Of Mice And Men George Is A Good Friend

Of Mice and Men

John Steinbeck is the author of the novel ‘of mice and men’. In this novel the goal is the American dream. During the great depression two migrant farmers George Milton and Lennie small who is mentally disabled go from ranch to ranch. All in the hopes of making enough money for their American dream, a ranch where Lennie gets to tend the rabbits. In this essay I will be proving that George was a good friend to Lennie. George is a good friend to Lennie for the following reasons, George put Lennie under his wing and George prevented Lennie from Suffering. A good friend should always influence you in a good way and help make you a better person.

First of all, a good friend should always take care of you and give you the best
In the end of the novel George kills Lennie because Curly and the men on the ranch were after Lennie and were going to make him suffer because he killed Curly’s wife. My first evidence is a quote from the novel this quote is said by George to Lennie right before he killed Lennie, “ You … an’ me. Ever’body gonna be nice to you. Ain’t gonna be no trouble. Nobody gonna hurt nobody nor steal from’em’.” (Steinbeck 147). This quote proves my thesis because here George is making Lennie think of happy thought and about his dream so he can die with happy thoughts. This also shows that George cares for Lennie and does not want to see Lennie suffer by Curly or by anyone else. Moreover, this quote is when George had just killed Lennie and he then answers Slim’s offer to go get a drink, “yeah, a drink” (Steinbeck 148). This quote shows that George feels a tremendous amount of guilt by killing Lennie but he knew that if they had escaped from Curly and the men then Lennie would keep causing trouble wherever they went next because he just does not understand the things that he is doing, this quote also shows that George did actually love Lennie and cared about him and that he did not want to kill him. Lennie’s death gave George freedom and the ability to go and make money without constantly having to deal with Lennie’s troubles on the other hand it was also the end of Lennie’s American dream. This quote is said by by
However, some people might think that George is a bad friend to Lennie, they have failed to perceive that George is a good friend to Lennie, because he has cared for him and prevented him from suffering. In this quote George helps make Lennie feel better and put him out of his bad mood, “No, he said. I want you to stay with me here” (Steinbeck 145). This quote proves the other side wrong because after Lennie killed Curly’s wife George stayed with Lennie and did not leave him to Curly and the men on the ranch and a bad friend would have left Lennie and might have told the guys where he is to not. In the next piece of evidence George tells Curly that him and Lennie travel together, “We travel together” (Steinbeck 47). This quote proves my point because after the accident in Weed a bad friend would have left Lennie because then he would have more freedom and would have not gone into so much trouble because of him however, George and Lennie ran away together from the men in Weed and stuck together as a team. In conclusion, George is a good friend to Lennie because he only did what is best for Lennie and cared for