Examples Of Loneliness In Of Mice And Men

Everyone has been lonely in their life before. But in the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck illustrates how in the 1930s workers George and Lennie two guys desperate for work and poor come upon the ranch Soledad, California. Most of the characters are lonely and are searching for companionship. He calls the ranch Soledad because it means lonely.

In the novel Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck looks at the theme of loneliness as it affects many characters on the ranch. Crooks, Curley's wife, and Candy are the most excluded characters on the ranch, because they all have dreams that they will not be able to live out and they all are at loss when it came to companionship. Crooks is lonely because he is the only black man on the ranch. Since this book is set during the Depression, Jim Crow laws are still in effect, whites and blacks had separate facilities for socializing and living. Crooks comments that he can't live in the bunkhouse, and cant even play cards in there.

‘..Guys like us that work on ranches are the loneliest guys in the world they got no family they don’t belong no place.’ This is what many felt during the ‘great depression’ in the 1930’s. John Steinbeck gives us the sense that many felt lonely ‘they got no family they don’t belong no place. The main theme of this novel is alienation; the three characters, Curley’s wife, candy, and crooks are all alienated, and felt it by another person at some point. They all have dreams... it’s the American dream... but not all dreams come true...

“Want me to tell ya what’ll happen? They’ll take ya to the booby hatch. They’ll tie ya up with a collar, like a dog” (Steinbeck 72). Discrimination plays a large role to feeling lonely. In the novella Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, characters endure attempts by society to make them “invisible.” These include racism, ageism, sexism, and isolation. More specifically, three of these characters experience loneliness from acts of discrimination. Factors contributing to their loneliness include ageism, disability discrimination, and racism. Each of these characters are migrant workers during the Great Depression who are discriminated against in different ways. Thus, through Candy, Crooks, and Curley’s wife, Steinbeck reveals the powerful

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During the Great Depression, migrant farmers sought out work to stay alive. When they finally found a job to sustain them, workers were mistreated, starved, paid poor wages, and, worst of all, robbed of necessary human companionship. John Steinbeck captures the hopelessness of Depression-era farm life in his novella Of Mice and Men. Throughout the novella, most characters have a disability crippling them and pushing them away from other workers on the farm. Their disabilities are a physical embodiment of their isolation. Steinbeck uses his disabled characters to illustrate the depth of their loneliness, as well as to exemplify different types of loneliness.

“‘Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world’”(Steinbeck 13). In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, we look at how the strong prey on the weak. Set during the Great Depression, Steinbeck reveals loneliness within many of his characters through the isolation felt by Candy, Lennie, and Curley’s wife. During this time, migrant workers were people who just needed a job and leaped at every opportunity, so they will pack up their things and move from job to job. Like Lennie, George is also a migrant worker.

To have self-respect or respect for others is hard to do in the modern world, let alone The Dust Bowl and Great Depression where everyone is struggling for themselves. It is stressful for anybody living on the edge of society while keeping your composure as well as having a thought for others in a difficult time. John Steinbeck, the author of Of Mice of Men as well as The Grapes of Wrath has given nobility to Tom Joad, Ma Joad, Crooks, and Slim. Through the struggle of isolation, not letting the past affect one's future, sacrifice, and authority, people have the ability to attain one's dignity even in a time of despair.

In the novel, Of Mice and Men, written by John Steinbeck, he shows the theme the pain of loneliness all throughout the story. Steinbeck demonstrates this theme in three main characters; Candy, Crooks, and Curley’s Wife. These three characters express this theme in multiple ways throughout this story. The first character introduced to us, that demonstrates the pain of loneliness, is Candy. Candy in an old man who works on the ranch and has only one hand, his left hand.

“ A guy needs somebody- to be near him.” He whined, “ A guy goes nuts if he ain 't got nobody. Don’t make no difference who the guy is, long’s he’s with you” (Steinbeck 72). In the 1930s through the Great Depression, many people struggled to survive. They often became poor and fought with financial aid along with isolation. In the story “Of Mice And Men”, Steinbeck has many of the characters experience a form of isolation. Whether it is power, segregation, or discrimination. However the characters (Candy, Curley’s wife and Crooks) experience something else. Candy experiences ageism for his old age and lack of use. Curley’s wife is exposed to sexism, she is not useful to the ranch is very flirtatious. Lastly,

“Guys like us… are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don't belong no place” (Steinbeck 13). In the 1930’s in Great Depression era the stock market crashed, an ongoing drought persevered, over farming caused massive dust storms, and devastated farmlands. Desperate to survive the times, some women in this era sold themselves to survive, and many men traveled around the west with bindles in the merciless climate looking for jobs. In John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, George and Lennie stumble onto a ranch in hopes of making some money to survive. They meet candy, the old man swamper’, Crooks, the farm’s stable hand’, and, finally, Curley's wife who is married to the boss's son. Throughout, the theme of loneliness is revealed in the novella Of Mice and Men through the isolation felt by Candy, Crooks, and Curley's wife. During the novella, these three characters aren't the only ones who experience loneliness; Every single character experiences loneliness in some way, much like every person in this time period during the Great Depression. Accordingly, the theme illustrated throughout the book is how people during this time are crippled by loneliness.

Of Mice and Men is a novella by John Steinbeck, published in 1937. It is set in the Salinas Valley in California during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Two migrant workers, George Milton and Lennie Small, have a work contract at a local ranch so that they one day might purchase property of their own; however, due to Lennie’s child-like mental state the goal seems far-fetched. In his poem, ‘To a Mouse’, which is also the source of the novella’s title, Robert Burns wrote, “The best laid schemes of mice and men / Go often askew,” which can be compared to George’s goals of achieving the elusive American Dream together with Lennie, but as the poem also suggests this will go askew, and this is Lennie’s fault. Therefore, why does George not get

In Of Mice and Men, the world of the great depression and the loneliness is introduced. The author writes about the loneliness and the small friendships that the men have on the farm it comes the work they are doing, and the experiences they have over the years. John Steinbeck shows how the men interact with each other and what different opinions they have. Every men on the farm has a lonely side, but why are they so lonely.

Loneliness is ubiquitous. Almost everyone at one point in their lives has experienced loneliness. Loneliness could be from being isolated and too different from other people to interact, it could come after losing a companion or it could stem from being stuck with speaking only to certain people. In any case, the stipulation for being happy is company and when denied that requirement how far will people go? The book Of Mice and Men gives insight on to how loneliness changes people and the way they act. Crooks is one example of how loneliness can make people bitter and resentful. Curley’s wife is an example of the lengths loneliness can make people go to.

Mother Teresa once said, “The most terrible poverty is loneliness, and the feeling of being unloved”. Loneliness and feeling unloved can be two different things, but they can also go together. When someone feels unloved they may also feel lonely, and when someone is lonely it may be because they feel unloved. People look for friends and someone to talk to, someone to be there for them, but not everyone gets to have that feeling of comfort and friendship and so they feel lonely. In the novella Of Mice And Men by: John Steinbeck loneliness is a major factor for the character Lennie. Loneliness leads this special character down a path, and affects his decisions throughout the story.