In the novella, “ Of Mice and Men “, the author John Steinbeck , gives us glimpse of loneliness through the use of characters such as Candy, Crooks, Curley’s wife, Lennie and George. Steinbeck is able to demonstrate the isolation, pain, and loneliness by showcases their needs to find friendship and build connections. Steinbeck uses these characters to indicate how loneliness depletes the body and the mind, also that everyone is lonely even if they imply to not have any individual issues. Being lonely has a different effect for all the personas and he exposes them by describing their inner distress. Candy is shown as a man in his old stage whom is rejected and excluded by the others due to him being handicapped. Throughout the book he has
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Crooks is the only African American in the ranch and suffered from inequality. He is the most isolated persona in the book, he is segregated from the rest of the guys. Being prohibited from the bunkhouse, force to live alone in a barn gave him some time to feel alone. He indicates his need of being cared about when he says, “ Don’t make no difference who the guy is long’s he’s with you. I tell you, a guy get too lonely an’ he gets sick.” (71) Further in , Crooks interacts with Lennie and lets off some steam coming from his racial injustice. Crooks hears about the ranch dream Lennie and George have then decides he wants to be part of it. He had an emotion of finally being equal and interacting with others but was soon shattered by Curley’s wife who is a white, privileged woman. Crooks becomes devastated and comes to a conclusion that he’ll always be alone and apart from everyone …show more content…
He doesn’t get to do much or be social with the rest of the workers in the ranch. He also says, “ Guys like us that work on ranches are the loneliest guys in the world. They belong no place…” (13) which showcases the loneliness they have inside. Meanwhile, Lennie is the opposite he is shown as a very strong men but in reality he is weak and childish, he is afraid of being lonely which is seen when he reacted badly when Crooks tells him, “S’pose George don’t come back no more. S’pose he took a powder and just ain’t coming back..”(71) which Lennie had cried, “ George wouldn’t do nothing like that. I been with George a long time, He’ll come Back tonight.. “ (71) Although, George had to protect Lennie, Lennie was going to be killed by Curley because he unintentionally killed his wife so he ended up shooting him. Even though he did it with compassion, he felt horrible and lonely, Steinbeck showed this easily because he made George crestfallen with his actions.
John steinbeck, showcased different kinds of loneliness and described each individual to make the reader realize that everyone can be lonely even if they seem to have it all. Even the most privileged people could be sad and lonely. Also how people are driven to do whatever it takes to feel cared about or receive some sort of attention. Even death is caused from
Crooks is the only African American in the ranch and suffered from inequality. He is the most isolated persona in the book, he is segregated from the rest of the guys. Being prohibited from the bunkhouse, force to live alone in a barn gave him some time to feel alone. He indicates his need of being cared about when he says, “ Don’t make no difference who the guy is long’s he’s with you. I tell you, a guy get too lonely an’ he gets sick.” (71) Further in , Crooks interacts with Lennie and lets off some steam coming from his racial injustice. Crooks hears about the ranch dream Lennie and George have then decides he wants to be part of it. He had an emotion of finally being equal and interacting with others but was soon shattered by Curley’s wife who is a white, privileged woman. Crooks becomes devastated and comes to a conclusion that he’ll always be alone and apart from everyone …show more content…
He doesn’t get to do much or be social with the rest of the workers in the ranch. He also says, “ Guys like us that work on ranches are the loneliest guys in the world. They belong no place…” (13) which showcases the loneliness they have inside. Meanwhile, Lennie is the opposite he is shown as a very strong men but in reality he is weak and childish, he is afraid of being lonely which is seen when he reacted badly when Crooks tells him, “S’pose George don’t come back no more. S’pose he took a powder and just ain’t coming back..”(71) which Lennie had cried, “ George wouldn’t do nothing like that. I been with George a long time, He’ll come Back tonight.. “ (71) Although, George had to protect Lennie, Lennie was going to be killed by Curley because he unintentionally killed his wife so he ended up shooting him. Even though he did it with compassion, he felt horrible and lonely, Steinbeck showed this easily because he made George crestfallen with his actions.
John steinbeck, showcased different kinds of loneliness and described each individual to make the reader realize that everyone can be lonely even if they seem to have it all. Even the most privileged people could be sad and lonely. Also how people are driven to do whatever it takes to feel cared about or receive some sort of attention. Even death is caused from