George and Slim may not have been portrayed as good friends in the book but Slim was always there for George when George needed someone to talk to. George really trusted Slim because he told him about the incident in weed. And out of everyone Slim was the only one who recognized what George had gone through in shooting Lennie. Out of all the characters in the book Slim treated George the best, Slim was …showed first 75 words of 472 total…

…showed last 75 words of 472 total…he loved Lennie so much that instead of having him suffer he killed him himself causing him a lot of pain. George wasn't always the nicest to Lennie but he still cared about him, Lennie was like a brother to George and it shows that he really cared about him. George even made up a place to give Lennie hope. This is the greatest relationship in the book; the whole book revolves around this relationship.