Loneliness In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

“Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty” (Mother Theresa). Mother Theresa is trying to express, being alone is the worst feeling and nobody can fight against loneliness. Loneliness is something that can isolate the body in person. In the novel, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, some characters like Candy, Crooks and Curley’s wife, they all feel desolated because they cannot express themselves and also their identity is misunderstood by other characters.
Crooks is treated one-sided because of his skin color. When Lennie comes into Crook’s room, Crooks said this to Lennie, “Cause I’m black. They play cards in there, but I can’t play because I’m black. They say I stink. Well, I tell you, you all of you stink to me” (Steinbeck 68). Crooks gets tired of staying in his room where he can read, sleep or sit. But compare to other workers on the ranch Crook’s life from top to bottom different because, he cannot talk to others and play cards. Staying in a room for years and not able to go outside and see the world

“Come boy. Come on, boy”, he said gently. And said apologetically to Candy, “he won’t even feel it”. Candy did not move nor answer him(Steinbeck48). Candy’s dog was something that he loved and when the dog died his heart was broken. It was hard for Candy to be himself because before he was happy and when his dog died, he got depressed. When Lennie and George were talking to Candy about Curley’s wife and George want to swing at her then Candy said, “I got hurt four years ago,” he said. “They’ll can me purty soon. Jus’ as soon as I can’t swap out no bunk houses they’ll put me on the country” (Steinbeck 60). Candy has to work like a chicken that’s been running around and since his dog died and its depression since Candy’s dog was his friend. Candy has all these responsibilities that he has and it overwhelmed him and losing some close was hard for