Of Mice and Men - George and Lennie seem to have a very close friendship :: English Literature

Of Mice and Men - George and Lennie seem to know a really close friendship passim the story.Of Mice and MenGeorge and Lennie seem to obligate a very close friendship throughout thestory. This is strange because they be completely several(predicate) from eachother mentally, as well as physically. The author tells us that Georgeis a small, quick and defined man. He is the drawing card of the two men andmakes all the plans. Lennie respects him a great deal. Lennie is huge,and very strong, but he has the mentality of a child. He reliesheavily on George, as he cannot fend for himself. He constantly tries hisbest to re-create Georges actions and an example of this is when thetwo men are at the beach. George lay lynchpin on the sand and crossed hishands under his distributor point, and Lennie imitated him, raising his head to seeif he were doing it right. This shows just how much Lennie looks upto George and wants to be standardised him. It is not, however, a one-sidedfriendship. George must be very close to Lennie because he goes to alot of trouble to make sure that they both check together. When Lenniegot himself into trouble in Weed George didnt abandon him they ranaway to a different ranch together. I think George relies on Lenniefor companionship because of the unfriendly and lonesome environmentthey are in. he obviously cares about lennie because he says, God,youre a lot of trouble. I could get along so easy and so nice if Ididnt have you on my tail. I could live so easy and maybe have agirl. If George wanted to leave Lennie and wobble his lifestylecompletely, he easily could. But he stays with Lennie throughout thewhole book so they must have a fussy friendship.In contrast to George and Lennies friendship, Curley and his married woman donot seem to have a very good relationship at all. Even though they aremarried, the two of them are never seen together in the story. Theyalways claim to be looking for each other, but never start one another.At o ne point in the book Curleys wife comes into the bunk dwelling house andflirts with the men, whilst pretending to be looking for Curley. Sheasks Slim if he has seen Curley. Slim tells her that Curley went intothe house and she obviously hasnt been looking for him very well. Weare then told her reaction to his answer, She was of a suddenapprehensive. Bye Boys she called into the bunk-house and she