This excerpt from Of Mice and Men highlights the power of friendship, which is one of the main themes of the story. Two migrant works from California are motivated by the desire to live the “American dream” and can only do so by working as hard as they can. Their long days of hard work are accompanied by loneliness, fear and betrayal. The reality and corruption of society during the Great Depression is revealed. The story explains the ferocious and hostile way in which social power has the propensity to manifest itself. Of Mice and Men is a fiction novel written by John Steinbeck; the narrator tells the story knowing the thoughts and feelings of all the characters, using third-person omniscient point of view throughout the story. Sentimental, tragic, and moralistic are the most commonly used tones in the story, but they change when complications arise. The two protagonists, Lennie and George, experience both internal conflicts with their disabilities and external conflicts with the world around them. Lennie is directly characterized by the description of his features: enormous body, large light eyes and broad, sloping shoulders. The next protagonist, George, is also directly characterized by a small, dark face and restless eyes. “Snorting through the water like a horse” (Steinbeck 4). Seconds later, George screams; “Lennie!” he said sharply. "Lennie, for the love of God, don't drink so much." Lennie, you're going to feel as bad as last night.” (Steinbeck 5) Steinbeck indirectly states that Lennie has a mental disability and is incapable of controlling his actions. The author also makes it known that George is there to take care of Lennie and takes care of his safety. "OK One day, we'll get the jack together and we'll have... half the paper... that is, we'll have a special bond and a friendship that may not have been understood by most of the other men on the ranch. Lennie is a static character because from the beginning of the story, until his death, his love and intentions remained pure, while George is a very dynamic character the final factor that changes him; despite loving Lennie as a brother throughout the story, he begins to accept of having to kill Lennie to do the “right” thing “If I were alone I could live so easily” (Steinbeck 90) This line expresses verbal irony, because no matter how much Lennie annoys George, he would not be the same man without him” I had you to take care of me, and you made me take care of you, and that's why” ( Steinbeck 65)..