Loneliness In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

Moreover, this is further examined when an unwanted visitor, Curley’s wife, enters Crooks bunkhouse just to belittle Lennie, Candy, and him. When Crooks tells her to leave, she quickly snaps back with, "’Well, you keep your place then, *expletive*. I could get you strung up on a tree so easy it ain't even funny.’ Crooks had reduced himself to nothing. There was no personality, no ego—nothing to arouse either like or dislike.

All of us have gone through loneliness at some point in our lives. Some more than others, but definitely at one time. Google defines loneliness as, “sadness because one has no friends or company.” In the book Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, this is a recurring issue that many characters face at different times throughout the story. Most of the time, the author has the character express their loneliness directly through dialogue directed towards another character, but sometimes the reader needs to analyze hints from the author or re-read sections to uncover a character's hidden loneliness.

In the book Of Mice And Men, the author Steinbeck abundantly used isolation and loneliness to describe opportunities of each person had in early 19th century. Crooks, Candy, Curley’s wife, and Lennie they all felt the loneliness and isolation and became the victims of it. The author Steinbeck shows that age, gender, race often caused isolation and loneliness at that time.

As shown in the novella, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, Curley’s wife, Candy, and Crooks all consist of the way you act, unhappiness, and bitterness due to the effect of loneliness. Using Curley’s wife, Steinbeck indicates that having loneliness in your life will cause you to act differently. As shown on page 87 when Lennie and Curley’s wife are

In our lifetimes, we all have experienced loneliness. In the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, loneliness affects the characters in his story. The story takes place around the 1930 where 2 men ,George and Lennie, try to find work but struggle because of Lennie’s disability. Through the theme of “Individual fear loneliness” there are many branches that can answer the question of how and why they fear loneliness. The three characters that show loneliness in this story are George, Lennie, and Curley's wife.

Crooks likes the other men to think he is very secure and values about his privacy, but it shows that in he would rather be in the bunkhouse hanging out with all of the other men. Curley’s wife makes it very clear that she doesn’t love Curley and that she regrets their unhealthy marriage, “ ‘I don’t like Curley. He ain’t a nice fellow.’ “(Steinbeck 89). Lennie is always lonely because he likes to pet soft things but pets them too hard and kills them.

Isolation and loneliness brings many problems emotionally and physically. The short novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is a story where two character of opposite trait, George and Lennie, travel together in order to escape Lennie’s trouble. Some of the characters presented in this story are isolated and look for someone to be with; however, George and Lennie travel together unlike the other individuals presented in the novel. Due to the solitariness and loneliness, the want for attention brings problems to these people. Since most of the characters suffering from isolation had problems, Steinbeck is telling his readers that loneliness and isolation brings concerns through the description of the characters Crooks, Curley’s wife, Lennie and George.

“Crooks, the negro… he kept his distance and demanded that other people keep theirs” (Steinbeck 66-67). It was clear from the beginning that Crooks was an outcast to the others. Most of the characters in apart from Lennie, and Candy left Crooks alone to be all by himself. This isolation takes a toll on Crooks because in this quote, “Why aren’t you wanted” said Lennie.

Loneliness is defined as “sadness because one has no friends or company” (dictionary.com), however, in John Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men nearly all the characters feel lonely despite each other’s company. Characters such as Curley’s wife, Candy, and Crooks all speak of loneliness. In fact, the only characters in the speak that do not speak of how lonely they feel are our protagonists, George Milton and Lennie Small. Steinbeck’s story attempts to change the definition of loneliness by showing that even people with plentiful company can, and often do feel lonely.

Of Mice and Men In the 1938 novel of Mice and Men written by John Steinbeck, he suggests that loneliness can have serious effects on people in many ways because being alone for too long can drive people to desperation and possibly even serious self- isolation. Steinbeck supports his suggestion by the portrayal of the characters Curley’s wife and Crooks, all of whom illustrate that loneliness can have serious effects on people in many ways. Steinbeck suggests this in three ways: first how Curley’s wife feels like she can’t talk to anyone, secondly when Crooks because he desires companionship. Steinbeck suggests that Curley’s wife isn't able to talk to the others because they are scared of retaliation from Curley.

“Of Mice and Men” is written by John Steinbeck, published in 1937, it was set in the 1930’s during the Great Depression in California. George and Lennie are the two protagonist characters; they are farm workers who have a dream of one day owning their own ranch. They find work in a ranch near Soledad and are met by different characters, most of which are lonely and the only thing keeping them alive is their dreams. Loneliness is the unpleasant emotional response to isolation and lack of companionship, in the novel “Of Mice and Men” Steinbeck portrays the theme of loneliness and isolation effectively through key fictional characters. This essay will describe the way loneliness is shown in “Of Mice and Men.”

Curley's wife is also lonely; she is the only female on the ranch, and her husband has forbidden anyone to talk with her. She counters he loneliness by flirting with the ranch hands, Which ends up leading to her death by "flirting" with Lennie. Crooks is far apart from others because of his skin color. As the only black man on the ranch, he is not allowed into the bunkhouse with the others, and he doesn't spend time and talk to them. He fights his loneliness with books and his work, but even he understands that these things are nothing can happen for human companionship.

Loneliness is often revealed by the desire to be superior to others; as Crooks saw weakness in Lennie, Curley’s wife saw weakness in Crooks and both used these weaknesses to feel superior to others. While many characters in the ranch are lonely in their own ways, Crooks’ loneliness is not one that could be solved by leaving the ranch and starting a family. The underlying division between races was not one he could control; his fleeting hope of joining Lennie’s farm in the future was shot down by George’s reaction, and he later reminded Candy “what [he] said about hoein’ and doin’ odd jobs…” and told him to “jus’ forget it,” (Steinbeck 83). Being left out of the daily interactions of other farmers, Crooks did not feel like he had a place in the

Both Crooks and Curley’s Wife experience loneliness throughout the novel in similar

At some point in one’s life there is not only contentment or grief, but a state of loneliness. Loneliness is a part of human life, although some suffer from isolation more than others. Being lonely can lead to depression or create a different persona in oneself. Struggling through isolation can eventually kill one’s soul, expecting no hope or ending up in dangerous situations. The novella Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck portrays the theme of loneliness especially through two characters. Crooks and Curley’s wife experience the state of isolation as they crave for a friend or someone they can talk with. Steinbeck urges readers to feel pathos when analyzing Crooks and Curley’s wife through the nature of their isolation, their actions and