Friendship in Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

        The famous 20th century American author crapper Steinbeck dealt with many approximations in 1937 when he wrote Of Mice and Men. A recurrent theme in this novel is friendship. During the hard times of the Great Depression, much the only thing a person could count on was friendship. For migrant workers who had to move or so to find work, it was hard to make meaningful friendships or a deep understanding of where another(prenominal) person was coming from. The book Of Mice and Men was structured around three friendships: George and Lennie, Lennie and Crooks and Candy and his dog.

        The central relationship of this book is amongst George and Lennie. George has spent almost his entire life protecting Lennie. Whenever Lennie would arse around in trouble, George would be there to bail him out. They have cognize each other since they were kids and always seem to be together. a good deal of the book is spent with conversations amongst the two of them; in detail they appear in almost every scene. This makes it hard to repeat their relationship in a paragraph; there is so much more(prenominal) to be said. They have the strongest bond in the book and are the most developed, central characters.

        A more fleeting, but no less important, example of friendship is that between Lennie and Crooks.



It exposes many social prejudices of the time as well as Crooks obvious lack of friends. When Crooks let Lennie into his board, he broke the out(p) of mixing black and white. Later entrants into the scene commented on this fact and immediately questioned why Lennie was in Crooks room. Usually Crooks wouldnt allow anyone into his room because of the racial prejudice against him on account of his being black. He was the only black person for miles and certainly...

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