Mice And Men Relationships

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The friendship of George and Lennie in John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men and the relationship of Max Kane and Kevin in Rodman Philbrick’s Freak the Mighty had many comparisons and similarities. In addition to the similarities, both relationships had benefits and drawbacks. Both friendships were types of symbiotic relationships.
Max and Kevin had a mutualistic relationship, meaning they both benefited. Max had a learning disability and needed to be tutored, and Kevin, who was highly intelligent, became his tutor. Kevin was crippled and, in return for the tutoring, he wanted Max to take him out places since he was not allowed out of the house unauthorized. Kevin was finally able to feel like a normal child for once. In the movie, Max says, “He
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The reason I think so is because spiritual, mental, and emotional aspects are much more significant than physical aspects. The story Of Mice and Men took place during the Great Depression, where close friendship between people was rare and unusual, and George benefited because he had a companion that traveled with him and always stayed with him. Lennie told George that if he is causing too much trouble for George, he can live in a cave alone, but George did not accept. When George shot Lennie (for Lennie’s benefit) and the friendship ended, George became extremely lonesome and he desired a friend like Lennie. Back to The Mighty, Kevin and Max realized that they had something in common. They were outcasts and were always being bullied because they were “freaks”, but they were proud. Also, they were both abandoned by their fathers at a young age. When Kevin died because of his illness, Max became very sad, but later on, he wrote his own book and realized that their relationship still exists, because he ended his book drawing a picture of a grave at the bottom of the lake, and on the grave, it said “Here lies King Arthur, Once and Future King”, and that King Arthur story was a symbol of Kevin. That picture was also a symbol of Kevin because at the beginning of the movie, Kevin said, “Every word is part of a picture. Every sentence is a
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