Loneliness In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

Loneliness is not only being unhappy from lack of companionship, but it has many components. For example, somebody can have many friends and still feel lonely, when another can be all alone and feel satisfied with his/her life. John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men portrays loneliness throughout the novel and how it impacts the characters. Attention seeking, isolation and violence are some of the many negative behavior effects shown from seclusion.

In the book, the theme “friendship is necessary to human survival” is explored. I think this theme is true for George and Lennie. Throughout the book, many of the secondary characters talk about their loneliness. Crooks, Candy, and Curley’s wife all talk about their loneliness and hardships in life. George relies on Lennie for companionship, and reminds

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

The Cost of Loneliness Steinbeck explores just how much loneliness can affect a person. Candy is one of those characters. Being an outcast due to the fact that he lost his hand.” I seen the guys that go around on the ranches alone. That ain’t no good.

Everybody gets lonely sometimes. Loneliness can cause people to do rash and sometimes terrible things; it can motivate someone to kidnap a child or to simply go out and buy a cat. Whether it’s been death, broken dreams, or the fear of being abandoned, several characters in Of Mice and Men exhibit the trademark signs of loneliness. Lennie, Curley’s wife, Crooks, and even George cannot escape the desolate lives they live simply because they all fail to see the potential inside of each other.

Loneliness and sadness are a common occurrence in john steinbeck’s novel titled of mice and men and the characters most oftenly speak openly of their feelings. To seek help from the other characters in the story or to just let someone know how they are feeling. In John Steinbeck’s of mice and men the reader is introduced to a new character named candy who is a old swamper working on the farm and at first his character seems to be just a old happy working man but as the story progresses we learn he is not the happy old man the story portrayed early on we learn he lost his hand while working and was only payed little compensation we also get to a point in the story while reading that hints towards the killing of candy’s dog that he had ever

In John Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men, he tells the story of a dream gone wrong. The story focuses on the friendship of two men, Lennie and George. Lennie is a mentally handicapped man that George takes care of, to make money to buy a place of their own. At their last fateful stop, they met a variety of interest, very lonely people. Steinbeck includes several different things throughout his novel, however loneliness is one of the most prevalent theme, and is shared through the characters in the novel.

Steinbeck reveals that the attitude towards old/disabled people on the farm is one of uselessness. Once someone or something is no longer physically useful it should be gone or killed. In this case, in the book Of Mice and Men, Candy, the swamper, has an old dog who he has had for all the pups life. Other than Candy’s love for the dog, there is no reason for the dog to be on the ranch due to its old age and other disabilities. In addition, the dog is smelly and his scent hangs around in the bunkhouse even after he has left the room. So, Carlson, one of the men working on the ranch, offers to kill Candy’s dog for him. Carlson said to Candy that the dog “aint no good to you...An’ he aint no good to himself” (Steinbeck 49). Carlson used those

John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men explores the struggles of the Great Depression and its many impacts on the characters of the book, concluded to isolation. The novella greatly emphasises loneliness as also presented by the metaphorical title: extracted from a dark poem by Robert Burns, referring to tragedy and despair. Even the setting of the book is illustrated in a similar manner. The possession of loneliness is portrayed by the impacts of the Great Depression on Crooks and the misinterpreted presence of Curley’s Wife at the ranch with the men, resulting both characters accompanied by rejection. Conversely, Steinbeck’s promotion of Lennie and George’s exquisite friendship contradicts the concept of loneliness.

Loneliness can be interpreted in many ways, but only one can fully describe the isolation and solitude in the characters of Of Mice and Men. Loneliness is a horrible thing, that is demonstrated to only be overcome by having a significant other and a dream to evolve from.

Loneliness is a void in the heart which slowly consumes its host until finally it takes away any hopes or aspirations they once held. John Steinbeck ahead of his time published Of Mice and Men in 1937 to show how social discrimination was prominent during this time period. Throughout his short novel he utilizes his characters to display this ill treatment of humanity. Often times, loneliness drives its victims away from their dreams, making them to believe in things that are seemingly irrational. Steinbeck, in Of Mice and Men, created the character of Candy to give him a longing to join George and Lennie’s dream in order to illuminate the affect of society’s alienating, harsh treatment of the old and disabled.

Many people from the Great Depression were poverty-stricken and forced to wander the countryside for a continuous supply of jobs just to allow for the occasional drink, a trip to a cat house, or survival necessities. Endlessly wandering to find jobs prevented settling down, building a family, and the formation of steady friendships, so most traveled alone and didn’t care for anyone other than themselves for long stretches of time. Whether it be from a desire for attention that was never obtained, behavior issues, or the weight of constant responsibility, loneliness is a recurring theme in the novel Of Mice And Men by John Steinbeck, and throughout the novel many characters show and discuss their loneliness. Curley's wife wanted attention and so, she would wear provocative clothes, do up her hair and wear heavy makeup to gain attention from the men on the ranch.

Loneliness, the longing dread of being alone and isolated. Feeling lonely drags one into a crisis, a point of no return, the reason why feeling lonely is so painful. In the 1938 novel “Of Mice and Men,” written by John Steinbeck, he suggests that loneliness can have a serious effect in many ways because loneliness causes one to become filled with overwhelming emotions that are almost impossible to hold back, which drives them to a point of madness. Steinbeck supports his suggestion by the portrayal of two characters, Crooks and Curley’s wife, all of whom illustrate that loneliness is a long and painful process. Steinbeck illustrates this in two ways, first Crooks, who lies in sorrow as he faces racism, separating him from the rest of the world,

“No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main,” John Donne describes how no one truly is alone, unless we chose to put loneliness upon ourselves. The short novel, “Of Mice and Men,” by John Steinbeck is a story of two working class men in the midst of financial crisis. Lennie, a big man with a mental handicap travels with George. George was a small, intelligent person who cared for Lennie despite his many issues and difficulties. Both men traveled together with the goal of finding a stable job so they could afford their life long dream. Lennie looks to his companion for guidance and protection and George tries constantly to keep Lennie out of trouble but they are continuously run out of town looking for a new source of income. The men settle at a new ranch where they encounter the other characters. They are all trying to make the best of things much like Lennie and George. Everything was going smooth and they were so close to accomplishing their dream until one night when Lennie was left at the barn with one of the characters when Lennie had an impulse to grasp her and he did not let go. He ended up killing her so he hides in the bushes where George instructed him to go if

Although Of Mice and Men appears to be a novel that centers on the ideas of friendship and camaraderie, it can also be skewed the other way. These men who work on ranches live short, lonely lives. To them, friendship is much more of a luxury, per se, than a necessity. They work for a month, get paid, and move on. Their lifestyle isn't designed to make long-term friendships. They know nothing else. Almost every character has something to say about being lonely, making it a key point in this novel.