The theme of loneliness is pervasive throughout Of Mice and Men through Steinbeck’s word choice, especially in the case of isolation through profession, isolation from nature, and isolation at home. Through diction, Steinbeck portrays loneliness in George and Lennie’s professions. As migrant workers, their lives are extremely solitary. They must constantly shift through different areas of California, looking for temporary work. Also, these workers hardly have any fixed home. . With this life, one doesn’t actually make new companions. As explained by George, “Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don’t belong no place.” Migrant workers were only acquainted for the few weeks or months …show more content…
George and Lennie are dreaming of a few acres of land, “livin’ off the fatta the lan’”, where they can be self-sufficient, full with cows, chickens, and most importantly, rabbits. They intend to live from the natural produce of these animals, “like kings”, which contrasts starkly to their current meal, cans of beans with ketchup, occasionally. This is dream of many migrant workers at this time, not just George and Lennie. As migrant workers, they are alienated from the cycles of nature, they only do one job. Their dream addresses this, as it is direct contrast to how they work on farms. In addition to this, Lennie is intent upon tending to rabbits. In his mind, he has equated this task to pure happiness. He is so obsessed with this goal that he hallucinates a giant rabbit at the end of the story who tells him he cannot tend to them. His first thought after doing something “bad” is always whether or not George with let him tend to the rabbits. Bad is in quotations due to Lennie’s inability to determine different levels of trouble; no matter what he does: kill a puppy, demolish Curley’s hand, break Curley’s wife’s neck; he finds all of these things equivalent: “bad”. This proves Lennie’s inability to coexist in society or isolation from
Not being able to act like an adult causes Lennie to be treated differently and incapable of being on his own. Lennie’s mental challenges create a hard life for Lennie to succeed in. Before even growing up Lennie was stuck with a setback, and now to reach his is almost impossible without help. George’s circumstances create a difficult way to achieve what he dreams
Loneliness: The Dark Road Life is a road people will take alone and soon learn the hardships. People will get in trouble and have no one to turn to. In the book “Of Mice and Men”, by John Steinbeck, we see loneliness in action. It varies in many different ways.
Everyone becomes lonely due to hard conditions. Steinbeck’s novel, Of Mice and Men, illustrates the feeling of loneliness on a ranch in the early 1930’s. This book shows how people are driven to try and find friendships in order to escape from loneliness. Steinbeck creates an isolated and blue atmosphere at many times in the book. He uses place names to give the setting a sense of desolation right from the start, and reinforces it with the characters readers meet throughout the book. Curley’s wife and Crooks are clear examples of what loneliness can drive people to do. Steinbeck’s book shows the importance of friendships in overcoming loneliness.
It is true that Lennie was clearly a gentle soul with a strong body, but this is no excuse for the cost of others' lives. When people began to suffer in Lennie’s hands, his unknowingness became an issue. Their dismissal from previous jobs due to Lennie’s inability to control himself underscores his failure to learn from past
Explanation – George makes Lennie understand why the people that work on the ranches’ are so lonely, and don’t associate with others, which is because workers don’t have anyone there for them. Unlike other workers, George and Lennie have another way to keep their distance from the loneliness - because they have each
An idea I found interesting in the novel ‘Of Mice And Men,’ by John Steinbeck was loneliness and isolation. I found this idea interesting because it helped me understand how important it is to be surrounded by people. George and Lennie’s friendship contrasts this idea as they are friends and they have each other, whereas most of the other ranch workers travel alone. The idea of loneliness was strongly conveyed through the characters Crooks and Curley’s wife, they are both key examples of lonely and segregated characters. The location of the ranch also represents the idea of isolation as the Spanish translation of the town’s name ‘Soledad’ means loneliness.
Loneliness is something that many people have to go through in their live. The people who have to go encounter this pain can feel depressed and isolated. In Of Mice and Men there are three main characters that exemplify this Curley’s wife, Candy, and Crooks. Curley’s wife because is a victim of this because no one wants to talk to her, Candy’s old so people keep away from him, and Crooks is a different skin color, which makes people discriminate against him.
Loneliness is a key point in the novel Of Mice And Men by John Steinbeck. Candy, Crooks and Slim are characters in this novel. They live on a ranch, they all are lonely either because of isolation, they got something taken away or just alone. In the novel Of Mice And Men by John Steinbeck, loneliness is overall a bad feeling that can still be felt when surrounded by others.
Loneliness is the feeling of isolation and no hope or dreams in your life which is what Steinbeck achieves by portraying this theme effectively using key characters and settings in Of Mice and Men. Steinbeck writes about the Great Depression and how two friends, Lennie and George, stay together through this tough time. They go from town to town and work on ranches, always staying together. This new haven in California they stumble upon seems like a good fit, however Lennie creates problems and terminates their chances of survival there.
That ain't no good.”’ (41) George has no family and is on his own with Lennie, to who he has become a full-time caretaker to. Even when surrounded by many men on the ranch, George still feels alone. “‘Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world.
John Steinbeck's book of mice and men has lots of event and themes but the most important one is loneliness.Everyone gets lonely but sometimes being lonely makes you a better person, everyone needs someone to be there for them, and no matter who you are you will get lonely.Crooks, Candy and Curley's wife are the 3 loneliest people in the novel. Crooks is isolated candy has no one but his dog and they put him down and Curley's wife who just sits at the house all day while the men work.
George and Lennie are poor farm workers trying to make ends meet during a tough time for the whole country, the Great Depression. George and Lennie have this dream of owning a home and tending rabbits. Throughout the book, we see how Lennie’s behavioral choices affect his motivation for his dream. Lennie often looks to George for reassurance that their dream is still going to happen. George and Lennie's tough situation only helps bring them closer together and provide motivation.
Loneliness is defined as “sadness because one has no friends or company” (dictionary.com), however, in John Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men nearly all the characters feel lonely despite each other’s company. Characters such as Curley’s wife, Candy, and Crooks all speak of loneliness. In fact, the only characters in the speak that do not speak of how lonely they feel are our protagonists, George Milton and Lennie Small. Steinbeck’s story attempts to change the definition of loneliness by showing that even people with plentiful company can, and often do feel lonely.
Loneliness is something almost everyone has felt at one point or another and, as soon as that emptiness of heart has been endured, one yearns to be together and supported by another living soul. However, during the 1930 's Great Depression, society and the ranch workers way of life didn 't make having a partner or family copacetic.The nature of loneliness through the demoralizing of dreams as well as the sacrifice of amenities is revealed in John Steinbeck 's novel Of Mice and Men. Lennie Small and George Milton are two migrating ranch workers who escape from Weed due to an unintentional mistake made by Lennie. They are in search for a job, at a new ranch, but before they can get a job; George forewarns Lennie to not communicate with anyone until they get the job.The fact that both men travel together, unlike other ranch men, distinguishes them from the other ranch men as well as raises the risk of suspicion towards Lennie 's mental disability. Most of the characters have companions or partners but with the passage of time they start losing them without having any control over what has been destined for them. Through the methods of characterization, foreshadowing and symbolism John Steinbeck depicts how the characteristics of the ranch workers, the invisible force of fate and the symbolism of hands and cards come together to isolate a man and eventually lead him towards eternal loneliness.
Lennie is mentally disabled and so always ‘does bad things’, because of this, he constantly depends on George to protect him and get him out of trouble. For example, in Weed, Lennie constantly ‘wants to touch