In Of Mice and Men, George and Lennie are peas in a pod, two sides of the same coin, too sides of a man's brain. They are foils of each other: one big, one small; one naive, the other experienced; one a child, the other a parent. To use Freud's terms, George is the Superego (the social, moral side), Lennie is the Id (the hidden desire side). As such, they are inseparable.
Both have a strong work ethic, are good workers (though Lennie is better), and are believers in the American dream. George defines them in the first person plural: "we" and "us." They are team; their dreams are shared:
"Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don't belong no place....With us it ain't like that. We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us." Chapter 1, pp. 13-14
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