Everyone needs a companion or someone to be there with them through tough times in their life, someone who will stick by them through everything. In both Of Mice and Men and Slumdog Millionaire examples of this are shown. Of Mice and Men shows this in George and Lennies friendship. George is always there for Lennie even when he had done some terrible things. They went with each other from town to town, working together always. For example, With us it aint like that. We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us. We dont have to sit in no bar room blowin in our jack jus because we got no place else to go. Jamal and Salim in Slumdog Millionaire, however, have a different kind of relationship as brothers. Together they watched their mum die and had to go off and look after themselves. Living in the slums isnt easy, but when you got a
friend with you its that little bit easier.
Poverty is an international problem/situation which includes not having enough material possessions or income for a persons needs Steinbeck uses his personal experience to form the story of Of Mice and Men. Living in poverty caused George and Lennie to become uneducated and unskilled meaning it was hard to find a job they could do. Having this set in the Great Depression also means itd be hard to make much money. In Slumdog Millionaire, Jamal and Salim grew up in the slums of India, a place where a large amount of people in poverty live. When youre born in the slums you usually die there, its a hard place to get out of. An example of this is early on in the film when you see the boys getting chased by police men through the slums. Injustice is shown by how all these characters are disadvantaged in money and resources.