Of Mice and Men

Friendship is a bond between two people that usually is not broken. The meaning of friendship is displayed in the classic novel, Of Mice and Men, written by John Steinbeck. Lennie, one of the main characters, has the mind of a child and a body of Superman. George, the other main character, is the smarter one and usually gets Lennie out of the trouble he’s always in. The only things these two friends have are each other. After running afoul of the law, the two men end up in California where they get jobs on a large ranch run by Curly, the owner’s vicious son. When Lennie accidentally kills Curley’s wife, Mae, George realized that if he kills Lennie before Curley, all of the pressure would be off of him.
Their friendship is more like a parent and child relationship; Lennie is always depending on George, as a child would depend on their parent. George finds himself in a lose-lose situation, unless he kills Lennie. “...God a’mighty, if I was alone I could live lif...