In the novella, Of Mice and Men, there are several characters that are affected by loneliness throughout the story. One of these characters significantly affected by loneliness is Curley’s Wife. She is affected by loneliness because Curley has never been kind to her and does not spend time with her. This is the reason why she always tries to talk to the other guys at the ranch. Another character that is affected by loneliness is Crooks. Crooks is a lonely character because he has to live in a barn by himself because of being African American. He is affected because he occasionally snaps at innocent people (Lennie). The last character that is affected by loneliness is Candy. The reason Candy is affected because he has a disability and can never …show more content…
go anywhere with anyone and because his best friend is killed throughout the novella. In Of Mice and Men, the three characters that are affected by loneliness are Curley’s Wife, Crooks, and Candy. Curley’s Wife is affected by loneliness because of her husband not giving her attention and her being the only female on the ranch.
The effects of her loneliness is her always trying to talk and mingle with the other guys. The causes of this is Curley not loving her and not giving her attention. “Well, I ain’t told this to nobody before. Maybe I ought’n to. I don’t like Curley. He ain’t a nice fella” (84). Curley’s wife doesn’t like Curley because he is not loyal and he is not kind to her. This makes her feel lonely because Curley is always out with other people having a good time without her. The reason why Curley’s Wife is affected by loneliness is because of Curley not being kind to her, giving her attention, and her being the only woman on the …show more content…
ranch. Crooks is affected by loneliness because he is black so he is isolated from others. When Lennie tries to come in and talk to him, he snaps because he is never allowed to go talk to white people. Eventually, Crooks gave him and let Lennie come in. “You got no right to come in my room. This here’s my room. Nobody got any right in here but me” (64). At first, Crooks gets mad at Lennie because he is white and is trying to go into his him. Crooks realizes Lennie does not know any better and lets him in because of his loneliness. “Come on in and set a while,” Crooks said. “ Long as you won’t get out and leave me alone, you might as well set down” (66). Crooks is so lonely that he invites Lennie in. The reason he did this is because he needed somebody to talk to. Crooks is affected by loneliness because he has to live in a barn with nobody else. Candy is affected by loneliness and is isolated because the loss of his hand and his dog.
After his hand is lost, he can no longer work with the other men and is demoted to being the swamper. Once his dog is shot, he has nothing else to live for and turns very lonely. “I won’t have no place to go, an’ I can’t get no more jobs.” I’ll have thirty dollars more comin’, time you guys is ready to quit” (57). Candy saying this is important because he is saying how he is lonely and has nowhere to go so he wants to be apart of the dream. He is depressed because of his dog and knows nobody will hire him for a job so he joins George and Lennie’s dream. The reason why candy is affected by loneliness is because his dog was shot and he is
disabled. Three characters in Of Mice and Men that are affected by loneliness the most are Curley’s Wife, Crooks, and Candy. Curley’s Wife is affected by being ignored from Curley. Crooks is affected because he is black and has to live in a barn isolated from others. Candy is affected because his dog was shot and he is disabled. They are all affected by loneliness because in different ways they are ignored and left out.
All through the book Curley’s Wife is very “open” to everyone she meets. The reason for this can be interpreted by her and Curley’s “so-called” marriage. The relationship between Curley’s Wife and Curley seems to be somewhat unstable as he is always asking “Any you guys seen my wife?” (pg. ). This also shows how protective Curley seems to be as he is always checking up on where his wife is. Curley’s insecurity seems to cage in his wife from having any kind of a friendship with any other men. In turn, the wife gets so sick of being isolated like this and relieves her loneliness by conducting secret conversations with many other men on the ranch. As a result many of the ranch hands see her as a tramp but it can be viewed that all she really wants is a person to talk to.
In his novel Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck depicts the essential loneliness of California ranch life in the 1930s. He illustrates how people are driven to find companionship. There were so many moments of loneliness and sadness throughout the novel, including many deaths. Following the deaths, they were very unexpected making the novel more intense and latch onto it more.
“You seen what they did to my dog tonight? They say he wasn’t good to himself, nor anyone else. When they can me here I wish somebody’d shoot me - Candy”. This quote shows how Candy was so lonely that he would rather want someone to kill himself instead of his dog because without his dog, he is now even more lonely. He is more lonelier than when he was before because before he was just old and he had his dog with him....
Curley’s Wife was probably one of the loneliest characters of all. She never talked to anyone and she never really liked Curley all too much. “Why can’t I talk to you? I never get to talk to nobody. I get awful lonely.” (p.86) Curley’s Wife seems to get a lot of the other guys in trouble. Curley always suspects that she’s fooling around with the other men, “Any you guys seen my wife?” (p.53) Curley’s Wife always gives an excuse to confront the guys saying, “Any you guys seen Curley?” Then she tries to hang around and make conversation. The guy’s see her as a tramp and a troublemaker but all she wants is someone to talk too.
Steinbeck expresses the theme of loneliness in the character of Candy. Candy is lonely because his is missing half an arm. Candy?s disability separates him from society, an example of Curley being set aside is when everybody else goes to town he is left in the barn with Crooks, Lennie, and Curley?s wife. Candy?s only friendship was with his old, smelly dog. Candy?s dog was a symbol of himself (old, and useless). When Carlson kills Candy?s dog he kills Candy on the inside as well.
