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Loneliness In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

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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

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