The Theme Of Friendship In Of Mice And Men

In the novella Of Mice and Men, the author John Steinbeckm writes about two friends, Lennie Smalls and George Milton, who face difficulties during the Great Depression. Because of Lennie’s mental disability, the two have traveled from job to job for the majority of their lives. Lennie and George's friendship can be perceived as family, but it takes a turn when Lennie accidentally expresses violence.
One of the significant themes is friendship. Lennie and George are traveling to work at a new ranch. It is nighttime, and they have to sleep in the woods. Before they go to bed, Lennie asks for the rabbit story because they plan to have their own place (Steinbeck 11-12). The author writes, ‘“George went on.’ With us it ain't like that we got a future…If

George is talking about Lennie and his hard work; Slim then begins to question why George and Lennie are always together. (Steinbeck 39) For instance, the author expresses, “‘Hardly none of the guys ever travel together. I have hardly never seen two guys travel together’’’(Steinbeck 39). This time the author uses details, and syntax in order to describe the friendship Lennie and George have. First, he uses details when George declares to Slim,“Lennie ain’t mean”. George emphasizes that Lennie gets into a fair amount of trouble, but there isn't a mean bone in his body. Next, Steinbeck uses syntax to highlight the strong bond they have. He writes, “George demanded defensively”. When Steinbeck uses ‘defensively’ he tells the reader how much George cares for Lennie by being protective. By using parallelism the reader can interpret how much he cares for him. Even though Lennie gets them into difficult situations George will always back Lennie

Chapter 5 starts off when Lennie plays with curley’s wife's hair. She told Lennie to let go but he didn't. Lennie panicked and he broke her neck not knowing his own strength(Steinbeck 90-91).The author illustrates, “‘ Don’t you go yellin’,'he said, and he shook her; and her body flopped like a fish. And then she was still for Lennie had broken her neck’’’(Steinbeck 91). The author uses diction by portraying curley's wife’s hair; the author describes her hair as,--- “sausage curls”--- This is a connotative diction because the author is giving a description of her hair. It is direct and has no other meaning. Moreover, Steinbeck uses syntax by Lennie repeating— “I done a bad thing. I done another bad thing.”--- The author uses syntax to show the reader the panic that Lennie is going through by repeating, “ bad thing” multiple