In what ways do Lennie and George need each other?I am wrtiting a paper on the relationships of the two, and am having trouble finding out why...

I think that it is easier to see why Lennie needs George
than to see why George needs Lennie.

Lennie needs George
for two reasons.  First, he needs George to keep him out of trouble.  Without George,
Lennie is not really intelligent enough to make his own way in the world.  Second, he
needs George to give him a dream to live for.  Lennie is probably not capable of making
up his own dream and having a clear vision of that dream.

I
think George needs Lennie because caring for Lennie makes him feel useful and
important.  George does not appear to have that much going for him and I think that
having someone who depends on him makes him feel like he is special to someone and that
someone needs him.