Loneliness Of Mice and Men The thundering foot steps race closer a shaking hand , loneliness praises on all its power unspoken and its pain unimaginable. In the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck loneliness has a massive impact on the characters of the story. Body Paragraph 1 George George is just one of the many characters that suffers from loneliness. George stated, “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 to work up a stake and then go inta town and blow their stake”(Steinbeck 15). Lennie exclaimed “’With us it ani’t like that.’…’Cause I got you to look after me and you got me to look after you and that’s why’” (Steinbeck 15). Body Paragraph 2 Candy …show more content…
I had ‘im to long’.” (Steinbeck 45) Candy turnly cares for his dog it is the closest thing that he has to family and it would be to hard for Candy to live without him. However because of the time fram and the fact this this book takes place on a ranch killing animals is much more acceptable and some may pass judgment at thoses who grow sympathetic. Candy reaction to the death of his dog was quite
Candy is characterised as the same as his dog by
“You seen what they done to my dog tonight? They says he wasn’t no good to himself nor nobody else” (Steinbeck 60). Since Candy lost his dog, he felt like he had no one else. Nobody goes to comfort him when his dog got shot. “... I wisht somebody’d shoot me” (Steinbeck 60). When Candy lost his dog, he also felt that he had no reason to live. No one really likes him because he was old and useless. “I’d make a will an’ leave my share to you guys in case I kick off” (Steinbeck 59). Since Candy is not close to anyone else, he decides to give George his money. Candy wants to go with them to buy a small ranch. Candy is marginalized from others because he’s different.
4. “‘I ain’t got no people,’ George said. ‘I seen the guys that go around on the ranches alone. That ain’t no good...After a long time they get mean (Steinbeck 41).’”
After the loss of Candy’s dog, he becomes lonely but has to find a way to overcome loneliness. John Steinbeck creates Candy to be an old and crippled man. Candy, since he is a older man, might not get as much work. That isn't the only reason. Steinbeck describes Candy with, “a round stick-like wrist, but no hand” (18). At this moment, George and Lennie are meeting and observing Candy for the first time. Throughout the story, the reader does not hear of Candy doing much work on the ranch. He “[shifts] his broom” on the first day but that might be the only deed he does (18). The farm workers stereotype him to be weak because he is old and only has one hand. When we first meet Candy, we learn that Candy has one main friend. That is his
“Well, you keep your place then, n*****. I could get you strung up on a tree so easy it ain’t even funny” (Steinbeck 81). In the novella, Of Mice and Men, the readers are following the life of Lennie and George, who are migrant workers during the Great Depression. Migrant workers, unlike Lennie and George, primarily travel alone, and they go from job to job. George and Lennie have been together since they were younger, as Lennie would come along with George while he worked, so they had become inseparable. Lennie got them kicked out of many jobs, but they landed a spot as a ranch hand bucking barley. Once they became acquainted with the farm, Lennie and George become friends with a man named Crooks, but before that, they are introduced to the ranch by Candy. As the story progresses, a theme of isolation, discrimination, and loneliness on Candy, Lennie, and Crooks is revealed.
“Lennie dabbled his big paw in the water and wiggled his fingers so the water arose in little splashes; rings widened across the pool to the other side and came back again. Lennie watched them go. "Look, George. Look what I done”” (Steinbeck 3)
The story also shows the character Candy, in chapter 3, in a state of hopelessness. Steinbeck wrote, “For a moment
Based on the way this was said you can infer the sadness in his voice. Losing this dog for Candy isolated himself even more then before because now he is completely alone. The loneliness and isolation lead him to a negative outcome of loss of thought. This is exemplified when he so quickly gives up 300$ to go towards a ranch that might never even
Candy’s character does not display as many emotions as the other characters in the story. He is noticeably friendly shone by the friendship he built with Lennie and Georg. The main character trait is his loneliness shone by the loss of his dog and his hand. Last but not least his stubbornness is shown by his refusal of letting his dog
The first reason why Candy is the loneliest character is that he isn’t very social with others.Throughout the novel, Steinbeck illustrates that Candy really only cares about his dog. In the text, Steinbeck illustrates, Candy rolled to the edge of his bunk. He reached over and patted the ancient dog , and he apologized, “I been around him so much I never notice how he stinks.”(Steinbeck 44) Steinbeck explains in the article that Candy is extremely close to his dog. This shows that Candy technically only hangs around his dog. He is so attached to the dog that he doesn’t see any flaws that the dog has. Candy doesn't seem to care about anyone besides his dog. Its very easy to become extremely attached to something that's been around for a long time.
“Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don't belong no place . . .With us it ain't like that. We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us.” (Steinbeck 13-14)
“Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don’t belong no place. . . . With us it ain’t like that” (Steinbeck, 15). As we follow Lennie and George on their journey towards what they consider to be the dream life, the audience comes to learn along with the characters that dreams are not all they’re cracked up to be and sometimes the most rewarding goal in life is one which has already been achieved. The two main characters in the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck are poor farm workers who hope to one day own their own farm and become self-sufficient. What they never realize is that the most important thing they can ever have is each other. Despite their periodic quarrels, Lennie
Even though he cannot communicate with his dog, Candy finds satisfaction in the care he has to give to it and company it provides him with. John Steinbeck has purposely conveyed this message of the necessity of companionship by contrasting characters like Cooks, who has a bitter personality, due to being neglected by the other men on the ranch, and Candy, who until the tragic death of his companion, the dog, seemed at least content with his life.
In John Steinbeck's novel Of Mice and Men, he shows us what it is like for
In John Steinbeck’s novel, Of Mice and Men, he illustrates the journey George and Lennie have throughout a significant part of their lifetime. Throughout the novel, many characters, including George and Lennie, are facing lonesome and they struggle to deal with it the right way. Most of the men are all alone because they have no family left or they isolate themselves from their peers. Loneliness touches each character at some point in the novel and it really emphasizes the impact it can have on an individual. Steinbeck uses the characters Curley’s wife, Crooks, and Candy to develop the theme that containing loneliness will make someone’s desperation deepen.