Mice and Men Thesis On Friendship

The theme of friendship and loneliness is a major part of the text. Itinerant workers rarely have families or even friends, as their jobs keep them on the move. Of course, as George's monologue puts it, "With [George and Lennie] it ain't like that." He and Lennie have found companionship; they watch out for one another. And beyond that, they have a dream of finding a fixed place they could call home, a farm of their own. They are doing what they can to resist sinking into miserable loneliness, which seems to be the lot of so many other itinerant workers.