Of Mice and Men
Question: How do you know that George and Lennie have known each other for a long time?
It’s not hard to discover that George and Lennie have known each other for a long time. They basically say it straight out in the third chapter when they’re talking to Slim. Slim questions that it’s not that normal that two guys are working with each other for that long, and George answers “We have known each other for a long time”. Though I will of course put some other examples in except for that. On the way to the ranch Lennie is petting a dead mouse, and he vaguely remembered a woman who used to give him mice to pet. George tells Lennie he’s quite stupid, because that woman was Lennie’s aunt, who passed away a while ago. This tells that George knows Lennie very well as he knows Lennie’s family members. Seeing as the aunt has been dead for a while as well it indicates that George has known Lennie for quite some time. Also, the main thing behind all this: George and Lennie have been working with each other on many jobs, and Lennie always ruins it according to George. This tells us they’ve had quite many jobs, and that they’ve been working with each other for a long time. Based on the examples and facts above, we know that George and Lennie have known each other for a long time.
