The great depression struck and damaged the lives of many, and in the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, two characters have experienced just that. These characters go by the names of Lennie Small and George Milton; they seek refuge from the situation that had gone on in their original town of Weed. They obtain a job on a ranch and seek to gain a stake as hefty enough to purchase land to start their dream of forming a ranch to work and live on. But Lennie's strength and unpredictable behavior got the best of him, and he murdered a woman, causing his own execution. Even though throughout the novel, the relationship between Lennie and George created jealousy amongst the other men. Jealousy due to the loneliness and isolation the other
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She usually gets out and tries to communicate with the workers, but they suspect something more than just wanting to talk. Her flirty behavior makes her seem needy and unsatisfied, so the men look away and tell her off. Though she is married, her husband is always losing her in the ranch, so she makes do with the people around her, only if they do talk to her, then her husband gets angry and demands it to stop. She complained "Think I don't like to talk to somebody ever' once in while? Think I like to stick in that house alla time?" expressing how the isolation is making her mental state wary, and how loneliness is to blame for her behavior (Steinbeck 77). In addition to her usually reply of "I can't talk to nobody but Curley, Else he gets mad" due to her gender, still must stay away from the rest of the ranch employees (Steinbeck 87). The wanting of merely to communicate with other people has affected the way she speaks to them. Her body language, her flirty way, and even her temper have changed through her marriage with Curley in the novel Of Mice and Men. She feels as if her life has been removed from her and replaced, now having to change to please her husband's wants of her character. Curley's wife, Crook, and Slim go through loneliness on the ranch, while Lennie and George do not have to, due to their tight like glue …show more content…
Crook is isolated due to his race and has changed the way he perceives mankind. Slim is a friendly fellow, but people do not stay long enough to befriend him, causing him to patience when forming a relationship by using empathy. Curley's wife has a corky fun personality, but the men on the ranch suspend something else of it, so being secluded gave her a bad temper and changed her personality internally after marrying her husband. John Steinbeck displays different characters with different lifestyles completely, but they experience the same emotion of loneliness in the world, Of Mice and
She usually gets out and tries to communicate with the workers, but they suspect something more than just wanting to talk. Her flirty behavior makes her seem needy and unsatisfied, so the men look away and tell her off. Though she is married, her husband is always losing her in the ranch, so she makes do with the people around her, only if they do talk to her, then her husband gets angry and demands it to stop. She complained "Think I don't like to talk to somebody ever' once in while? Think I like to stick in that house alla time?" expressing how the isolation is making her mental state wary, and how loneliness is to blame for her behavior (Steinbeck 77). In addition to her usually reply of "I can't talk to nobody but Curley, Else he gets mad" due to her gender, still must stay away from the rest of the ranch employees (Steinbeck 87). The wanting of merely to communicate with other people has affected the way she speaks to them. Her body language, her flirty way, and even her temper have changed through her marriage with Curley in the novel Of Mice and Men. She feels as if her life has been removed from her and replaced, now having to change to please her husband's wants of her character. Curley's wife, Crook, and Slim go through loneliness on the ranch, while Lennie and George do not have to, due to their tight like glue …show more content…
Crook is isolated due to his race and has changed the way he perceives mankind. Slim is a friendly fellow, but people do not stay long enough to befriend him, causing him to patience when forming a relationship by using empathy. Curley's wife has a corky fun personality, but the men on the ranch suspend something else of it, so being secluded gave her a bad temper and changed her personality internally after marrying her husband. John Steinbeck displays different characters with different lifestyles completely, but they experience the same emotion of loneliness in the world, Of Mice and