George and Lennie - A friendship Essay written by: matt_gers “ Of Mice and Men “ by John Steinbeck is a novel involving two extremely different main characters. George is a reasonably intelligent, hardworking ranchman. Lennie on the other hand always manages to find trouble. He is equally as hardworking and honest as George but his simple childlike mind always finds him trouble wherever he goes. However they have one thing that unites the two of …showed first 75 words of 1624 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1624 total…better life without Lennie but he really will just end up as one of the other men – with no real friends suffering from extreme loneliness and of course the dream will never come true. If this book has taught me one thing in life – it is that everyone should have a friend; no matter what race, colour, or sex everyone should have a companion and that is why John Steinbeck’s novel is very successful.