In his novel, Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck tells the story of two friends who face obstacles daily in their burdensome lives. Lenny and George's relationship shapes a theme of an uncommon friendship, yet not so distant in order for the reader to find similarity to his or her own personal experiences.
When the novel begins, Lenny and George are conveyed as two men who don't share a positive bond, but as the story progresses the realization is made that George and Lenny are very close. Lenny and George's ties are centered on throughout the story, relaying Steinbeck's theme of friendship. Friendship is portrayed in many different lights in this novel with George and Lenny. There are times when George is cruel to Lenny, threatening to leave him, yet there are times when he would die for Lenny. Steinbeck shows the extremes of friendship in a unique manner in Of Mice and Men.
The method that Steinbeck chose to display in his novel is very necessary for today's audience. Steinbeck created an extreme situation by giving Lenny disabilities, making the hardships of friendship that much worse. It is also important for the current reader's of Of Mice and Men to see the joys of friendship. The happiness shone through the most in their relationship when George would tell Lenny of their future house where Lenny would tame rabbits. Although George may not have been as excited as Lenny may be about the "perfect life" they may have some day, he found joy in telling Lenny and watching his face light up. .
Steinbeck's choice of characters was perfect to convey what friendship is all about. Lenny's disabilities created conflict, exaggerating the burden a normal relationship may have. This exaggeration helped him to display his theme that friendship is not easy. The novel described Lenny as a big man who really wasn't in control of many of his actions because of his disabilities. The movie character of Lenny was very well done because he was a big guy, but his emotional and childish inner self comes out many times, distinguishing him from a normal murderer when he murders Curly's wife.
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The third kind of relationships is friendships. ... We call each other "brother" because we feel like our friendships were already beyond normal friendships. ... Since friendship is a matter of meeting the right person, and being interested enough to develop the relationship into a friendship, many might be blind to potential friendships. ... Friendship is a virtue. ... A true friendship would last forever over time and time. ...
There are a lot of articles about friendship. Different approaches by different authors. Most of which are precisely true. Friendship, as we know, is the close relationship of the people who have hurdled the good and the bad times together. It is knowing a person not by name but by attitude; the way...
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Besides who are you that you should be setting a price upon your friendship? ... In this essay I will try to give my points of view toward friendship. ... Friends and their friendship play a great role in everyone's life. ... Friends and their friendship have a great impact in our life; not just we, whole family are affected by the friendship we belong to. ... Good friendship always brings the positive impact in life and in other hand ghastly friendship would bring the miserable situation in life. ...
But most of all it is about FRIENDSHIP. ... The truth is, even the Greatest Friendship In The World will run into some bumpy spots. ... Friendships aren't like the Super Bowl, and there should never be a winner and a loser. ... You might be wondering: "DO ALL FRIENDSHIPS LAST". ... Not all friendships are meant to last. ...
