Loyalty In Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

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Euripides once said, “ Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.” True friends will not abandon someone when they are struggling, they will come to their aid and help them fight the conflict. In the novel, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, George and Lennie journey to Salinas Valley of northern California in hopes of finding a job. George is small in size but he is very smart and authoritative.,while Lennie is large in size but he is not bright and has a childlike personality. Although these men are the polar opposite, they need each other to survive. Lennie always lands himself in trouble because of his inability to comprehend normal adult behavior, and George is the one that cleans up Lennie’s trouble. George does not …show more content…
To begin with, Lennie is very protective of George and he cannot listen to someone bad mouthing George. When Crooks attempts to frighten Lennie by saying that George is not going return and is leaving Lennie behind, Lennie refuses to believe the words that Crooks is saying. Lennie keeps insisting that George will not leave him behind. To further, frighten Lennie Crooks declares that George is hurt. Lennie becomes enraged when he hears Crooks saying that someone is hurting George. Lennie begins to get furious and says, “ Ain’t nobody goni’ to suppose no hurt to George” (Steinbeck, 72). Lennie gets extremely angry with Crooks for suggesting that George is hurt. He does not realize that Crooks has been pulling his leg because Lennie’s childlike mind do not allow him to comprehend the concept of joking around. This illustrates how loyal Lennie is to George, he cannot even hear someone joking about George. To Lennie, George is the only person in the world that he can trust and without