Essay On George And Lennie Friendship

Friendship is vital aspect of life to live an enjoyable existence. In the novella, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, George and Lennie both were friends and lived an enjoyable life as did Candy and his dog. George and Candy both had the roles of being dominant leaders of taking care of Lennie and the dog. They both care of them as they had the same intelligence level. All of them had differences, but that is the essential part of a friendship. Although they have similarities, they will occasionally have differences. George and Lennie share many similarities in the novella with Candy and his dog . In the relationship between George and Lennie, Lennie listens to George just like Candy’s dog listens to Candy. For example, “[Lennie] looked over [...] to George to see whether he had it just right”(10). George also told “Lennie [...] don’t drink so much(3).” This shows how the dominant the character of George is to Lennie. Lennie’s actions were
For example, “[the] old dog was put down [...] by someone [they] did not know”(45), but “[lennie] was killed by a bad [act] [...] by someone [he] knew”(107). This difference is a coincidence because both people who were not the dominant leaders were killed in someway. It was still a difference because of death and this shows the parallel relationship George and Lennie had with Candy and his dog and the actions they do that made them similar. One other difference in relationship was the difference in age between George and Lennie as ” [George] was a young dreamer[..]”(7), as “[Candy] was a old experienced man[..]” (59). This explains the age difference between these two and what they were able to still do at their age.Candy has more experience than George because Candy has been here for longer as George was little uneasy. These differences did not really have effect in the similarities they had because most of it was just