Loneliness In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

In the novel Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck depicts the essential loneliness of California ranch life in the 1930s. He illustrates how people are driven to find companionship. Which he shows through Candy, Crooks, Curley’s wife, George and Lennie.

Loneliness is a lot more deadly than people think. Unlike the lyrics to Williams’ song, it can literally kill you. In the book Mice of Men (written by John Steinbeck) each character is dealing with their own type of isolation. Isolation is not only problem in the the book, but a problem in the real world seen with older people, and people that live alone. It can cause obesity, suicide, early death, and a ton of other mental and physical defects.

Crooks wasn’t even acquiesce to be in the bunkhouse. Since he had contrasting skin color, he was constrained to stay in an extended part of the barn, where manure sat right outside his window. The day, Lennie and Candy appeared to sojourn him, Crooks couldn’t accommodate his excitement: “‘Come on in. If everybody’s comin’ in, you might just as well.’ It was difficult for crooks to conceal his pleasure with anger”(Steinbeck 75).

Loneliness “Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty” (Mother Teresa). In John Steinbeck’s novel, Of Mice and Men, many of the characters fight with loneliness. George, Crooks, and Curley's wife deal with loneliness throughout the novel. All they want is to feel wanted, accepted, and to know someone actually cares about them. John Steinbeck uses loneliness as one of his strongest themes in his novel, written during the Great Depression to emphasize the American society.

In the book of Mice and Men there are many characters that are lonely and want their dreams to come true. This quote means that the good is gone and that the evil is taking over. “ The deep pool of the Salinas river was still in the late afternoon. Already the sun had left the valley to go climbing up the slopes of the Gabilan mountains, and the hilltops were rosy in the sun. But by the pool among the mottled sycamores, a pleasant shade had fallen.” First, the people that are socially lonely in the book is Crooks and Curley's wife. ( Curley’s wife)“ After a pause Crooks said. “ Maybe you better go along to your own house now. We don’t want no trouble.” “ Well, I ain’t giving you no trouble. Think I don’t like to talk to somebody ever’ once

Loneliness is being without companions. Everyone relishes the company of others. Being without it causes people to become lonely. “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck deals with the theme of individuals who don’t fit into society. The novel represents the idea of loneliness through many different characters.

Crook which is one characters that was isolated and lonely because of his race, disability and his deep mistrust of others. He is physically separated from the other men and has his own room in the barn. And since he is black he does not have the freedom or flexibility like the other worker have. His loneliness forces him to talk to Lennie. But when Lennie tried, helplessly in an attempt to make friends with Crook said sharply, "You got no right to come in my room. This here's my room. Nobody got any right in here but me." Since Crook has always been treated differently than the other workers he treated everybody how he was treated. However when Crook was little his dad never wanted him to play with the kids since they was white use a quote “There wasn’t another colored family for

Crooks is a black man and is discriminated against by everybody else on the ranch. He does all of the dirty jobs and works behind the scene. One night when most of the people had gone into town Lennie went to find someone to speak with and tried to enter the Crooks' room, but he was promptly told that nobody is allowed in his room. "You got no right to come in my room. This here's my room. Nobody got any right in here but me."(68) Crooks impulsively rejected Lennie from his room because he receives the same treatment from the white people on the ranch. He didn't even think to consider that Lennie was trying to be a nice person. The friendly gesture that was offered to him seemed foreign so he shut it down. Human interaction was a feeling that he had not felt in a long time. When he was given the chance to communicate with another individual his instinct was to escape to his safe space. This is made even more evident when Crooks start to question why Lennie is in the

“Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty. ”(Mother Teresa) This quote deals with humanity in general because people who have nobody to lean on and nobody who loves them suffer terribly. In the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, loneliness in a variety of ways and through a variety of characters; the ranch is a major setting where men are thrown together in the 1930’s to earn a living by doing hard labor.

Throughout the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, many themes are present such as friendship, dreams, or one of the most interesting themes, loneliness. Loneliness is usually taken as something bad or unpleasant, but in this book, the author showed that loneliness can also be advantageous. Being alone gives a person independence, and the ability to only look out for themselves, which can sometimes make it easier for a person or a character. Isolation was shown through certain characters such as Crook (an African American worker), George Milton and Lennie Small, and Curley's wife where the author depicts ways how independence can be better than dependence. Although loneliness can be difficult and miserable at times, being isolated can

Of Mice And Men is a novel written by John Steinbeck that demonstrates many themesespecially loneliness. It is especially forced since the novel takes place in Soledad, meaningsolitary. The main characters are wandering men looking for temporary employment from farmto farm across the country. There are other people who experience loneliness on the farm whoare not limited to but include Crooks, Candy, and Curley's wife. Crooks is one of the fellow workers on the farm to George and Lennie.

Many individuals like to be alone, but loneliness only serves them well in small doses. Being alone can benefit some to help keep their emotions in check or clear their minds, but too much of it becomes unbearable. Eventually, constant loneliness, resulting from a lack of friendship, will lead to cruelty. Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck examines the effects of loneliness through a life without friendship. In the story, George and Lennie travel from town to town as migrant workers, trying to accumulate enough money to buy their own ranch. The personality of Crooks, Curley’s wife, and George and Lennie’s relationship show that a life without friendship leads to loneliness and cruelty.

Crooks, a colored man that works at the ranch with horses. He lives by himself because he is the only African American on the ranch. Crooks happen to be a usually a neat type of person when it comes to his life but when he meets people it takes time for him to trust them. When Lennie first met Crooks it showed a lot about the cultural actions that was taken place. Though Crooks was born in California, he is always made to feel like an outcast no matter what he does. Crooks has always aware that his skin color is what keeps him separate in this culture. This outsider position causes him to be upset about his aloneness. When Crooks begin to pick on Lennie, we discover the mean side of him that develops after being alone for so long. Later,

when Lennie enters crooks bunk like a curious crooks becomes angry and teases lennie saying, “‘i said s'pose George went into town tonight and you never heard of him no more.’”(steinbeck 71). Crooks or anyone for that matter just doesn't seem to care about how their actions may affect the in they

When confessing to Lennie about the hardships of being black at the time, he says, “‘...The white kids come to play at our place, an’ sometimes I went to play with them and some of them was pretty nice. My ol’ man didn’t like that. I never knew till long later why he didn’t like that. But I know now,’ He hesitated, and when he spoke again his voice was softer. ‘There wasn’t another colored family for miles around. And now there ain’t a colored man on this ranch an’ there’s jus’ one family in Soledad.’ He laughed. ‘If I say something, why it’s just a nigger sayin’ it.’” (Steinbeck 70) Crooks’ dream is to no longer be lonely, to have friends, and to have somewhere that he knows he belongs. He is already aware that his dream is impossible, however, he has glimmer of hope when he hears about George’s, Lennie’s, and Candy’s future plans for a ranch of their