In John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck represents loneliness in almost every character in the book. The most major character to show loneliness is George. There is many times in the first few chapters where George would cut a deck of cards and lay out a solitaire hand, sometimes he would play other times he would just leave it. When George is talking to Candy, Steinbeck writes “George cut the cards again and put out a solitaire lay, slowly and deliberately”(Steinbeck 28). George would rather play a game by himself than play with someone else. This might represent that he’s never really had anyone, other than Lennie and he would never be able to play cards. Someone else who is really lonely but isn't acknowledged much in the book is
