In life, having a companion is a basic human need. In the novel, Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck creates a scenery of migrant workers during the 1930s working at a ranch in Soledad, California. Steinbeck creates two characters, George and Lennie, who travel together and come to a ranch where the others don't understand their companionship till their arrival. Steinbeck continuously stresses the theme of loneliness and how it portrays the characters Crooks and Curley's wife to show the importance of having a companion. Crooks struggles with the existence of loneliness because on the ranch he lives in isolation from the other workers. Crooks has a desire for a friend, but anger is still built up inside of him. Crooks has a facade of strength,
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While having nothing to do, Curley’s wife goes into a bunk only to find George, Lennie and Slim. She stands at the door and says “ ‘ I’m lookin’ for Curley.’ ‘He was in here a minute ago, but he went.’ ‘Oh! You’re the new fellas that just come in, ain't you?’” (Steinbeck 31). In desperate need of a companion, she uses the thing she is good at, flirting, to start a conversation. She is characterized as basically any women in the 1930s. Steinbeck relates to this even more by not giving her a name. Later on, we learn Curley's wife only married Curley so she wouldn't have to be alone and could feel like she belonged to something. She tells Lennie her backstory of trying to get into show business and how she thinks her mom stole the only chance she had at it. She goes on and says “ ‘So I married Curley. Met him out to the Riverside Dance Palace that same night….I don't like Curley. He ain't a nice fella’ ‘’ (Steinbeck 88-89). She didn't want to feel alone anymore and was tired of the constant back stabbing of her mother. Curley's wife shows to have very little pride by giving up and marrying the first guy she meets. She has a constant fear of being alone. She tries conquering this fear by trying many things, but she will never feel as whole and independent as she did in the past when she had a …show more content…
The workers on the ranch view both of them as outsiders because of who they are. Since Crooks is black, he is segregated from everyone and rarely has visitors in his own bunk. Meanwhile, Curley's wife is the opposite gender of everyone else on the ranch. Because of this, she has trouble finding someone to talk to. Some may think being independent will have greater outcomes. For example, in academics, you don't succeed by cheating off of other people. Although this may be true, there are times where every human needs someone to lean
While having nothing to do, Curley’s wife goes into a bunk only to find George, Lennie and Slim. She stands at the door and says “ ‘ I’m lookin’ for Curley.’ ‘He was in here a minute ago, but he went.’ ‘Oh! You’re the new fellas that just come in, ain't you?’” (Steinbeck 31). In desperate need of a companion, she uses the thing she is good at, flirting, to start a conversation. She is characterized as basically any women in the 1930s. Steinbeck relates to this even more by not giving her a name. Later on, we learn Curley's wife only married Curley so she wouldn't have to be alone and could feel like she belonged to something. She tells Lennie her backstory of trying to get into show business and how she thinks her mom stole the only chance she had at it. She goes on and says “ ‘So I married Curley. Met him out to the Riverside Dance Palace that same night….I don't like Curley. He ain't a nice fella’ ‘’ (Steinbeck 88-89). She didn't want to feel alone anymore and was tired of the constant back stabbing of her mother. Curley's wife shows to have very little pride by giving up and marrying the first guy she meets. She has a constant fear of being alone. She tries conquering this fear by trying many things, but she will never feel as whole and independent as she did in the past when she had a …show more content…
The workers on the ranch view both of them as outsiders because of who they are. Since Crooks is black, he is segregated from everyone and rarely has visitors in his own bunk. Meanwhile, Curley's wife is the opposite gender of everyone else on the ranch. Because of this, she has trouble finding someone to talk to. Some may think being independent will have greater outcomes. For example, in academics, you don't succeed by cheating off of other people. Although this may be true, there are times where every human needs someone to lean