George is a bad friend because he always makes fun of Lennie and puts him down. For example George always calls Lennie a “crazy bastard”. And George always tells Lennie how he would be better off without him, and how good of a life he could have if Lennie wasn’t there. Also, George told Lennie that if they were related he would shoot himself. When George and Lennie arrive at the farm Lennie accidently talks to the boss and George starts to yell at Lennie for talking to him. George would always talk bad behind Lennie’s back and calls him stupid. And George calls Lennie a nuisance because he was bothering him. …show more content…
For instance George tells Lennie to jump into the river when he knew Lennie couldn’t swim. Also back in Weed, Lennie, not knowing any better, grabbed onto a red dress, George having complete control over Lennie could have told him to let go, instead he hit him in the back of the head with a fence post. And then Curley starts to hit Lennie and George just stands there and waits for Lennie to start bleeding before he does anything, this shows that George doesn’t care about the well being of