A Perfect Male Friendship

Most of people, especially men, have always wanted to have a perfect or idealized friendship.  Most men think that’s impossible, a few others have like a kind of perfect friendship. In the book “Of Mice and Men” of John Steinbeck, we can see clearly that idealized male friendship.

The book has two main characters: George and Lennie. These two guys have passed through many problems. When you see a relationship of men friends, you probably say that’s not true, that’s what Slim said to George:

“Ain’t many guys travel around together. I don’t know why. Maybe everybody in the whole damn world is scared of each other”. (Steinbeck).

This last part that Slim told George is very interesting because that can be an important cause of why there are not male friendships.

George’s life is not good, even though he has a friendship with Lennie, his life is not good, that’s why these friendships cannot be perfect, and that is what George tells Lennie:

“I could get along so easy and so nice if I didn’t have you on my tail. I could live so easy and maybe have a girl”. (Steinbeck).

This way of thinking of living better with no one, is another reason of why male friendships cannot be perfect.

As I have said, this is an idealized male friendship which ends in a tragic moment (George kills Lennie). This shows us that humanity is not filled of goods people, we all have been bad people, we cannot have good relationships, we prefer living alone. We are scared of sharing good moments with others.

Sources of Information:

• Steinbeck, John. «Of Mice and Men.» s.f. 15 de octubre de 2014 <http://www.kgbsd.org/cms/lib3/AK01001769/Centricity/Domain/664/Of_Mice_and_Men_-_Full_Text.pdf>.