Friendship is the strongest bond that keeps people together for better or for worse. In John Steinbeck's acclaimed novel Of Mice and Men, two unlikely men find each other and embark on a journey that will change their lives and the lives of those around them. George and Lennie, both sharing a different variety of character but strangely similar, become their only family. Like family, they would do anything to protect each other, even if it meant sparing their lives. This, unfortunately, is what happened, and it was the right decision. George and Lennie are each other's only family. Both characters are workers, earning enough money only until they get enough to have a place to call their own. “Those like us, who work on ranches, are the loneliest in the world. They have no family. They don't belong anywhere. . . . This is not the case with us. We have a future. We have someone to talk to who cares about us” (Steinbeck 13-14). In this world of loneliness that George and Lenny live in, they support each other. George reassures Lenny that he will never be alone and reminds him...