In the classic American novel, Of Mice and Men, author John Steinbeck portrays loneliness as a result of death and manipulation evidenced by greed and an empty feeling of pleasure through the author’s diction. The phrase “I never get to talk to nobody” is used to describe Curley’s wife’s feelings toward Lennie which conveys that she is lonely and never has a human being to engage in conversation with because her “husband” Curley has threatened the farmhands if they talk to her. This is significant because, through the description of Curley’s wife’s conversation, Steinbeck portrays a vulnerable character which leads to death and greed. Curley takes away happiness from his wife, so she has to pretend that she’s always searching and trying to
