Loneliness In Of Mice And Men

“Stinks like hell, too. Ever’ time he comes into the bunk house I can smell him for two, three days.” (Steinbeck 36). The men in the bunk house do not like the scent of Candy’s dog. It is mentioned that the smell of him keeps them awake at night and unable to sleep.

The novella Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, features loneliness as an important motif thorough the characters. Specific secondary characters add to this theme. Candy embodies this theme because he feels as though his life is coming to a close and he has nowhere to go. Curley’s wife is directly lonely because no one wants to talk to her, but she is also isolated from her dreams. Last but not least, Crooks feels alienated due both his color and his attitude that keeps him from opening up to others.

“Why can’t I talk to you” shows that Curley’s wife is characterized as someone manipulative by trying to talk to Lennie even though George told Lennie not to. On the other hand, it also characterizes Curley’s wife as someone who just longs for a companion and because no one talks to her, she becomes manipulative. Characterization of Curley’s wife is used to create sympathy for her and to lead her to Lennie which ends up badly when Lennie kills her forcing George to kill Lennie. George and Lennie’s friendship is ended because of the loneliness of Curley’s wife because it leads her to talk to Lennie. John Steinbeck creates sympathy for the manipulative Curley’s wife in chapter 6, however, the more known side to her is when she talks to Crooks.

As a result of being the wife of the boss’s son, Curley’s wife has nobody to talk to which leads to her isolation. Due to Lennie’s fascination towards Curley’s wife, George commands, “don’t you even take a look at that bitch. I don’t care what she says and what she does. I see ‘em poison before, but I never seen no piece of jailbait worse than her. You leave her be” (32).

His dog was killed because it was old and smelled, Candy doesn't stop this from happening due to his situation. He doesn't have the effort to try to save his dog because he is to worn out and knew that it was inevitable. He also is willing to give his life savings of three hundred dollars to George and Lennie so that he can live with them on the land that they planned to buy. He just wants to get out of the ranch because he knows he is powerless. Throughout the book he never changes, making him a static character.

( Steinbeck 53) George's point is that Curley's Wife can get them in deep trouble. He believes that for the fact he thinks that if Curley finds out that somebody is talking to her then they would be in serious trouble, which can involve a fight. Even if it can be even more like death. In addition to Curley's Wife being isolated all time it then led to her

All humans experience a heartbreaking sense of loneliness throughout their lives. The novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck explores the basic aspects of human nature through migrant workers searching for jobs in California during the Great Depression. The experiences of two of these characters: Lennie and Crooks, exposes how loneliness drastically decreases an individual’s quality of life. Crooks’ isolation changes his personality in several ways. Crooks often keeps his emotions in check unlike many of the other characters.

I had ‘I’m too long.” In Candy’s eyes if they see his dog as no good, so is he. He believes all hope for him is gone because he’s just an old man with one hand, eventually, he’ll get to the age where he won’t be able to work, not even sweeping the cabins. For example when Candy says, “you seen what they done to my dog tonight? They says he wasn’t no good to himself nor nobody else.

Loneliness is a very common In Of Mice and Men, loneliness is a very common thing, the men who work on the farms travel from farm to farm usually alone, "Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don 't belong no place. They come to a ranch an ' work up a stake and then they go inta town and blow their stake, and the first thing you know they 're poundin ' their tail on some other ranch.

On the other hand Curley’s wife is always desiring attention due to her isolation: “I get lonely… How’d you like not to talk to anybody”(Steinbeck 87). This is one of the many times Curley’s wife has tried to talk to someone. She has tried to have a conversation with Lennie before but George tells him not to talk to her. Lennie could not resist and talked to her. Her constant desire for attention ultimately leads to her death.

I don’t care what she says and what she does. I seen ‘em poison before, but I never seen no jail bait worse than her. You leave her be”(Steinbeck 44). George is making bad inferences about Curley’s wife before he even gets to know her. The way Curley’s wife presents herself does not help her cause in being mistreated, by her husband or any of the other men on the

People Affected by Loneliness Loneliness can make anyone affected by it very depressing and sad to see. It is seen in Of Mice and Men in many characters that are prominent in the story. The main ones are Crooks (the black stable hand), Candy (the old worker with his old dog), and Curley’s wife (who is ignored so that they do not get into trouble). Each of these characters have had lasting events that led them here.

Instead of lending a friendly welcome he chooses to use violence, and he therefore makes himself into an evil person simply through the way he communicates with other people. Lastly, when Curley finds his wife in the barn talking to George, he gets very angry and threatens to kick him off the farm. Curley is very protective of his wife, Mbecause many times throughout the book, Curleyhe is searching for his wife her, proving that he is very protective of her. He wants to make sure the other guys stay away, butand she is defiant of his rules because she is upset that he keeps her locked away. However, when he confronts George about being in the barn with her, he gets really close to his face.

“I used to think the worst thing in life was to end up all alone, it’s not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people that make you feel alone.” - Robin Williams. Three lonely characters in the story Of Mice and Men are Lennie, Curley’s Wife, and Crooks. These three characters all exemplify loneliness.

We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us…”(Steinbeck, 15). There were no accommodations made for the option that Candy’s affection for the dog was enough reason not to kill it, thus showing the harsh reality of the