Loneliness In Secondary Characters In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

Curleys wife -Curley 's wife 's loneliness has altered her demeanor towards others tremendously, making her overtly insecure and excessively flirtatious. Curley 's wife has become virtually another person because of loneliness. The men on the ranch avoid her because of flirtatious personality to keep out of trouble. No one understands her situation and how loneliness affects her. Her insecurity is evident by the way she dresses and utilizes her make-up. She uses her appearance to receive attention like when "[Curley 's Wife] was standing there looking in. She had full, rouged lips and wide-spaced eyes, heavily made up. Her fingernails were red. Her hair hung in little rolled clusters,

Curley's wife, the only woman to be introduced in person in this novella, is not especially a main character, only having a few lines in the book however she does act as a reference to the common theme of isolation happening all over the world. Near the ending pages of the book, when she appears in the barn with Lennie she says to him “why can't i talk to you? I get awful lonely.”(86). Curley's wife admits that she gets very lonely at times, being stuck in the house most of

One reason why Curley's wife is lonely is because her newlywed husband never pays attention to her and is always out of town or working. He eaves her in the house and she doesn't have anyone to talk to. “Well, I ain't giving you no trouble. Think I don't like to talk to somebody ever’ once in awhile? Think I like to stick in that house all the time?”

Of Mice and Men: A Lonely Struggle Loneliness is a basic struggle in the human life. Everyone is affected by it once in a while, but in Steinbeck’s novel “Of Mice and Men”, he portrays the it through the lives of ranch workers in the early 1930’s America. Loneliness being the dominant theme, he presents characters who are yearning for companionship or an audience, particularly Candy, Crooks, and Curley’s wife. Crooks is probably the loneliest character in the ranch, who suffers from extreme loneliness because he’s black and his surrounding area is very racist towards him.

Curley’s Wife was another extremely lonely character in the novel. She is described as a beautiful lady who is often called a “tramp” or a “tart” by the workers on the ranch. Even though she does not tend to show her loneliness, she did confide in Lennie towards the end of the book, expressing how lonely she actually felt. In the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, Curley’s Wife states,”I get lonely...You can talk to people, but I can’t talk to nobody but Curley. Else he gets mad”(87) This

In the book "Of Mice and Men" the theme isolation and loneliness is cast upon three characters which are only some of the examples: Candy, because of his age, Crooks, Because of his skin color, and Lennie because of his level of intelligence. However going deeper into the reasons of why candy is isolated and lonely. First we see how candy has no friends or family. Candy says "I'd make a will an' leave my share to you guy in case I kick off, 'cause I ain't got no relatives nor nothing" (Steinbeck 59).

Loneliness is sadness because one has no friends or company. In Of Mice and Men there are tons of lonely characters but, the top three loneliest characters are Crooks, Candy, and Curley's wife. The most lonely character is Crooks because he is black and all the ranch workers stay away from him. The second lonesome character in the novel is Candy because he has no family left and he had a dog but then his dog was killed. Finally, the last character is Curley's wife because she is the only girl near the ranch so she has nobody to talk to.

One of the characters that shows loneliness is Curley’s wife. She is lonely because she is the only woman on the ranch. She said, “Why can’t I talk to you? I never get to talk to nobody. I get awful lonely” (86).

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, he wanted people to know about loneliness. So one person that had a lot of loneliness was Crooks. In the book Of mice and Men “Had his bunk in the harness room; a little shed that leaned off the wall of the barn.(66). In the book it said that Crooks has his own room in the harness room. So that means that he cannot talk to anybody about his feelings or his thoughts. Also since he is black nobody really respects him, or wants to talk to him. Also in the book Of Mice and Men “‘Well, I got a right to have a light. You go on get outta my room, I ain’t wanted in the bunkhouse, and you ain’t wanted in my room.” “Why ain’t you wanted” Lennie ask.”(68). Now Crooks is telling Lennie to leave because he doesn't want

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.

In the novel Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck explored the ideas of loneliness and how it affects a person; he showed us through the characters actions how having someone to talk to in your life can make such a difference. Crooks was a man that was “sick” from loneliness, nobody ever talked to him because the color of his skin. Lennie was free from this “sickness” because he had George to talk to and share his feelings with. Lastly, George dodged this feeling of loneliness because he had Lennie and was socially accepted at the ranch. George and Lennie were able to avoid the feeling of loneliness because they had each other, Crooks on the other hand was sick because he completely lonely.

The characteristic of loneliness is seen throughout the story in Of Mice and Men. Loneliness is first seen in the story when Lennie and George are walking alone by themselves because the bus driver wouldn’t drop them off directly at the ranch. George and Lennie are lonely because they really have no family to go home to, nor do they have a home at all. Lennie had some family, his Aunt Clara, but she passed away so now George is tasked with taking care of him. The story that George tells Lennie about guys that work on a ranch are always lonely is another example of loneliness. In a sense, they are just two nomads. Here are some examples of loneliness in the book, Of Mice and Men.

There are many possible situations in life that can separate one person from his or her family and friends, which he or she cannot control a majority of the time. In the novel Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, loneliness is a major theme and can be found in most characters. This is inevitable considering the story’s setting: the American Depression, highlighting the journey of the mentally impaired Lennie, and his equally unfortunate friend, George. The ranch they work on is located in the town of Soledad, meaning loneliness. This is appropriate since these two, along with their fellow ranch hand Candy, are all lonely due to circumstances that they could not influence.

Crooks is an African-American farmer who works as a stable buck and has a crooked back as a result of a horse’s kick. As a men of color working among Whites, Crooks often found himself unaccompanied. According to Crooks “I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an’ he gets sick” (Ch 4. Pg 73) Crook’s “loneliness” reflects in his interaction with Lennie, as well has his earnest decision to open-heartedly confess his sentiments to Lennie.

In the story Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck discusses characters that are lonely and also discusses their feelings. Three guys named Crooks, Slim, and Candy were very lonely. During this time the men wouldn't really get married and didn't really have no one. Since the men are lonely they go spend their time at Susy's place which is a worehouse. They are apart of the working class which means all there time would go to work.