Essay On George And Lennie Friendship

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What kind of friends do you hang out with? Will they take a bullet for you or will they point a bullet TO you? You may never know until your friend show their true colors. For example in the novella Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is about the friendship of two men, George and Lennie. Lennie is not the brightest out there, but George puts up with him and takes him in. George may be rude at times, but deep down he really did care about Lennie. I would say that George was a good friend to Lennie. George would always care for Lennie when they were together. He might have not shown it as often as he should have, but people have their own way of expressing their feelings towards other people. George would throw away the rats that Lennie had killed while he was “petting” them (Steinbeck 5). Those rats could have a disease if George hadn’t taken them away from him then who knows what would have happened to Lennie. George was caring for his health. George also took him in and put the responsibility on himself to take care of Lennie. He didn’t let anyone hurt him (Steinbeck 63). Lennie listened to George and only him (Steinbeck 63). The last thing out of many that George shows he is caring was when Curley’s wife shows up and George warned Lennie to not talk to her …show more content…

If George wouldn’t have killed Lennie, Lennie would have gotten tortured and eventually would have died. I believe George didn’t want to sand back and watch his best friend get tortured by a bunch of strangers. George had to do something sooner or later. The other side of this argument might argue with me saying that they could have ran like they did before with the other city. I don’t think they can be running the rest of their lives if in every city the same thing will happen over and over again. Eventually Lennie would have gotten caught and hung, maybe

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