardest times, is trustworthy, sees past one’s flaws, and sees one’s values. Friendship is so important that there are multiple people seeking it including Crooks who wants friends and Candy whose best friend, his dog, is killed, but George and Lennie are the role model of friendship throughout the book. In Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck presents the relationship of George and Lennie as the quintessential friendship and shows the reader that supportive, true friendships are necessary to every person’s happiness.
George demonstrates his friendship through being protective of Lennie throughout the text. When George and Lennie arrive at the farm, George infers that Curley is going to be a problem and tries to protect Lennie from him. George knows that Curley will be a problem from Candy telling him he
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Crooks who is lonely because he does not have any friends in one instance explains that the other men in the bunk won’t let him play cards because of his race. Crooks explains, “I ain't wanted in the bunkhouse … Cause I'm black.” How would it feel to live like Crooks does? He gets discriminated and lives lonely with no friends. It shows how much impact that the people around one have; people around could change one’s emotions and friends are a big part of people’s lives. Crooks, jealous of Lennie, explains, "You got George. S'pose you didn't have nobody. S'pose you couldn't go into the bunkhouse and play rummy 'cause you was black. S'pose you had to sit out here an' read books. A guy needs somebody to be near him... a guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody.” Crooks explains he feels depressed and wants a friendship just like Lennie and George have in each other. George and Lennie don’t have the problem that Crooks has, because they have each other and they have been friends for a long