Essay on Loneliness in John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men

  Mother Theresa once said, "Loneliness is a man's worst poverty." Without friends and companions, people begin to suffer from loneliness and solitude (Dusenbury 38). Loneliness is an inevitable fact of life and cannot be avoided, as shown prevalent through each of the characters in John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men. Each and every character in this novel exhibits loneliness. Lennie was isolated for being mentally handicapped, Candy was isolated for being old and disabled, Crooks was for being black, Curley's wife for being a woman, and George for having to care for Lennie and being unable to socialize with others because of Lennie's consistency of getting into trouble from town

     There is only one thing in life that is really needed and that is friends. Without friends, people would suffer from loneliness and solitude. Loneliness leads to low self-estee. In the novel, Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, the characters, Crooks, Candy, and Curly’s wife all show some form of loneliness. They are curious of George and Lennie’s friendship because they do not have that support in their life. Through his novel, Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck demonstrates that many times, a victim of loneliness will have a never-ending search to fulfill a friendship.

in the sense that there is no one who is as simple-minded as he is,

got you to look after me and you got me to look after you, and that's

    In the novel, Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck used George and Lennie's relationship and the theme of hope to point out the loneliness in the novel. The novel starts off and is set in Soledad which means lonely. At the beginning they get a job working on a farm together. Lennie is a little retarded and has great physical strength that isn't too controllable. As they work from ranch to ranch, Lennie relies on George for guidance and help. Rather than wasting their earnings, they try to save it in the hope of buying a place of their own. While working at one ranch they meet a worker named Candy who tries to help them financially. Before their dream can be fulfilled, Lennie kills the wife

In the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck various characters should relate becauses of their shared loneliness. They can't because of race, gender, and disabilities. candy, curley, and crooks should relate but can't because of these stereotypes. In the book curley's wife,a lonely woman on the ranch crooks, a african american and candy, an old disabled man at one point or another feel lonely and isolated. In this time period there's alot of inequality between people that aren't young white men.

The Theme of Loneliness in Of Mice and Men In the book, Of Mice and Men, two characters, George Milton and Lennie Small, travel the country together working on farms. Although they are friends, George also plays the role of Lennie’s caregiver. Even though George and Lennie travel together, George experiences loneliness as a result of being Lennie’s caregiver. Many other characters in the novel feel this way as well.

as a ranch worker to describe how the working men at the ranch felt in

’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’”

Of Mice and Men: Theme of Loneliness Rough Draft A dominant theme present in John Steinbeck’s novel titled Of Mice and Men is loneliness. Many of the characters in this story are lonely and in need of a companion. Of Mice and Men tells the story of two men, George and Lennie, who find work at a ranch in Soledad. On the ranch, they meet people who yearn for companionship.

Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, is a literary masterpiece that paints a vivid picture of American life during the Great Depression. There are many recurring cycles, or themes, apparent in the novel. Three of these are loneliness, the American dream, and human nature. Using these cycles, Of Mice and Men offers a look back at the harsh reality faced by the American people who were living during the Great Depression. Steinbeck articulates the feelings of struggling Americans during that time in his spectacular novel.

In his novel, Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck exhibits a multitude of different themes, such as the impractical nature of the American dream, social standards, and powerlessness. Each of these themes affect all of the characters, whether they should or not. A character, such as a Curley, lives the American dream, does not suffer from social standards restricting him, or powerlessness, is depicted as an evil man, full of rage and contempt, yet he has everything he could ever desire. Curley, who uses his status as the boss’s son as a personal benefit, masks his small size with his mean-spirited nature, pugnacious tendencies, and his possessiveness towards his wife.

The story Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck takes place in the 1930s during the great depression in South of Soledad, California. When two migrant workers, George Milton and Lennie Small are on the look for work in a ranch. Lennie is mentally handicap and wherever he and George go, Lennie always gets them in trouble. At the end of the novel, Lennie kills someone and George has no other choice than to shoot Lennie and free him from living a bad life.

“We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone,” Orson Welles. In one of his major success, Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck focuses on the loneliness of farm life in the 1930’s. The story follows two migrant workers in California traveling together in search of a job and ultimately a place to call their own. Throughout the story he uses George and Lennie’s close friendship to act as a foil to the loneliness and isolation of several characters.

things that he used to do to Lennie. George describes how dumb and naive Lennie was while