"The most terrible poverty is loneliness, and the feeling of being unloved," says Mother Teresa. Steinbeck's book Of Mice and Men, the common theme of loneliness reflects in almost all the characters. The novel is set in the middle of the Great Depression, on a working ranch. Two men, George and Lennie, come to encounter many people on their work in the ranch. Each one is severely feeling lonesome, despite how close they live with eachother. Throughout the story Steinbeck creates characters whoms personality reflect how secretly lonely and isolated they feel, to illustrate the power of the Great Depression. One of the most isolated characters in the book is Curly's wife. She epitomizes loneliness when she expresses how
