How does Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men demonstrate that friendship protects against loneliness?

‘Everybody wants a little bit of land, not much. Jus’ som’thin’ that was his. Som’thin’ he could live on and there couldn’t nobody throw him off of it.’
Dreams are necessary to survival. Discuss in relation to Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men.

Most characters experience some form of discrimination. To what extent is this overcome?

Discuss the power imbalances within Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men?

How does Steinbeck employ foreshadowing and symbolism in Of Mice and Men?

Is George justified in killing Lennie?

‘And the meanness and the plannings and the discontent and the ache for attention were all gone from her face. She was very pretty and simple, and her face was sweet and young.’
Could Curley’s wife’s death be considered a merciful killing, similar to that of Lennie’s?

Of Mice and Men is set in a harsh and unforgiving landscape. How is this paralleled in the lives of the characters?