Essay On Crooks Wife's Loneliness

To begin with, Curley's wife is probably the most obvious of all the lonely characters. Her loneliness drives her to find people to talk with like the men in the bunkhouse. She always pretends to be looking for her husband Curley when she knows exactly where he is. Her main goal was not to find Curley but to talk with men. When she is in Crooks quarters she said, "Think I don a like to talk to somebody ever once in a while? Think I like to stick in that house alla time?". (87)She then starts talking about how Crooks, Candy, and Lennie are losers, but she still wants to talk with them because she has no one else to speak with. In the book she also stated, "I get lonely, You can talk to people, but I can't talk to nobody but Curley”.(88) Not being able to speak to many people has made …show more content…
Throughout the novel Crooks reads books to distract himself from his loneliness. He also talks about how he does not care about any of the other workers for the sole purpose of them not caring about him. When Lennie and Crooks started talking Crooks said, “ Books aint no good. A guy needs somebody -- to be near him (81). Crooks’s loneliness has affected him drastically, he wishes someone could be near him, someone he can express his feelings too. Crooks is always looking for the opportunity to communicate with anyone. When George, Lennie, and Candy were discussing about building their own farm Crooks overheard them and expressed his willingness to join them on their mission. In the book Crooks said, “ If you guys would want a hand to work for nothing -- just his keep, why, Id come an lend a hand”(85). He is willing to give up money, food, and housing just to be able to speak to other people. Crooks’s loneliness eventually led to him being traumatized and having lots of stress and times of depression. This is another way of how Steinbeck perfectly represented loneliness and its