Loneliness In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

Steinbeck has written of Mice and men in a time period where men travelled alone and rarely sent time with other people. This is reflected in the characters of the novel, who are all lonely however some are lonelier than others. These include Crooks, Candy, Curley and Curley’s wife. They all have the hope of achieving their own dreams, which is the cause of their loneliness.

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.

A lack of friends can generally loneliness. In adults, loneliness is usually the cause of depression. Men need company to live healthy lives. Now without Lennie, George will soon become isolated and that will lead to depression. George was motivated to kill Lennie because he thought he was gonna free. Be free of having to take care of Lennie but he’ll soon realize how lonely he is without Lennie. Now George doesn’t have a traveling companion. The number one thing that most likely leads to depression is loneliness, so George will eventually feel lonely and then become

John Steinbeck portrays the need of companionship throughout the novel using George's relationship with Lennie on a multitude of occasions. This is done first by showing how George cannot stand the thought of him and Lennie being separated. It is conveyed to George by Lennie that he could live on his own in a cave if he is unwanted; however, George instantaneously pushes the thought away saying, "You can jus' as well go to

Born of African-American descent, his isolation is only worsened from his childhood where he was the only black child playing in a group of white children. Crooks’ father didn't like that he hung around a bunch of white children, however Crooks being so young he didn't know about the racism around him. When he is speaking to lennie in the barn, he tells him that,“”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. I tell ya,” he cried, “i tell ya a guy gets too lonely an’ he gets sick.””(72-73). This quote from Crooks explains how crook feels, and has felt for most of his life. Crook explains that everyone just needs someone to be with throughout their life, growing up with racism in the world has made Crooks believe that he can't make a connection to anyone ultimately leaving him alone at the farm for the rest of his life.

Loneliness can be a very harsh emotion. Some let it take over their whole lookout on life . The way each individual deals with it is different but sometimes it bothers people to the point where they let it affect their dreams and decisions. In the book Of Mice and Men, characters make big decisions that affects their dreams that leave them unhappy.

These problems and situations make the characters isolated. The men on the ranch don’t show any empathy towards them. This makes them feel more isolated because the men on the ranch don’t give them the respect they need. As a result, Crooks, Curley's wife, and Candy are lonely because they are all isolated. A character that was lonely throughout the novel was the Crooks.

Firstly, loneliness affects George by shooting Lennie. An example, “‘I think i knowed from the very first, I think I knowed we’d never do her. He usta

In John Steinbeck's novel Of Mice and Men, he shows us what it is like for

The reason why Crooks is the most lonely character is because he is black. Since Crooks is black, the men on the ranch are really racist to him. They don't let him sleep in the bunkhouse or play cards with them because he's a "nigger." Crooks has no friends or family, and so he reads because he can't meet and talk with anyone so he has nothing better to do. He is a complete person who is disliked and ignored and is shut out by community of people/all good people in the world.

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.

’A guy needs somebody – to be near him. 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. I tell ya, I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an’ he gets sick’”

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.

The book "Of Mice and Men", is an example of friendship and loneliness. The main characters, George and Lennie, are two men that go on an adventure together out looking for new jobs. They have really good friendship on everything they encounter throughout their trip. Loneliness, because the reason why they stick together is because they're lonely. And without each other they don't know what they would do.

This person he had was George. George helped Lennie escape this dreadful feeling by always being there for him. No matter how much Lennie annoyed George, he still cared for him and wanted him to be safe and happy. Lennie was given a dream to look forward to, “It ain't no lie. We're gonna do it. Gonna get a little place an' live on the fatta the lan'.” This dream gave Lennie something to hold onto and gave him a purpose because he had to work to get to the dream. George also provided safety and security to Lennie. He was the one that told Lennie to fight back against Curley and stopped him from drinking bad water. Although Lennie had no body else that cared about him, his relationship with George saved Lennie from the feeling of loneliness because George showed his care for