Character Loneliness In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men
Character Loneliness
The theme of loneliness is very prominent in the book Of Mice and Men. It was not uncommon for people to be lonely during the period of time the novel was set in. John Steinbeck made it very clear that is happens to many people for many different reasons. Throughout the story many characters including Crooks, Candy, and Curley’s Wife all express how the feel lonely and isolated on the farm.
Crooks discussed with Lennie how lonely he was and not only of the farm, but for as long as he could remember. He told him how being the only colored man around has affected him and made him feel the way he did. “‘There wasn't another colored family for miles around. And now there ain't a colored man on this ranch an' there's jus' one family in Soledad’” (Steinbeck 70). The racism during this time was a major reason on why Crooks felt the way he did. When the non-colored people told him off or treated him wrong just because of his skin color, he had no one to turn to for support. Being the only ranch worker that lived in the barn also gave him a lot of time for himself and a lot of room for his possessions. “Crooks possessed several pairs of shoes, a pair of rubber boots, a big alarm clock and a single-barreled shotgun. And he had books, too; a …show more content…
All of the characters had their own reason for being lonely and had their own solution to try to help themselves. Crooks just accepted that as a minority on the farm he would always be lonely and had many possessions to keep him occupied otherwise. Candy coped with his loneliness through his dog, and once his dog was gone he confided in Lennie and George. Curley’s Wife walked around the ranch just trying to talk to someone without Curley finding out, to help her loneliness. In conclusion, the characters, Crooks, Candy, and Curley’s Wife, all displayed versions of the theme loneliness in the book, Of Mice and
The theme of loneliness is very prominent in the book Of Mice and Men. It was not uncommon for people to be lonely during the period of time the novel was set in. John Steinbeck made it very clear that is happens to many people for many different reasons. Throughout the story many characters including Crooks, Candy, and Curley’s Wife all express how the feel lonely and isolated on the farm.
Crooks discussed with Lennie how lonely he was and not only of the farm, but for as long as he could remember. He told him how being the only colored man around has affected him and made him feel the way he did. “‘There wasn't another colored family for miles around. And now there ain't a colored man on this ranch an' there's jus' one family in Soledad’” (Steinbeck 70). The racism during this time was a major reason on why Crooks felt the way he did. When the non-colored people told him off or treated him wrong just because of his skin color, he had no one to turn to for support. Being the only ranch worker that lived in the barn also gave him a lot of time for himself and a lot of room for his possessions. “Crooks possessed several pairs of shoes, a pair of rubber boots, a big alarm clock and a single-barreled shotgun. And he had books, too; a …show more content…
All of the characters had their own reason for being lonely and had their own solution to try to help themselves. Crooks just accepted that as a minority on the farm he would always be lonely and had many possessions to keep him occupied otherwise. Candy coped with his loneliness through his dog, and once his dog was gone he confided in Lennie and George. Curley’s Wife walked around the ranch just trying to talk to someone without Curley finding out, to help her loneliness. In conclusion, the characters, Crooks, Candy, and Curley’s Wife, all displayed versions of the theme loneliness in the book, Of Mice and