Soft side for Lennie?

     All throughout Of Mice and Men so far, we have seen that George always tries to protect Lennie. Unlike other people, George and Lennie travel together.  This surprised everyone, including Slim who said "Hardly none of the guys ever travel together. I hardly never seen two guys travel together" (39). George eventually explained that Lennie's Aunt Clara raised him, but she died.  George knew that Lennie was "too dumb" to take care of himself, so he took him in.  This shows that George has a sweet spot for Lennie.

     Another example of this would be in chapter one when George got mad at Lennie.  He started yelling at him, and said "God you're a lot of trouble...I could get along so easy and so nice if I didn't have you on my tail" (7).  Lennie didn't lie that, so he said that he could go off and live on his own in a cave.  Well, George knew that Lennie can't take care of himself, so he immediately apologized to Lennie and said "I was jus' foolin', Lennie.  'Cause I want you to stay with me"(13).

     I think that this is a really sweet moment between George and Lennie.  It showed that Lennie knew that George loved him, and he just wanted him to say it.  Lennie knew that George would have never liked the idea that he was living on his own, and he proved it.  It shows that their friendship is so close, they're almost like family.  They care for each other like brothers and that even if they don't show it on the outside, they know it in their hearts