George is a good friend to Lennie, but he can also be a bad friend. A reason of how George is not a good friend to Lennie is that he verbally abuses Lennie. Throughout the novel, George talks to Lennie with harsh words that would be considered bullying. A way that this was shown is when George was talking to Lennie. Lennie says to George, “You said I was your cousin, George.” George responds by saying, “Well, that was a lie. An’ I’m damn glad it was. If I was a relative of yours I’d shoot myself” (Steinbeck 24). George, multiple times, also calls Lennie a crazy bastard. On page 14, George says to Lennie, “Jesus Christ, you’re a crazy bastard!” Lennie is a victim of verbal abuse.
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