Lonliness and Friendship

In Of Mice and Men, written by George Steinbeck, George and Lennie’s vision is of a place of their own, where they can live and have rabbits and can be protected from hurt. As the two men think about their dreams of the future, Candy, Crooks, and even Curley’s wife reveal that they also have dreams of a life far different from this present one. George trusts Lennie too much and as a …showed first 75 words of 446 total…

…showed last 75 words of 446 total…and will have nothing to do with her. If George and Lennie’s relationship did not exist, the killing of Lennie would not hold the tragedy because, now George’s life has become as lonely, and as frustrated, as the lives of Curly, Candy, and Curly’s wife. Two important aspects of human nature brought out in the story are: the ability to dream and the desire to have someone to share the dream with.