It is universally acknowledged that loneliness acts as an uncomfortable condition which caused by social isolation. However, loneliness has severely spreaded around every side of the world, strongly affects social life of individual, usually in a negative manner. The novel Of Mice and Men written by John Steinbeck shares a similar idea as what has mentioned above, the main characters - Crooks, Curley’s wife and Candy, have all suffered from loneliness, despite its consequences developed differently.
Loneliness develops abnormal behaviors. Crooks is an African-Californian who suffered from loneliness by racism. As a consequence, abnormal behavior emerged. He felt ashamed to engage with others and started self-isolation. For instance, Lennie made an attempt to access Crooks’ room, but encountered his sharp refusion: “You got no right to come in my room. This here’s my room, nobody got any right in here but me.” (68) In this case, Crooks acts as a victim of loneliness, but gradually used to this type of lifestyle, built up an excessive comfort zone and actively seclude himself. This is a truly vicious circle, which with no doubt resulted in his lifetime tragedy. …show more content…
Curley‘s wife is the only female mentioned in the novel who painfully suffered under patriarchal society, which identified female as second-class gender. Consequently, she has been excluded by worker groups which was dominated by males. Perhaps being driven by different characteristics, her response to loneliness is seemingly opposed to Crooks’: she unscrupulously eager to draw others’ attentions by excessively talkative to anyone she had met, and overspread as the unrealistic desire to be a film star. At the epilogue of the novel, her “solution” to loneliness even guide her to the tragic final curtain, at the point of no
Loneliness develops abnormal behaviors. Crooks is an African-Californian who suffered from loneliness by racism. As a consequence, abnormal behavior emerged. He felt ashamed to engage with others and started self-isolation. For instance, Lennie made an attempt to access Crooks’ room, but encountered his sharp refusion: “You got no right to come in my room. This here’s my room, nobody got any right in here but me.” (68) In this case, Crooks acts as a victim of loneliness, but gradually used to this type of lifestyle, built up an excessive comfort zone and actively seclude himself. This is a truly vicious circle, which with no doubt resulted in his lifetime tragedy. …show more content…
Curley‘s wife is the only female mentioned in the novel who painfully suffered under patriarchal society, which identified female as second-class gender. Consequently, she has been excluded by worker groups which was dominated by males. Perhaps being driven by different characteristics, her response to loneliness is seemingly opposed to Crooks’: she unscrupulously eager to draw others’ attentions by excessively talkative to anyone she had met, and overspread as the unrealistic desire to be a film star. At the epilogue of the novel, her “solution” to loneliness even guide her to the tragic final curtain, at the point of no