Of Mice And Men George And Lennie's Relationship Essay

From the very opening page of Mice and Men we are introduced to the very strong relationship between George and Lennie. Although, they have gone through many hardships and tribulations they have also spent many priceless moments together. Lennie constantly makes mistakes which directly have affected George. Despite these mistakes, George has stated he enjoys his company and that they have each other to rely on. George breaks his promise and kills Lennie, once Lennie has killed Curley’s wife. If this had not been done, they would have been able to live out their dreams in buying land.
Lennie could have still lived out his dreams, despite his harmful actions, if he hadn’t been killed. I understand he was mentally handicapped, yet this does not

Tha’s three hundred an’ fifty bucks I’d put in.” (59) This very much intrigues George because he responds with “Look, if me an’ Lennie work a month an’ don’t spen’ nothing we’ll have a hundred bucks. That’d be four fifty. I bet we could swing her for that.” (60) With this being said, Lennie combined with Candy’s contribution would’ve enabled them to have enough money and make their dreams of buying land a realistic

With this being said, if George would’ve allowed Lennie to live, they could’ve made their dreams in buying a house a reality. They could have made this a reality, because they have each other to look out for one another. Despite Curley possibly wanting to hunt them down, they could have evaded him and went on with their daily lives, like George said “...We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us...” With Lennie adding “because I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you.” (14) If George would have kept his word, they would’ve had each other to make it through the toughest of situations, including the one they had just gotten each other in, instead of finding the easy way out and ending it