Loneliness In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

Candy is the only other character (aside from George and Lennie) who has a companion, his old and weak dog. Carlson, a ranch hand, shoots Candy's feeble dog to put him out of his misery. Following right after the loss of his poor dog, Candy immediately agrees to George and Lennie's plan to settle on a farm of their own and even pitches in three hundred and fifty bucks. He also has the need to be with Lennie more often and share his thoughts. Naturally he looks for a new companion because of the immediate loneliness feeling.

In John Steinbeck’s novel, Of Mice and Men Candy, Curley’s wife, and Crooks all suffer from the same fate, loneliness. Candy is lonely since he has nobody, Curley’s wife is ignored, and Crooks is segregated from the rest of the workers. Of Mice and Men’s characters show that loneliness is a problem that must be overcome in order to live a happy, fulfilled life. Candy doesn’t have any family or friends, and who’s only hope was for George and Lennie’s dream. Candy had a long time relationship with his only dog, “Candy looked about unhappily ‘No,’ he said softly ‘No, I couldn’ do that.

“Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for.” Dag Hammarskiold

Waylon Jennings, a country music star, once said, “This world that I live in is empty and cold, the loneliness cuts me and tortures my soul.” Loneliness is one of major themes in Of Mice and Men which was written during the Great Depression. In the following essay I will be discussing the characters Lennie, George, and Crooks and how loneliness has impacted their lives. Although Lennie seems to very friendly and sociable, he has very lonely moments.

Crooks is a prime example that loneliness affects one's emotions. The constant isolation has created layers of mental protection and a cynical and sadistic outlook on life. He forces this sentiment onto people around him, such as Lennie when he says,”You got no right to come in my room. This here's my room. Nobody got any right in here but me."

Candy is a old handicapped man with his left hand cut off, he got his left hand cut off in a machine. He can only do simple jobs like wash the dishes and work in the garden, this isolates him from the other workers. Candy’s only friend was a dog and later in the story a character named Carlson shot his dog and this makes him lonelier. After he talked to George and Lennie about the money that he has in the bank George includes him in there dream to own a ranch to themselves but that dream sonly ended when Lennie accidently killed Curley’s

In the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck the story takes place in the mid 1930’s during the great depression. During this time a vast majority of characters such as Crooks, Candy, and Curly’s Wife go through many emotions and hardships during this difficult time in history. A common emotion that is shared through many characters is loneliness. People don't want to be alone but some find that although they may be surrounded by people, you may be exposed to loneliness. When a person goes through a great amount of loss in their life, they may experience loneliness.

Isolation and loneliness brings many problems emotionally and physically. The short novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is a story where two character of opposite trait, George and Lennie, travel together in order to escape Lennie’s trouble. Some of the characters presented in this story are isolated and look for someone to be with; however, George and Lennie travel together unlike the other individuals presented in the novel. Due to the solitariness and loneliness, the want for attention brings problems to these people. Since most of the characters suffering from isolation had problems, Steinbeck is telling his readers that loneliness and isolation brings concerns through the description of the characters Crooks, Curley’s wife, Lennie and George.

Candy was the first person to find Curley’s wife, dead in the barn. He then went out of the barn and obtains George’s attention then brings him in. As George and Candy

Most of the characters in the story show that loneliness is a big part in “Of Mice and Men.” There are three main characters that show this trait; Candy, Curley’s wife, and Crooks.

Within the time period of the 1930's, many non-white people kept themselves isolated from others and stayed out of trouble, to avoid the risk of being lynched. Segregation, isolation and racism was a normal lifestyle led by those who were black; one of the characters that portrays this theme in the novel is the character of Crooks.

Soledad is a place where the play Of Mice and Men mostly takes place. The definition of the term would be, “lonely place” (McMurray). Throughout the play, there are many quiet and abandoned places as well as there are people. Lennie would serve as an example. Lennie prefers someone to be with him so he will never be or feel lonely.

Of Mice and Men is a novel written by John Steinbeck written in the 1930s, during the Great Depression, a time where numerous themes in the novel depict the hopeless lives of itinerant workers and the issues that were occurring. Steinbeck conveys the issues presented in the 1930s through contrasting characters and the settings. The key themes identified are dreams and loneliness. Of Mice and Men explores how the predominance theme of the importance of dreams and loneliness affects each character.

Companionship is a necessity for those seeking happiness and peace of mind within their lives. Without any faith in others, people will suffer from loneliness and sorrow. This idea is presented in the novella, Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck. The text delineates the lives of multiple characters who have experienced pain as a result of their alienation from others. These characters include a black man named Crooks, who is separated from society because of his skin color, Curley’s wife, who is treated with disrespect because of her gender, and George and Lennie, two itinerant farm laborers.

Loneliness is experienced in many ways by a multitude of people at one point or another in their lives. How it effects their personal situation is based upon how harshly this illness plagues them. John Steinbeck pants a vivid portrait of loneliness through the characters of Candy, Curly’s Wife, and Crooks in his novel “Of Mice and Men”. Loneliness can manifest itself both physically and emotionally through living a lifestyle that doesn’t provide the opportunity for a solid relationship to form, creating lonely and alienated characters that migrate their way through life.