Themes Of Friendship In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

Weather a friendship is strong or weak, it can strongly affect one's feelings towards one another. Friendship leads to heartfelt, loving connections that can create a strong bond between two people. These bonds can get bumpy or even split up a relationship, but if we trust one another and be honest, then the bond can last a lifetime. These ideas of friendship are present inside many characters in the book Of Mice and Men. In the story by John Steinbeck, two men have a strong friendship and a big dream of having their own land someday, suddenly comes to a crashing end. The story focuses on the theme that friendship leads to caring, forgiving and long lasting relationships through the characters of Lennie,George,Crooks, and his old dog. Lennie and George show actions of friendship throughout the story in many ways. As we get to know the characters we learn about their strong connection. For an
Lennie and Crooks become friends when Lennie disobeys the rules and goes into a black man's room. “What are you doin in Crooks room? You hadn't ought to be in here. Crooks nodded, I told em, but they come in anyways. Well why didn't you kick em out? I didn't are much said Crooks, Lennie's a nice fella.” (Steinbeck 82). This quote is significant because it shows even knowing that Lennie is different, Crooks respects him and is patient with Lennie. This also shows that Crooks is a very respectful man and understands Lennie's struggles. In conclusion this connects to the theme of friendship because a good listener leads to a trustworthy and reliable friend. John Steinbeck in his book Of Mice and Men focuses on the theme that friendship leads to loving, forgiving and lifelong relationships. The characters Lennie, George, Candy and his old dog show connection to this theme by expressing compassion, affection and loyalty to the ones they care