Essay On Strong Bond In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

Can a strong bond last throughout many hardships? In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, a strong bond lasted between two migrant workers during the Great Depression, the time period in which Steinbeck grew up. After struggling at a past job, two migrant workers have finally found a ranch to work at that will help them in the future but many problems caused this plan to downfall. Although George and Lennie are two totally different people, throughout the story they have created a strong family connection. George Milton is small man but is a very smart leader. Arriving at the bunkhouse, George does all the introducing and explaining of what him and Lennie are capable of. After the guys go into town George was grateful. Saturday night, George was glad that he got to go out into town with Curley, Slim and the other workers and he didn’t have to constantly watch over Lennie. When the men find Curley's wife, George is concerned but mostly brave. “No Lennie, I ain’t mad. I never
Thursday night, Lennie is an apologetic giver. Camping out for the night, Lennie mentions that he could go for some ketchup and George gets mad at him for bringing something up that they don’t have but Lennie said he was just joking because he saw how mad George got. “But I wouldn’t eat none, George. I’d leave it all for you.” (13) After the first work session, Lennie is an obedient co-worker.Friday evening, Curley hit Lennie and Lennie didn’t fight back until Curley beat him up and he finally asked George if he could hit back because George told him not to get into any trouble. Sunday evening by the brush, Lennie is a helpless man. As Lennie hides by the pool, he feels defenseless as he hallucinates his conscience to be his Aunt Clara and he pleads that he was sorry that he killed Curley’s wife and that he tried to stop. In the end, Lennie still didn’t have a mean bone in his