Mice and Men
...discovered that he had to start taking care of Lennie, because in the end he and Lennie might only have each other. As the years went by and Lennie’s Aunt Clara died, George became everything to Lennie. George began to accept Lennie as a large part of his life and started to make allowances for him. Eventually George began to depend on the friendship as always being there. Lennie was George’s family, his company and most importantly his friend. Without such history a friendship such as theirs couldn’t exist. Along with being George’s only company, Lennie also plays a big part in George’s ambition. He provides George with the ‘vaulting ambition’ that is portrayed in his character throughout the novel. It first appears that Lennie is keeping George from achieving great things, not only whorehouses and keeping a stable job, but owning his own farm. But Lennie is the one who keeps their dream of having their own farm alive, because he likes to talk about it so often, it creates the illusion to both George and Lennie that it is possible, they strive to save their money together, and retelling their dream helps them work harder. But without Lennie, George doesn’t have the drive to keep the dream alive, he wouldn’t be able to obtain the money he needed either. Lennie was the only thing keeping the dream alive, because without him, George could spend his money on whatever his heart desired and he wouldn’t have the commitment not to spend it himself. Without Lennie, George’s ambition wouldn’t exist, George would be another face in the crowd at the whorehouse every Saturday night. When the novel begins it seems as though Lennie has the upper hand in the relationship as he gains so much from the friendship, in a not so obvious way George was Lennie’s life support system. George held Lennie’s complete and utter dependence. Whenever Lennie made a mistake with harsh consequences, George was always there to save the day, to figure everything out and pick up the pieces for Lennie. Although this ...