Loneliness In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

The themes that is presented to the reader, is friendship and loneliness, people who long for companionship and those who care for acquaintances close to their hearts. They are given the ability to show sympathy toward others and do unconditional favors for them out of empathy. During the time of the novella’s setting, the dust bowl’s historical time. certain characters were driven to the brink of loneliness such as, Crooks towardly bitter against anyone on the ranch ‘who kept his distance and demanded that other people keep their.’ He was shunned out from other men because of his color. He internally desire friendship, stating that ‘A guy needs somebody- to be near him.’ and also confirm the message that if someone goes on without friendship, ‘[he] goes nuts if he ain't got nobody. tell ya, I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an' he gets sick.’ His dialogue about the effects of loneliness wholeheartedly …show more content…
Candy’s choice of allowing his dog to be swiftly and emotionlessly killed, throw him into a down spiral of depression and elaborate of how loneliness can affect of one’s will toward life. The final example of both friendship and loneliness is the significant and well written relationship of George and Lennie. Over the course of the story, George is shown to be the protector and caretaker of Lennie, similar to how a parent discipline his child such as instructions, rules or stories. Lennie in turn is shown to be completely unconditionally devoted and loyal to George, holding him above all, visualizing their friendship to be a bond that’s transcendence beyond family. A statement show that both of them are extremely dedicated to each other, that George ‘[get to look after [Lennie], and Lennie [get]to look after [George,] this quote was bespoken to indicate that their friendship is of complete