True Friendship In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

My definition of a true friendship is one where you are there for someone no matter what the outcome may be. George and Lennie show three big reasons why they have a true friendship throughout the novel. The first reason is that George is always loyal to Lennie. No matter how much trouble Lennie gets into, George talks to Lennie and eventually forgives him. The second reason is that George never lets Lennie believe that their “American Dream” will never happen. Whenever Lennie asks George to describe their farm, George tells Lennie about his rabbits in order to keep Lennie’s hopes up. The third reason is that at the end of the novel George shoots Lennie. He does it not to be a murderer, but to put Lennie out of the misery that Curley would put him through.

George could’ve left Lennie to fend for himself while he worked on a farm and made money. George instead stayed with Lennie and helped him with all of his troubles. George also shows his loyalty to Lennie when he tells him not to talk when they arrive at the farm. "We're gonna go in an' see the boss. Now, look—I'll give him the work tickets, but you ain't gonna say a word. You just stand there and don't say nothing. If he finds out what a crazy bastard you are, we won't get no job, but if he sees ya work before he hears ya talk, we're set. Ya got that?" (Steinbeck, 1937, pg.6). When George tells Lennie not to talk to the boss, he knows that the boss will be skeptical of Lennie if he hears him