Loneliness In Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

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Loneliness is sadness because one has no friends or company. In Of Mice and Men there are tons of lonely characters but, the top three loneliest characters are Crooks, Candy, and Curley's wife. The most lonely character is Crooks because he is black and all the ranch workers stay away from him. The second lonesome character in the novel is Candy because he has no family left and he had a dog but then his dog was killed. Finally, the last character is Curley's wife because she is the only girl near the ranch so she has nobody to talk to.

In the novel Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck depicts the essential loneliness of California ranch life in the 1930s. He illustrates how people are driven to find companionship. Which he shows through Candy, Crooks, Curley’s wife, George and Lennie.

Loneliness can be caused from a lack of activity and communication with anyone. People become upset when their lives go downhill but if they do not do anything to change it then that is there own fault. In the book Mice and Men,John Steinbeck develops the concept of loneliness through Candy’s age, Crooks race and Curley’s wife’s gender in order to demonstrate that loneliness can cause people to act out and become depressed.

Many of the characters in the novel are isolated and openly discuss their feelings of loneliness and i think that most of them feel that way because the guys travel by themselves and that's one of the reasons they may feel lonely. They also might feel lonely because they don't even have a home or a place they could call their own. The reason why I think a majority of them are lonely though is because they don't have families and just having a family and spending time with them makes you feel better and since they don't have a family is probably why most of the men spend their time at susy's place. Another one of the reasons why i think that most of the men and even the people that work at the ranch are lonely is because they have almost absolutely nothing.

In our lifetimes, we all have experienced loneliness. In the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, loneliness affects the characters in his story. The story takes place around the 1930 where 2 men ,George and Lennie, try to find work but struggle because of Lennie’s disability. Through the theme of “Individual fear loneliness” there are many branches that can answer the question of how and why they fear loneliness. The three characters that show loneliness in this story are George, Lennie, and Curley's wife.

The novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is a story which follows the lives of two migrant farm workers named George, a small man with well-defined features that can think quickly, and Lennie, a giant man that has some mental handicaps, as they start to work at a new job. The story takes place during the Great Depression where many men roamed the country in search of a place to settle down and make a living. Throughout the story, we meet many new characters who are facing similar struggles. When the two main protagonists arrive at the ranch, they are greeted by Candy, an old "Swamper" trying to make himself useful even with his age working against him. Later they learn of a man named Crooks who lives alone in the barn because of his dark

Curley’s wife dreams of becoming an actress, but her loneliness causes her to seek the attention of the men of the ranch, which results in her death. Curley’s wife is first introduced when Candy is showing George and Lennie around the bunkhouse. She comes into the bunkhouse dressed up with make up on her face, asking them if they have seen Curley while leaning forward to show her body. This shows loneliness because she tries so hard and dresses up to catch the attention from someone on the ranch. Curley’s wife again comes when Candy and Lennie are in Crooks’ room because all the other men are out in town. She again asks the men if they have seen her husband. They look to the door to see her face heavily made up while breathing heavily as if

How would you feel if you had no friend to talk to? Every character in Of Mice and Men is lonely but some of them express it more so than others. The characters Crooks, Curley's wife, and Candy are the most lonely. Being lonely is not something people want. In the novel you see character opening up to cure their loneliness. In the novel Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck's shows how many of the characters are affected by loneliness. It is obvious that Crooks, Curleyś wife, Candy are directly affected by loneliness.

Community is an elusive term, known by everyone yet somewhat difficult to get a firm grasp of, its relatively vague and many different norms and values fall under the direct distinction of community. Talcott Parsons describes community a collective of which the members share a common territorial area as their base of operations for daily activities. Every individual has their own idealised version of what a community is and what is should look like. There are many theoretical definitions of what a community is and just as many glorified versions of what a community should be. Anthony P. Cohen says that we, as a society are attached to the idea of community and strive to understand it “We confront an empirical phenomenon: people’s attachment to community. We seek an understanding of it by trying to capture some sense of their

Mother Teresa once said, “Loneliness is a man's worst poverty. Without friends and companions, people begin to suffer from loneliness and solitude.” It is hard to live in a bad period time like the Great Depression, but not having anyone to survive through it, is harder. In the book Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, George and Lennie travel together through tough times while most other characters show their loneliness and desperately, but unsuccessfully, seek companionship. George is a small and quick, dark face, with restless eyes. While Lennie is a huge man, with a shapeless face, and large pale eyes. Both are total opposites, but together they complete mental capacity makes their friendship strong. John Steinbeck reveals through Crooks, Curley’s wife, and Candy that in a harsh world, good friends are hard to find.