Of Mice and Men Loneliness

Have you ever felt lonely or isolated from the world around you? Loneliness is a devastating feeling you can experience. In the story, Of Mice of Men loneliness is a frequent theme. Throughout the story, we see character's experience this dramatic dilemma. Crooks is a black man who is not appreciated by the others. This caused a divide between them, so now crooks have nobody for him to: speak to, lean on and depend on. This caused crooks to feel as if he was alone. Candy is another representative of loneliness. In the story candy only friend, his dog, dies. He mopes for hours and seems to be secluded from the world. He accompanied himself with that dog, therefore, he had nobody to speak with either. Curley's wife is another example. Throughout the story, she tried to find people to speak with but was ignored and hated upon by the others. Loneliness is an experience that changes people's lives to the most catastrophic circumstances.Crooks biggest issue was racism. The owner separated him from each other by putting him inside a barn. Feeling like an outcast, Crooks replaced his social life with books. When talking to Lenny he said that Books aint no good, and A guy needs somebody to be near him. A guy goes nuts when he aint got nobody pg 72. Since he was the only black within the ranch, he was treated as if he didn't deserve what the others did. With Crooks striving to make friends shows how lonely he was. It also showed us that his decisions are based on that emotion. Loneliness had a strong effect on crooks life.Candy was one of the oldest in the story that lost his right arm is in the book. He was looked down upon because of his disabilities and soon was left alone because of them. He had no family, or friends besides his champion dog that was growing old alongside him. His dog used to be a great tool, but as the dog became older, Candy realized he didn't need a helpful dog but one to accompany him. Many people disagreed with Candy keeping the dog. This ended with the dog being shot by Carlson. Because of this action Candyr's loneliness greater, or you could say that his hole for loneliness got bigger. Candy finally realized that if his dog got shot down for not being a productive worker, the same thing will happen to him. He tells George that Jus as soon as I cant swamp out no bunkhouses theyll put me on the county (Steinbeck 60). To deal with his demise of getting thrown out, Candy becomes quickly interested in George and Lennier's big dream. He offers a total of $350 towards the dream farm. This dream meant a lot to candy even after what happened to Lennie. He asked George if they could still pull off the deal. The farm is his only way to get rid of his phobia of loneliness. This loneliness gave candy a drive to achieve happiness but failed in the process, and therefore affected his decisions dramatically.Curleyr's wife was affected by the actions of those around. Her behaviour throughout the book resulted in discrimination and harassment from the workers. She was called a tramp pg 32, and other horrible names. She felt powerless and lonely. The only person that would kind of listen was Lennie. Her moments with Lennie in the barn before she died, she finally felt like she was listened to. She confessed that I don like Curley. He aint a nice fella pg 89. She only married Curly so she could get away from her mother. This shows that her whole life has been the adventure of an outcast. She never was accepted by anybody promoting the feeling of loneliness. Loneliness is a stone cold feeling that many have experienced. In the story, loneliness is almost depicted as the normal everyday life of people. The characters within the story all show how this feeling can lead their future to unfortunate events. Crooks the black man gave up on friendship and replaced them all with books. Even though books are what he got it wasn't truly what he desired. He couldn't achieve his goal of friendship because of loneliness. Candy is the old man with the dog. After his dog's death, he had nobody to interact with. He started to pursue Lennie and George's dreams but was cut off by the end of Lennie, stopping his dreams from coming true throwing him into the deepest loneliness he has ever felt. Curley's wife throughout the story she tried to find people to speak with but was ignored and hated upon by the others, once somebody finally listened she ended up dying because of her search of society. Loneliness is a major experience that changes people's lives to the most catastrophic circumstances.

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