John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men is a short story that follows the camaraderie of Lennie Small and George Milton two men seeking a simple job working on a farm to earn money. When the duo come across the small farm they meet all the current workers in the residence, and some of which they befriend and decide to include in their future plans. However, some of these characters are sick with the disease of loneliness, the side effects cause their character to sway towards negative emotional extremes. They acquire this loneliness from faults of their own character and by factors of which they could not control. A sad example of one such character would be that of Crooks, a slave that was brought to the ranch and has worked there ever since,
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Curley’s Wife is seen throughout the book attempting to conversate with the men of the barn throughout the story, and she is often described as being well dressed and looking for Curley. George and the others see this excuse as trying to get with the other men in and around the farm as she is constantly stopping in and asking the question when it seems like it would be obvious she would know where Curley is. Slim, one of the stable buck at the farm, says this after Curley’s Wife asks if he had seen Curley, "Well, you ain't tryin' very hard. I seen him goin' in your house,’ She was suddenly apprehensive,” She then proceeds to rush away from the bunkhouse (Page 16). It is easily interpreted by George and the others that she is trying to cheat on Curley with the other men on the farm, and the sets the stage for her loneliness, outcries, and arguments with the men because of the lack of attention she is receiving. Her loneliness eventually leads to her death when she tries to talk with Lennie when he is alone in the barn after many attempts to talk to him before. She approaches Lennie and proceeds to sit down and talk with him before telling him to feel her hair, and her desperation of wanting to interact with someone else leads to her death. Lennie was not paying attention to the warnings Curley’s Wife gave him and soon she begins to panic worrying Lennie which causes him to accidentally snap her neck. Her loneliness gave way to a dreary end, and her eagerness to get noticed and receive the attention she believe she deserved only hastened her
Curley’s Wife is seen throughout the book attempting to conversate with the men of the barn throughout the story, and she is often described as being well dressed and looking for Curley. George and the others see this excuse as trying to get with the other men in and around the farm as she is constantly stopping in and asking the question when it seems like it would be obvious she would know where Curley is. Slim, one of the stable buck at the farm, says this after Curley’s Wife asks if he had seen Curley, "Well, you ain't tryin' very hard. I seen him goin' in your house,’ She was suddenly apprehensive,” She then proceeds to rush away from the bunkhouse (Page 16). It is easily interpreted by George and the others that she is trying to cheat on Curley with the other men on the farm, and the sets the stage for her loneliness, outcries, and arguments with the men because of the lack of attention she is receiving. Her loneliness eventually leads to her death when she tries to talk with Lennie when he is alone in the barn after many attempts to talk to him before. She approaches Lennie and proceeds to sit down and talk with him before telling him to feel her hair, and her desperation of wanting to interact with someone else leads to her death. Lennie was not paying attention to the warnings Curley’s Wife gave him and soon she begins to panic worrying Lennie which causes him to accidentally snap her neck. Her loneliness gave way to a dreary end, and her eagerness to get noticed and receive the attention she believe she deserved only hastened her