How does Steinbeck develop the theme of loneliness in Of Mice and Men?
In John Steinbeck’s prominent novel: Of Mice and Men, loneliness is an essential dynamic that features in the story. Loneliness is expressed very deeply throughout various characters such as: Curley’s wife, Candy, Crooks, Curley and Lennie. All of these characters have a variety of numerous discriminations. Curley’s wife is a victim of sexism and is deprived of the delight of speaking to other people other than her husband, Candy is separated due to his age and disability and is rendered useless, crooks is isolated in his own bunkroom due to racism, and has no-one to talk to, Curley is excluded from the other ranchers as he is the boss’ son and Lennie is separated as he …show more content…
Because of this she is mistreated and is often called names such as: ‘slut’ ‘tart’ ‘whore’ ‘bitch’ ‘jailbait’ and ‘tramp’. This often results in her loneliness as no-one would like to speak with her, and even if they did, Curley wouldn’t permit it. This is shown throughout the text when the ranchers are conversing and begin to mention Curley’s wife: "Wait'll you see Curley's wife.", "Well, I think Curley's married... a tart.”, “Jesus, what a tramp," he said. "So that's what Curley picks for a wife." "Don't you even take a look at that b*tch.” “I don't care what she says and what she does. I seen 'em poison before, but I never seen no piece of jail bait worse than her. You leave her be." this shows how without even knowing her, they’ve judged her and taken their colleges opinion on how she acts. This also shows how easy it is to believe negative things about people especially women. Loneliness is developed through prejudice in this scene. Loneliness is also portrayed using …show more content…
He understands that he is separated from the rest of the ranch hands and knows why. This is displayed through his conversation with Lennie: “I ain't wanted in the bunkhouse, and you ain't wanted in my room." "Why ain't you wanted?" Lennie asked. "Cause I'm black. They play cards in there, but I can't play because I'm black. They say I stink. Well, I tell you, you all of you stink to me." This shows how crooks is used to being mistreated and separated. The words ‘you all’ indicate how easy it is to categorise others and how well crooks does this as he is a victim of it himself. Loneliness is developed through crooks using racism which often leads to his
In John Steinbeck’s prominent novel: Of Mice and Men, loneliness is an essential dynamic that features in the story. Loneliness is expressed very deeply throughout various characters such as: Curley’s wife, Candy, Crooks, Curley and Lennie. All of these characters have a variety of numerous discriminations. Curley’s wife is a victim of sexism and is deprived of the delight of speaking to other people other than her husband, Candy is separated due to his age and disability and is rendered useless, crooks is isolated in his own bunkroom due to racism, and has no-one to talk to, Curley is excluded from the other ranchers as he is the boss’ son and Lennie is separated as he …show more content…
Because of this she is mistreated and is often called names such as: ‘slut’ ‘tart’ ‘whore’ ‘bitch’ ‘jailbait’ and ‘tramp’. This often results in her loneliness as no-one would like to speak with her, and even if they did, Curley wouldn’t permit it. This is shown throughout the text when the ranchers are conversing and begin to mention Curley’s wife: "Wait'll you see Curley's wife.", "Well, I think Curley's married... a tart.”, “Jesus, what a tramp," he said. "So that's what Curley picks for a wife." "Don't you even take a look at that b*tch.” “I don't care what she says and what she does. I seen 'em poison before, but I never seen no piece of jail bait worse than her. You leave her be." this shows how without even knowing her, they’ve judged her and taken their colleges opinion on how she acts. This also shows how easy it is to believe negative things about people especially women. Loneliness is developed through prejudice in this scene. Loneliness is also portrayed using …show more content…
He understands that he is separated from the rest of the ranch hands and knows why. This is displayed through his conversation with Lennie: “I ain't wanted in the bunkhouse, and you ain't wanted in my room." "Why ain't you wanted?" Lennie asked. "Cause I'm black. They play cards in there, but I can't play because I'm black. They say I stink. Well, I tell you, you all of you stink to me." This shows how crooks is used to being mistreated and separated. The words ‘you all’ indicate how easy it is to categorise others and how well crooks does this as he is a victim of it himself. Loneliness is developed through crooks using racism which often leads to his