Crooks Loneliness

It is estimated that over forty percent of people will feel lonely at some point in their lives. Well in the book, Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, three characters by the names of Candy, Crooks, and Curley’s wife experience loneliness at some point in the novel. Throughout the book, Curley’s wife, Candy, and Crooks stumble upon others and connect, eventually finding success. Each character experiences loneliness with Crooks being his ethnicity, Candy’s age and loss of his dog, and Curley’s wife having no one that listens to what she has to say.
Crooks is lonely because of his ethnicity. He is alone for so long, so he does not even try to make a friend. Readers see Crooks trying to connect with others when he says “You got no rights messing around in here at all. Now you jus’ get out, an’ get out quick. If you don’t, I’m gonna ast the boss …show more content…
She is aware that the men do consider the trouble she brings on the ranch, and is annoyed and fears she will spend the rest of her life alone being ignored by Curley and the other men. Readers see Curley’s wife trying to connect with others like George, Lennie, Crooks, or Carlson in the bunkhouse. “I get lonely’ she said. “You can talk to people, but I can’t talk to nobody but Curley. Else he gets mad. How’d you like not to talk to anybody?” (Steinback 84 ). She finds success in connecting with others, even though it is temporary, when she talks to Lennie about the time she met one of the actors of a show. Curley’s wife said that the actor tells her how talented she is. He tells her she can go with that show, but her mother would not let her because at that time in the story, she was only fifteen. If she went, she would not have been living the way she is now. Curley’s wife connecting with Lennie positively affects her character by finding what she should have done in life, instead of marrying Curley and living on the