Loneliness In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

“Actually, feeling lonely has little to do with how many friends you have. It 's the way you feel inside. Some people who feel lonely may rarely interact with people and others who are surrounded by people but don 't feel connected” (Karyn Hall 2013). Truthfully, loneliness is something almost all people fear. It 's a deeper feeling then just being isolated. It 's feeling distant or disconnected from others. Loneliness is so much more than just feeling secluded, it 's feeling rejected by society, or even like an outcast. In Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck suggests that there is a deeper meaning to being lonely than just the superficial sense of

Loneliness is not only being unhappy from lack of companionship, but it has many components. For example, somebody can have many friends and still feel lonely, when another can be all alone and feel satisfied with his/her life. John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men portrays loneliness throughout the novel and how it impacts the characters. Attention seeking, isolation and violence are some of the many negative behavior effects shown from seclusion.

Unusually, Candy’s loneliness does not stem from a human relationship. Instead, it originates from his relationship with his dog. “Candy looked about unhappily. ‘No, I couldn' do that. I had him too long.’”

Barbara Sher once said, “‘Isolation is a dream killer’” (qtd. in Wishcraft). In his novella, Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck scrutinizes the effects that alienation can have on society. Many characters experience loneliness throughout the novel. He illustrates the results of individuals becoming isolated from their peers. In Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck portrays characters alienated from society in order to illustrate the harmful effects of loneliness caused by discrimination.

Loneliness is an theme deeply represented in Of Mice and Men. From the obvious examples

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

The modern world, filled with loneliness and desperation portrayed by over 40% of the population. Loneliness, described as being isolated or having a feeling of little importance, or having little companionship with others. Everyone feels the loneliness creep upon them at some point in their lives. As we feel lonely, we feel the impact and must react some way to cope with the feeling and feel better with ourselves. As seen in John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, the devastating impact of loneliness on human beings is demonstrated through Curley’s Wife, Crooks, and Candy.

Candy is the janitor on the farm. His best friend is an old dog he got when he started working on the farm. Steinbeck explains, “A shot sounded in the distance.” (Steinbeck 49). They guys were in the bunk and Carlson- one of the men who works on the farm, offers to shoot the dog to put him out of his misery. When they hear the dog shot Candy is all alone. This was his best friend of all times. Candy explains, “I'd make a will an leave my share to you guys in case…. I ain't got I relatives nor nothing…” (Steinbeck 59). He said this because he was trying to escape loneliness. When his best friend was killed he needed to find a way to escape it do trying to go with George and Lennie to their farm after they raised enough money it would keep them all

John Steinbeck’s novel, Of Mice and Men, is a story in which a influencing idea of unpreventable loneliness conquers. Steinbeck uses words such as ‘solitaire’ which means ones self; The novel starts off in ‘Soledad’ which means loneliness. In this novel Steinbeck shows us the importance of friendship and companionship and how important it is to have a friend to share your life with. He uses almost every character in this novel to stress the importance of having a friend. Most of the characters are craving companionship, lonely and have no one to share their life with. This book is filled with characters who are trying to find friendship but are incapable of finding a way out of their lonely and isolated life. Steinbeck shows how the lifestyle

Loneliness "Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty. "- Mother Teresa. In Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, loneliness is a major theme displayed by Curley's Wife and Crooks. If a person is disconnected from their surroundings or isolated in view of their skin shading, they can feel a strong emotion of loneliness.

The motif loneliness is explored throughout John Steinbeck's novella, Of Mice and Men, not only with the main characters, but the secondary characters as well. Crooks, the stable hand, is a colored, which makes all the others on the ranch want to have nothing to do with him. Similarly, Candy is outed since he is an old cripple. Curley’s wife is given similar treatment since, she is a women. Of Mice and Men has many examples of discrimination.

Crook represented loneliness throughout the book when he had his own room in the barn; the only black worker on the ranch; and then got made fun of by the workers on the ranch.“Well, I got a right to have a light. You go on get outta my room. I ain't wanted in the bunk house, and you ain't wanted in my room... Cause I'm black. They play cards in there, but I can't play because I'm black. They say I stink. Well, I tell you, you all of you stink to me.” Page 68. Crook could not sleep in the bunkhouse because he was black and different from everyone else. He was not treated the same because he wants black. He had his small room in the barn where all of the farm animals were. Everyone on the ranch is white and Crook was black so they treated him very disrespectfully. Crook stated on page 70, “There ain’t a

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.

Loneliness is normal in life, it happens to everybody. Loneliness happens when you don't have any friends or anyone to talk to. In John Steinbeck's “Of Mice and Men”, many characters are plagued by loneliness. Three of those characters are George, Crooks, and Curley’s wife. They are all lonely because they feel unwanted or have no friends.

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.