Loneliness In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

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40% of people suffer chronic loneliness and 15% die early because of chronic loneliness. In John Steinbeck's novel Of Mice and Men, he expresses to the reader that the effects of loneliness and isolation play important roles in all aspects of life.
When he was young, Lennie lived an odd life and he was very isolated. He did not have people teach him how to deal with people and how to communicate. George said about Lennie, “He was too dumb to even to know he had a joke played on him.” (44) This says that Lennie was isolated and did not learn about how people could prank each other. He did not learn how not all people are trustworthy.
George had a very lonely life. George always says because he is stuck with Lennie, he will never live a good

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