Relationship Between Of Mice And Men

In John Steinbeck’s novella, Of Mice and Men, two migrant workers, George and Lennie, arrive at a new farm to work and raise money for their future farm. George promised Lennie’s aunt that he would watch over Lennie and keep him out of harm's way, after she passed away, while Lennie would protect them physically. George and Lennie have an interdependent relationship in the novella Of Mice and Men.
Lennie is dependent on George because of his lack of common knowledge and inability to retain any information that isn’t spoken by George. Lennie needs George to be his voice during job interviews, otherwise no boss would ever see past his stupidity and see how great of a worker he is. Lennie also needs George to tell him when to fight back. For example,