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Guiding Question: Why do the two men stay together? In some ways, Lennie and George are almost like mates. Like mates, they sometimes argue and get on each other’s nerves, but no matter what, they are still friends until the end. Aside from that, George feels the need to make sure that Lennie is safe, in order to uphold Lennie’s Aunt Clara’s wishes. The quote taken from page 14 is an example of their friendship:“’…because I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you…”. George is an average, hard workingman. He is a quick thinker and is often found getting his friend, Lennie out of trouble. Lennie however is always getting himself into some kind of predicament. His large size and his slight retardation doesn’t help his problems, along with his love for soft things. Despite there differences they both have one thing that they can agree on. They both have a vision of one day owning their own ranch and being able to “…live off the fatta the lan’.” To have a relationship with someone it is necessary that you have things in common, t