Of Mice and Men Loneliness Essay

Loneliness is an issue that is starting to affect more and more people daily. In a TIME article, it states, “Loneliness kills. That’s the conclusion of a new study by Brigham Young University researchers who say they are sounding the alarm on what could be the next big public-health issue, on par with obesity and substance abuse” (Worland 1). With loneliness beginning to be discussed more frequently, more writers are basing their works on the topic. In the novel Of Mice and Men, John…

will look out for them. The desire for companionship not only exists in life but also literature as shown in the novella, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. The novella, Of Mice and Men, conveys an idea that many migrant workers felt lonely and most of them wished for a companion. “A dog is a man’s best friend” is a quote known by most people and shows up in Of Mice and Men. One of the swampers on the farm, Candy has had his dog for a very long time and as a result the dog “is so God damn old he…

Loneliness was a common feeling during the Great Depression (1930s). So many people did not understand how friendship at the time. In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, Crooks is powerless from his skin color and Curley’s wife is ignored because she is a woman, and they fail to search for companionship and become lonely. Curley’s Wife relies on other men on the ranch to become her companion. “She got the eye goin’ all the time on everybody. I bet she even gives the stable buck the eye.”(Pg.51)…

40% of people suffer chronic loneliness and 15% die early because of chronic loneliness. In John Steinbeck's novel Of Mice and Men, he expresses to the reader that the effects of loneliness and isolation play important roles in all aspects of life. When he was young, Lennie lived an odd life and he was very isolated. He did not have people teach him how to deal with people and how to communicate. George said about Lennie, “He was too dumb to even to know he had a joke played on him.” (44) This…

In John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck represents loneliness in almost every character in the book. The most major character to show loneliness is George. There is many times in the first few chapters where George would cut a deck of cards and lay out a solitaire hand, sometimes he would play other times he would just leave it. When George is talking to Candy, Steinbeck writes “George cut the cards again and put out a solitaire lay, slowly and deliberately”(Steinbeck 28). George would…

Loneliness is a common theme in the book Of Mice and Men. Every worker on the ranch has a certain degree of loneliness in their life. A specific character that deals with loneliness is Candy, he is one of the loneliest workers on the ranch. Candy is a disabled character on the ranch, and because of his disability, he feels secluded from the other ranchers. Candy’s only family is a dog he has had since it was a pup. Candy feels less useless and different compared to the other ranchers, because…

George Milton and mentally disabled, Lennie Small, who set out to find work on a ranch in the Salinas Valley in order to pursue the American Dream of owning their own ranch and becoming self sufficient. Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men holds the key to discovering why individuals fear loneliness through symbols such as purposelessness, companionship, and hope. George attempts to prove to Lennie that he is not fit to tend for the rabbits and any other animals whatsoever. The rabbits imply…

Gary Sinise, the director of the film, Of Mice and Men, produced a tragic masterpiece based off of John Steinbeck’s novel which was published in 1937, but Sinise’s film was not released until October 2, 1992. According to Roger Ebert, “The most sincere compliment I can pay them is to say that all of them - writer and actors - have taken every unnecessary gesture, every possible gratuitous note, out of these characters. The story is as pure and lean as the original fable which formed in…

Loneliness is something that most people experience at some point in their life. Whether it is as a child without parents or an elderly person who lost their spouse, loneliness is almost inevitable. In the novel Of Mice and Men (1937) George and Lennie, along with many other ranch workers, experience loneliness in their own way. It is the time of the Great Depression and businesses are failing, people cannot rely on anyone else to become successful. In fact, this book is about dreams and how…

John Steinbeck’s theme in Of Mice And Mice is dealing with attempting to overcome loneliness, he uses the lack of and presence of friendship to reveal the theme. He uses the friendship of Lennie Small and George Milton to show the loneliness within friendship. In contrast, with the relationship between a man and dog to reveal loneliness in a man who has nothing but an old companion. The relationship between Curley’s wife and other men on the ranch is another relationship the author used. The…