Loneliness is a common occurrence throughout almost every character in Of Mice and Men. The characters Candy, Crooks, and Curley’s wife are all very lonely characters in the book. Candy never got his dream house, Crooks never got a close friend, and Curley’s wife never got to pursue her acting career. The characters in the book are all lonely and isolated because they missed their opportunity to achieve their dreams and happiness. Curley's wife was stuck in a loveless marriage with a guy she thought of as a jerk. As a child, she wanted to be an actress, but it never worked out. Before she met Curley, she met a man who said that she was a natural and would write to her about an acting career as soon as he got back in Hollywood. Once Curley’s
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He works as a swamper as he lost his hand while working on the farm and they gave him the job as a swamper to help compensate for his hand. Candy was fine working on the farm, but he realized he wasn't going to have his job soon and too make things worse his very old dog that he had since he was a pup was being insulted by the other workers for being stinky. Another ranch worker name Carlson convince Candy to let him shoot the dog to “put it out of its misery” when he just thought it stunk up the whole bunkhouse. After the death of the dog, candy is seen to go downhill into loneliness until he hears about George and Lennie's dream house.”Tell you what-, S’pose I went in with you guys. Tha’s three hunderd an’ fifty bucks i’d put in. I ain’t much good, but I could cook and tend the chickens and hoe the garden some.How’d that be?”. Candy makes a deal with them to join them on their dream house but it is squandered, and Lennie accidentally murders Curley's wife. Candy missed his chance at happiness because Lennie made a mistake and will now work until he’s kicked off the ranch. In conclusion, the characters in Of Mice and Men are all lonely and isolated because they missed their opportunity to achieve their happiness and dreams. The characters Candy, Crooks, and Curley’s wife are all very lonely characters in the book. Candy never got his dream house, Crooks never got a close friend, and Curley’s wife never got to pursue her acting
He works as a swamper as he lost his hand while working on the farm and they gave him the job as a swamper to help compensate for his hand. Candy was fine working on the farm, but he realized he wasn't going to have his job soon and too make things worse his very old dog that he had since he was a pup was being insulted by the other workers for being stinky. Another ranch worker name Carlson convince Candy to let him shoot the dog to “put it out of its misery” when he just thought it stunk up the whole bunkhouse. After the death of the dog, candy is seen to go downhill into loneliness until he hears about George and Lennie's dream house.”Tell you what-, S’pose I went in with you guys. Tha’s three hunderd an’ fifty bucks i’d put in. I ain’t much good, but I could cook and tend the chickens and hoe the garden some.How’d that be?”. Candy makes a deal with them to join them on their dream house but it is squandered, and Lennie accidentally murders Curley's wife. Candy missed his chance at happiness because Lennie made a mistake and will now work until he’s kicked off the ranch. In conclusion, the characters in Of Mice and Men are all lonely and isolated because they missed their opportunity to achieve their happiness and dreams. The characters Candy, Crooks, and Curley’s wife are all very lonely characters in the book. Candy never got his dream house, Crooks never got a close friend, and Curley’s wife never got to pursue her acting