Humans are a social species. Without others people, humanity would have surely died out, but some people still have to live out their lives without anyone to talk to. The reasons for their loneliness are numerous, but they still feel the same feeling. There are many character like this, but only one is the loneliest. Crooks is the loneliest character in Of Mice and Men. Crooks is a disabled black man living by himself in a room off of a barn. He got his nickname because of his disability. He is not allowed to live in the same house as the other farm hands. He only hangs out with the others when they are playing horseshoes. He only has books to keep him company, and even they leaves him lonely. “Books ain’t no good. A guy needs somebody—to
