In the story Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck really focuses on how loneliness was a major part of California ranch life in the 1930s. His main focus is to demonstrate in his writing how people will do anything to find companionship.
Steinbeck lacks to give two characters names, The Boss and Curley’s wife. He does this because he wants to look at them as “less” compared to everyone else in the story. Since the boss is Curley’s father, even though he is in charge of the ranch, Steinbeck wants to keep most of the focus on Curley. For this reason, The Boss isn’t given a name. Curley’s wife is a big part of the book, but she is looked at to be “less than the workers” and not as important so to keep her nameless is also showing how she is not as important. Like when he says “Curley maybe ain’t gonna like his …show more content…
Crooks doesn’t get a lot of contact with the other workers, and after Lennie and Candy came in to talk to him he was really happy. But, when Lennie and Candy were forced to leave Crooks’s room, he was really upset. He curled up into a ball on his bed and was sad once again. When Candy loses his dog, he becomes extremely sad and is even less strong than he was before. His dog was his last source of love and after it was forced away from him, he felt as if he had nothing. George had a very hard decision to make whether to kill Lennie or not. The other workers were going to get a hold of Lennie and torture him and then either kill him or put him in jail for the murder of Curley’s wife. For George to have to kill his best friend to a lot of strength, but also took away a lot of strength and happiness that Lennie provided him. “You got a nice cozy little place in here…” Candy is looking for companionship with Crooks and he probably thinks it is easy because Crooks doesn’t really have anyone at the farm to call his friend because he is
Steinbeck lacks to give two characters names, The Boss and Curley’s wife. He does this because he wants to look at them as “less” compared to everyone else in the story. Since the boss is Curley’s father, even though he is in charge of the ranch, Steinbeck wants to keep most of the focus on Curley. For this reason, The Boss isn’t given a name. Curley’s wife is a big part of the book, but she is looked at to be “less than the workers” and not as important so to keep her nameless is also showing how she is not as important. Like when he says “Curley maybe ain’t gonna like his …show more content…
Crooks doesn’t get a lot of contact with the other workers, and after Lennie and Candy came in to talk to him he was really happy. But, when Lennie and Candy were forced to leave Crooks’s room, he was really upset. He curled up into a ball on his bed and was sad once again. When Candy loses his dog, he becomes extremely sad and is even less strong than he was before. His dog was his last source of love and after it was forced away from him, he felt as if he had nothing. George had a very hard decision to make whether to kill Lennie or not. The other workers were going to get a hold of Lennie and torture him and then either kill him or put him in jail for the murder of Curley’s wife. For George to have to kill his best friend to a lot of strength, but also took away a lot of strength and happiness that Lennie provided him. “You got a nice cozy little place in here…” Candy is looking for companionship with Crooks and he probably thinks it is easy because Crooks doesn’t really have anyone at the farm to call his friend because he is