Loneliness In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

His mental disability had caused the dream they had created to be ruined. Curley, the man on the ranch who picks on Lennie, currently has a wife that is very isolated and lonely and loves to talk to Lennie since he is a very warm and soft loving man until she had told Lennie to feel her hair. Lennie wouldn't let go and Curley's wife was struggling to get out of Lennie's grasp. "And then she was still, for Lennie had broken her neck" (Steinbeck 91). This quotation explains how Lennie had ruined the dream because he had killed a woman and would be expelled from working on the ranch, leading to not making any money towards their life dream. Since George knew the dream was over, and that it wouldn't happen, he had to find Lennie. Since Curley had picked on him and had made fun of him, Curley was already after Lennie to kill. George knew this was all happening and knew he had to find Lennie before them to tell him the dream one more time before he was going to die. George had found Lennie on the creek side in the forest and told him about their dream one more time. Then George had Lennie at gunpoint. "His hand shook violently, but his face set and his hand steadied. He pulled the trigger” (Steinbeck 106). This quote from Of Mice and Men explains to the reader that Lennie had ruined their dreams once and for all since he had done terrible things to halt the dream. George had to put Lennie out of his misery since he was already going to be killed. George wanted to share their dream together one more

Picture a world surrounded by prejudiced acts that are enforced and allowed. Presently, many types of prejudice still occur in the world in many countries, but “Of Mice and Men” was taken place in a time where prejudice was more of a lifestyle than an action. Steinbeck’s novella involves two men, named George and Lennie, who work as labourers on a ranch in Soledad, California. Lennie has mental disabilities, which promotes him to make mistakes and poor actions throughout “Of Mice and Men”. Due to the rising action and climax of Lennie’s events, George is forced to shoot him in the conclusion of the novella, enabling him to help achieve his American Dream. The novella was written in the 1930’s, where racial and gender inequality took over the

John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, a story about two men on a California vegetable field work towards their goal of owning a piece of land, is set in the 1930s deals with a great deal of discrimination. Whether it is with race, gender, age or mental health, discrimination is a part of everyday life. Discrimination in the novel affects the characters goals and future.

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 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.

One of the themes of this novel is dreams, while many men on the ranch dreamt of the American dream of owning their own ranch, Curley’s wife had a different dream, she dreamed of becoming an actress. “coulda been in the movies, an’ had pictures taken of me. Because the guy says I was a natural.” I understand now why Curley’s wife was searching for attention from the other characters. I guess she feels as if she could have become a famous actress and is subsatuting that feeling by making herself known amongst the men. She craves that attention she could have potentially received. Curley’s wife is very misunderstood by the other characters and since no one gives her the time of day she’s badly perceived.

John Steinbeck's book of mice and men has lots of event and themes but the most important one is loneliness.Everyone gets lonely but sometimes being lonely makes you a better person, everyone needs someone to be there for them, and no matter who you are you will get lonely.Crooks, Candy and Curley's wife are the 3 loneliest people in the novel. Crooks is isolated candy has no one but his dog and they put him down and Curley's wife who just sits at the house all day while the men work.

Loneliness can be caused from a lack of activity and communication with anyone. People become upset when their lives go downhill but if they do not do anything to change it then that is there own fault. In the book Mice and Men,John Steinbeck develops the concept of loneliness through Candy’s age, Crooks race and Curley’s wife’s gender in order to demonstrate that loneliness can cause people to act out and become depressed.

Loneliness is an unpleasant emotion caused by lack of companionship and large amounts of isolation. John Steinbeck illustrates the consequences loneliness and isolation have on a person in Of Mice and Men. The characters Candy, Curley’s wife, and Crooks face these problems because of their physical appearances. Each character shows the different ways that these harsh feelings can affect someone. It is clear that an evident theme in the story shown by those three characters is that loneliness and isolation negatively impact a person’s mind.

“Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it’s not because they enjoy solitude. It’s because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to disappoint them.” This quote, written by Jodi Picoult, explains the true meaning of how people can become lonely. Sometimes people’s differences can cause others to push them away. In the fictional novella, Of Mice and Men, written by John Steinbeck, he displays this notion through the diversity of his characters.

Many of the characters in the novel are isolated and openly discuss their feelings of loneliness and i think that most of them feel that way because the guys travel by themselves and that's one of the reasons they may feel lonely. They also might feel lonely because they don't even have a home or a place they could call their own. The reason why I think a majority of them are lonely though is because they don't have families and just having a family and spending time with them makes you feel better and since they don't have a family is probably why most of the men spend their time at susy's place. Another one of the reasons why i think that most of the men and even the people that work at the ranch are lonely is because they have almost absolutely nothing.

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.

The ending of the book was inevitable. Lennie had always had a tendency to hold onto things and not let go, so him getting into trouble like that was destined to happen. To change the course of events, Curley's Wife would have had to listen to Lennie when he said “George says I ain't to have nothing to do with you-talk to you or nothing”(86). If she would have listened to him, she would have never offered for him to touch her hair, and he never would have killed her. I do also think the narrator saw the events as inevitable. The narrator knew how people didn’t understand mental illness and knew that Lennie would one way or another, get into to more trouble than he can handle. George also most likely saw it coming but hoped for the best. For example, George said “ should have knew’... ‘I guess maybe way back in my head I did”(94) after Candy had Found Curley’s wife and showed George. George looked after Lennie because he knew Lennie couldn’t make it in the world on his own. He wanted to look the other way in hopes Lennie could stay out of trouble, but he knew deep down it would happen. In the story, I think Lennie’s death was inevitable no matter how many circumstances are changed for

The only cure for loneliness is having a companion. Whether that is a dog, or a best friend . All living things need somebody by their side. Friendship is everywhere in Of Mice and Men. George and Lennie are not the only two people that stay with each other. It may not be mentioned as often, but even the people on the ranch needed each other. In his novel Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck suggests that everybody, no matter what race, religion, or gender needs friendship.

Of Mice and Men, a tragic novel written by John Steinbeck, tells about the dream of Lennie Small and George Milton. Lennie and George are two hard workers that travel place to place to make money to buy the piece of land they have always dreamed of owning. Steinbeck includes many different themes in his novel, however, loneliness seems to play a major role in the book. When Lennie and George arrive at the farm where they are going to work they meet many new people. They are introduced to Crooks, Candy, and Curley’s wife who represent the theme of loneliness in the novel.