The Worst Loneliness Is Not Be Comfortable With Yourself, By Mark Twain

In life, everyone wants to have somebody they can call a friend. The unfortunate reality of this is that at some point in time, almost every person will experience loneliness. Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, deals with the hardships of two friends who put their belief in a giant pipe dream. The book follows George and Lennie’s troubled and laborious life until their plans go very awry. “King of Hoboes, Arvel Pearson”, by Errol Lincoln Uys, is a nonfiction text which overviews Arvel Pearson’s life as a professional hobo. This includes a detailed version of what it was like to be a hobo in the time period known as the Great Depression and provides an idea of

No one ever said lonliness is a great passtime, our whole is filled with it. We witness it almost everyday and are, once in a while, affected by it, but never longer than we can bear. However, many individuals during the Great Depression lived with this unbearable and inescapable lonliness,working all day and not having anyone but themselves to care for them or to care for. Jhon Stienbeck, the author of Of Mice and Men, demonstrates that too much lonliness can cause a person to live with the unbearable pain of knowing that they only have themselves, shown with Candy, Crooks, and Curley's wife

In the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck and the poem "Eleanor Rigby" by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, many of the characters are experiencing loneliness. When people feel lonely their way of lifestyle are different then that of someone's who's not lonely or them if they were not lonely. Also because they are lonely their actions are different. They portray this in both the novel and the poem.

“I think cruelty is loneliness disguised in bitterness” (Thomas W. Hiddleston). This quote expounds how the lack of company and friends can potentially lead you down a path of heartlessness, and despair. In the story Of Mice and Men, you follow the duo George and Lennie in their quest to achieve the American dream. John Steinbeck utilizes his story Of Mice and Men to show how the loneliness of the characters leads to their cruel actions, he exposes this through the characters Candy, Crooks, and Curley’s wife.

Loneliness is an impossible fact of life that nobody can avoid especially during the Great Depression. In the novel, Of Mice and Men, a novella by John Steinbeck shows that in the early 1930s – during the Great Depression – was a period of great loneliness of men and women, therefore people are driven to find friendship in order to escape the loneliness. But barely anyone find the right companionship while a lot of them were still lonely even if they found their companions. Throughout the story, Steinbeck shows that everyone needs a friend and without friends people will suffer from loneliness inevitably. People who were being discriminated and intolerance or were deserted, they will end up in

“Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty…” (Courtesy: Anonymous). Anybody in the world can be lonely and be filled with loneliness when they do not have someone to interact with or talk to. In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, characters deal with loneliness throughout the course of the book. Through the characterization of the characters Candy, Crooks, and Curley’s wife the author reveals the theme of loneliness.

Mother Theresa once said, “Loneliness and feeling that nobody needs you is the worst kind of poverty”. The novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck has some very important themes. Loneliness is one of the major themes that is portrayed by almost every character in the book in some way. Race, age and gender are some of the key factors that make the characters lonely. In Of Mice and Men, different variations of loneliness can be seen through Crooks, Candy and Lennie.

The relevance of ‘Of Mice and Men’ being set in the town of Soledad comes from the parallels drawn between the meaning of the name ‘Soledad’ and the deeper sense of loneliness expressed through the characters of the novella. The symbolism of the loneliness that is associated with the town of Soledad establishes an underlying sense of loneliness in all characters. The author uses a variety of techniques to develop this underlying loneliness in each of the individual character’s lives. Such individual characterisation building on the loneliness established in the connotations of Soledad is evident in Curley’s wife, Crooks, George and Lennie,

"The strongest men are the most alone" (Ibsen). The ones who are lonely go through and deal with so much, and are strong because of that. In the novel Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck uses the characters Crooks, Curley's wife, and Lennie to explain loneliness as a main idea.

The book “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck shows in depth character struggles of farmers daily lives in the mid 1900’s, as they confront loneliness in southern California. It follows the lives of Lennie, Candy and Curly’s wife as they cope with loneliness. These characters display a depth of loneliness that makes the reader want to understand what they are going through and how they deal with the lifestyle they are dealt with. Everyone is lonely in this book because they are all different, they all have impairments.

Loneliness is a prevalent theme in literature. John Steinbeck uses this theme throughout his novella, “Of Mice And Men”. George and Lennie, migrant workers in California, strive to achieve their goal of owning a farm by working to make enough money. They come into troubles with Lennie not knowing how to deal with his strength and accidentally hurting others. Lennie is socially awkward and mentally slow but is stronger than the average man which makes him dangerous. While working on the ranch, they meet two characters who struggle to overcome their loneliness. In the novella, “Of Mice And Men” by John Steinbeck, the theme of loneliness plays a major role in Candy, Slim, Curley's wife's lives and he emphasises this through the lives of the characters. Loneliness and isolation eventually win in the end.

The theme of loneliness is conveyed through the characters of Lennie, Crooks, Candy, and Curley's wife. As George is away tending the whore house, Lennie experiences what it is like to be alone. For example, Lennie goes and visits the stable buck in the barn. With Crooks testing Lennie and asking him what would he do if George did not come back, Lennie freaks out and hopes that he will not always have to be alone. Crooks has been lonely for pretty much his whole life. For example, his parents told him he cannot play with the white kids or be friends with white people. He is also the stable buck on the ranch and cannot be in the same house as everyone else nor talk to anybody. Candy lives everyday alone without his best friend by his side anymore.

Loneliness is a dominant theme in the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. The characters George Milton, Candy, Crooks, and Curley’s Wife are all very lonely and are searching for someone or something to serve as a companion in their life. In the novel, John Steinbeck uses the theme of loneliness as a shield of protection. Many people in life choose to become lonely and distant from everyone and everything because they are scared of having feelings of love and care.

According to George Monbiot’s article “The Age of Loneliness Is Killing Us” Monbiot states that society is shifting into isolation and loneliness. Instead of having the age of sharing and socializing. Each and every individual is wanting to stay alone with their own solitude and loneliness. Monbiot recognizes this damaging effect on society and states that how much dangerous it is. To start off. Monbiot claims that we as humans are social beings and always will be “We were social creatures from the start,” by disagreeing with Thomas Hobbes’s claim on our human state of nature “of every man against every man.” Monbiot sees this idea of every person on their own an epidemic of loneliness in today’s age, and how it

being separated means being alone. This is true of every creature, and it is true of man