Essay About Others Company And Importance Of True Friendship

Of Mice and Men
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“Of Mice and Men” is a book about 2 men and their struggle to achieve
their dream of owning a farm through their companionship. The two men
are completely different, one being a retarded fellow(Lennie), and the
other, a typical ranch hand(George) who travels with him. On the path
to achieving their dream, they run into obstacles, but stick together,
stressing the importance of true friendship. Steinbeck wrote this book
to tell us how important it is to have a friend to share your life
with.
The book starts off set in Soledad, which, when translated into English
means “lonely”. But when Lennie and George are together, they are
anything but lonely. They share a friendship so great that if either
person dies, or both are separated, they other could not survive.
Their friendship is a true one, where they share their lives together,
benefitting from each others company. “Guys like us, that work on
ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family.
They dont belong no place. They come to a ranch an work up a stake
and then they go inta town and blow their stake, and the first thing
you know theyre pounding in their tail on some other ranch. They
aint got nothing to look ahead to.With us it aint like that. We
got a future. We got somebody to talk to that give as a damn about
us. We dont have to sit in no bar room blow in in our jack jus
because we got no place else to go. If them other guys gets in jail
then can rot for all anybody gives a damn. But not us. But not us!
An why? Because…..because I got you to look after me, and you got
me to look after you, and thats why.”(p.13-14) Because of the extent
of Lennie and Georges friendship, they go beyond the mere sharing of
words. George and Lennie share a dream of owning a farm, due to their
friendship with each other. Their friendship makes this dream
possible, because if there were only one person, there would be no one
to share the dream with, it would be just a silly old thought, and not
a serious possibility. “With us it aint like that. We got a future.
We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us……O.K.
Someday–were gonna get the jack together and were gonna have a
little house and a couple of acres an a cow and some pigs and An
live off the fatta the lan, An have rabbits. Go on, George! Tell
about what were gonna have in the garden and about the rabbits in the
cages and about the rain in the winter and the stove, and how thick the
cream is on the milk like you can hardly cut it. Tell about that,
George.”(p.14)
In the third chapter of this book, Candy is center of attention due to
his dog, which Carlson wants killed. Candy is an old man who has no
one to talk to or keep him company