Of Mice And Men Stood Out Meaning

Of Mice and Men really stood out to me and had a meaning behind the actual book. One quote that stood out to me on page two was “They had walked in a single file down the path, and even in the open one stood behind the other.” This particular quote stood out because they stayed together from the beginning till the end. The both had each other's back if one of them did something wrong they would still stay together, if one of them was getting in trouble they would stay together. From start to end friendship symbolized the book because they always were together and only death could separate them. George watched out for Lennie and Lennie watched out for George.
Lennie was a character that frustrated me throughout the book, because he was not