Of Mice And Men: Loneliness
...Lenny must have
been lonely and George too. When we meet them in Of Mice and Men they already
know each other and George has already saved Lenny from getting into trouble.
Candy was lonely too because he has his dog that he couldn't bear to part with.
Crooks is lonely because he doesn't live with the white people and is usually
alone all day. Curley's Wife is lonely because she's always around the guys,
looking for Curley or looking for something that she left there as an excuse to
talk to someone. At one time Slim and Whit must have been lonely, but they're
friends when we meet them. As you can see, loneliness is one of the key factors
to this story. Everyone in this story was or is lonely.
Loneliness affects a lot of the characters in this story. One of the
lonely characters is Crooks. Crooks is lonely because he's black and no one
wants to be near him. This was when blacks were segregated from whites. No one
ever went to visit him. Also, because he's black, he has his room out in the
stable with the horses. The other (white) guys have their bunks in a one room
house type of building. The loneliness affects Crooks so that he remains in his
room when he has some books to read. He also usually rubs his own back with
liniment because a horse kicked or threw him when he was younger. Another thing
that showed his loneliness is that he had his personal belongings scattered
around the room. He also had this stuff scattered around the room because he
was crippled and was a stable buck, which meant he was more permanent then most
of the other people. Also, because he was alone he demanded that other people
keep their space too.
Another character that's lonely is Lenny. Lenny's lonely because George
is...
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