The most important quote in my opinion is when George and Lennie speak of their friendship. In the world of migrant workers, there are no friendship and no true community. George makes this comment clearly, and more importantly he says that he and Lennie are different. They are different, because they have each other. Here is the quote:
Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don’t belong no place. . . . With us it ain’t like that. We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us.
Slim, one the most observant people in the book, sees this aspect about George and Lennie. He says:
“Ain’t many guys travel around together,” he mused. “I don’t know why. Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.”
Other characters also see this point about George and Lennie, and they appreciate it. Also George and Lennie, on account of their friendship, have a dream to own land. I don't think they would be able to dream like this, unless they had each other.
Finally, at the end of the story, when George takes Lennie's life, he acts as a friend. George gave his best friend a "good death," in view of what would happen to him if the men found him first.
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