The effects of loneliness on people are displayed in the novel Of Mice and Men through the character of Curley's Wife. As stated, when people feel lonely their actions and way of life are affected. In the plot they show that if it wasn't for Curley's Wife's loneliness she may not have died the way she did. Because she is so lonely she goes to the other men in the bunkhouse for company. When all of the men refuse to spend time with her because of the reaction Curley has on this, she goes to the one person on the ranch that she knows will talk to her, the mentally retarded man, Lennie. While talking to him she asks him to feel her hair, which he does and this leads to her death by breaking her neck. If it wasn't for Curley's Wife's loneliness, she would have never gone to Lennie for company and she wouldn't have died on that day in that way. Because this happens in the novel and there are so many other lonely characters in the novel, such as Curley, Candy, Crooks and George in the end, the theme of the novel Of Mice and Men is loneliness and the need for companions.
Mother Theresa once said, "Loneliness is a man's worst poverty." Without friends and companions, people begin to suffer from loneliness and solitude (Dusenbury 38). Loneliness is an inevitable fact of life and cannot be avoided, as shown prevalent through each of the characters in John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men. Each and every character in this novel exhibits loneliness. Lennie was isolated for being mentally handicapped, Candy was isolated for being old and disabled, Crooks was for being black, Curley's wife for being a woman, and George for having to care for Lennie and being unable to socialize with others because of Lennie's consistency of getting into trouble from town to town.
The dream of owning a farm and "living off the fatta the land" originally started as a story just to keep Lennie quiet but because of Lennie constantly asking George to tell him the story kept the dream alive. One time in the bunkhouse, George was re -telling this story when candy overheard it. Candy fears that because he is getting old and has one crippled hand that any day soon he is going to be asked to leave...
Candy dealt with his loneliness by being friendly with George and Lennie and becoming a partner in obtaining the small ranch that was George and Lennie’s dream. Candy kind of an outcast because of his age difference from other ranch hands. “I could cook and tend the chickens and hoe the garden some”(Candy 319). Candy attempts to be useful in someone else life. He heard that George and Lennie have this dream to “live off the fat of the land” as soon as they get enough money. Candy wanted to join, he offered as much as he can. He wanted to join the dream but not only did he want to join, he wanted to join the friendship of George and Lennie. “Maybe I can give you guys money”(Candy 325). Candy offered his money that he gets from the government for his disability. An exchange for money Candy gets a friendship out of it. So he is paying George and Lennie to be friends with him really. I think money will never buy a real friendship. Not only was Candy lonely and miserable trying to deal with loneliness, but so was Crooks...
know how powerful he is and likes to pet animals. The other men on the
Like the other characters Candy's dream was stolen from him. Candy's character was lonely because he needed human contact but his only companion was his dog which was killed. Loneliness affected many characters in John Steinbecks novel, Of Mice and Men. Crooks, Curley's wife and Candy were affected the most by this loneliness because none of them had a real companion and all of them had dreams which were shattered.
Even know Curley's wife is very beautiful she still finds herself lonely on the ranch. She isn't able to talk to the guys, and can’t connect emotionally with her own husband. In the second to last chapter Curley's wife finds Lennie in the barn. She later says in the barn to Lennie, “Why can't I talk to you? I never get to talk to nobody, I get awful lonely.” (Pg86) Though she has Curley as a husband it seems that she doesn’t like him that much. She can’t talk to him on an
Everyone feels lonely at some point in their life. In John Steinbeck’s novel, Of Mice and Men, many characters are written as to feel loneliness. Curley’s wife acts flirtatious and misunderstood. Curley’s wife is flirtatious and misunderstood which correlates with the book’s theme, loneliness.
Candy is an old ranch worker who shows he is isolated because he lost his hand so he is unable to work alongside the other guys. Candy had an old sheep dog that stayed at his side he tells everyone “I had him so long. Had him since he was a pup.” When Carlson convinced Candy to let him shoot his old dog, Candy had nothing left to live for. When he lost his dog he lost his ambition with it. Candy keeps to
Indeed, Curley’s wife said, “What’s the matter with me? Ain’t I got a right to talk to nobody.”(p.87) Her marriage did not bring her happiness, but it made her regretful. Being described as “no piece of jail bait is worse than her”(p.32) by George, Lennie is instructed to not talk to Curley’s wife to avoid troubles. Similarly, Crooks admits, “A guy goes nuts if he ain’t got nobody. Don’t make no difference who the guy is as long as he’s with you. I tell ya a guy gets too lonely and he gets sick.”(p.72) He has a separate room in the bunkhouse and no one ever enters the room.This exemplifies why his attitude becomes hostile and excludes himself from the rest of the guys on the ranch, except for Slim and the boss. Also, Curley’s wife said, “Why can’t I talk to you? I never get to talk to nobody. I get awfully lonely.”(p.86) She feels lonely and starts to get sick, similar as Crooks. Thus, Curley’s wife is restricted to talk to anyone on the ranch, even Curley, who does not talk to her much. This means that their environment prevents them from having a friendship and they get sick.