Loneliness in of Mice and Men

8. L geniusliness is a very important theme in Of Mice and Men. Which characters are lonely and why? Of Mice and Men illustrates the loneliness of paste life during the Great Depression in the 1930s. Steinbeck creates a lonely and a blue atmosphere at many times in the novel. He uses words Soledad which is referred to solitude, which subject military issue loneliness and the card game Solitare which means by ones self. Not all the characters are lonely Steinbeck makes it clear that only Crooks, Curleys married woman and Candy are the lonely characters in the spreadhead.The loneliest character is Crooks. He is isolated from the other ranchers because of his race. He isnt allowed to join any social activities at the ranch and is completely left out alone. Hes so lonely that he considers reading books to accompany him. Even though he doesnt show it, he is desperate to provoke someone to blab out to. When Lennie comes in his room, Crooks that keeps on public lecture to him and do esnt care whether he was listening or not. Crooks says to Lennie A guy goes nuts if he aint got nobody. Dont matter no difference who the guy is, longs he with you.I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an he gets sick. This shows that he urgently needs a friend to remonstrate to and hes at the billet where he is becoming emotionally sick of it. Crooks also says An never a God damn one of em ever gets it. Just like heaven. Everbody wants a little piece of lan. Its just in their head. This shows that he has no hope for a bright future and that he doesnt believe that the men from the ranch are ever going to a better place. The second loneliest is Candy, an old swamper at the ranch who is change due to an accident in the past.His only companionship is his ancient hound, until Carlson shoots it for him because it is old and useless, just like Candy. subsequent on in the novel, he wishes he should have shot the dog himself, which is similar to the ending of the novel. When his dog dies, he looks for new friendship, he doesnt want to grow older being by himself. He hopes George and Lennie will become his friends when he hears them addressing about their dream ranch. He offers his savings for the dream, which makes George and Lennies dream bulge out to be actually possible to achieve. Spose I went in with you guys. Thats three hundred and fifty bucks Id put in Howd that be? This shows that he really intends to be part of the dream. He is useless at the ranch, he knows that hes going to be sacked sooner or later and he will have no place, no friends and nothing. Thats why he is giving his savings for the dream ranch, which possibly he could live the rest of his life in. Candy desperately tries to be a part of the dream shows us how lonely he really is. Curleys wife is the least lonely character out of all three.Shes controlled by her husband, Curley, who doesnt let her speak to any of the men on the ranch, which leads her into being lonely. Even though Curleys wife is mentioned frequently, Steinbeck doesnt reveal her real name throughout the whole novel. All the ranchers consider her as an object, instead of a normal human being. The ranchers dont even bother to start a conversation with her because of her husband, who call ins he is all tough and strong. Curleys wife has no female friends on the ranch, so the ranchers are her only option, but too bad they dont want to be friends with her.She realizes that Lennie isnt like the other men and she intends to be friends with him. She says to Lennie Think I dont like to talk to somebody ever once in a while? This shows that shes trying to say that she is desperately wants to talk to somebody as she hardly ever talks to anyone because nobody at the ranch listens to her. Although she has a husband which should make her not as lonely as she really is, the fact is that he ignores her and just goes out to Cat houses once in a while, yet he doesnt allow to talk to anybody or to go anywhere.I think in conclusion, loneliness have a big affect on people. It makes Crooks, Candy and Curleys wife suffer. Crooks says hes sick because he doesnt have anybody to talk to. Candy is very old and his old dog is his only friend, which then gets shot, which makes him even lonelier. Curleys wife dies because she has no one to talk to as well, so when she starts talking to the childish Lennie, who accidently kills her in the barn. I think the other men like Slim, Carlson and Whit are also lonely but they dont make it as a big deal and they just go on with their lives