Loneliness In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

Friendship is the basic necessity every human needs in their life. Everyday this is proven in the real world, but this statement is also proven in the book, “Of Mice and Men”. Throughout the book we see many characters at crucial points and the ones who are able to bounce back are the ones who have relationships with others. In the book, "Of Mice and Men", we can see loneliness on the ranch is deeply portrayed through the characters Lennie, Crooks, and Curley's wife because of various different reasons. The first lonely character introduced in the book is Lennie, he is a different type of lonely than the rest of the characters. Lennie has somebody to rely on, which is George, where Crooks and Curley’s wife don’t have anyone they can depend on. Even though Lennie has George, he still is lonely due to his stature and past events, keeping him excluded from the other guys. Another thing that separates Lennie from the two other characters is that he is fine about being alone, he just wants to hang out with the pups, while Crooks and Curley’s wife need the human-to-human relationship. In the end, Lennie becomes isolated from the rest of the ranch members because of accidental events that make him look bad.

In my opinion I feel like the loneliness of the ranch has put her down the most. With big dreams of going to Hollywood and being a star actor to living on a boring ranch with a husband she doesn’t want to be with is killing her on the inside. For example, girls have a little to no role on the ranch throughout the book so the fact that Lennie was willing to listen allowed her to finally spill the beans on her miserable life compared to her dreams. To wrap it up, Curley’s wife loneliness is even worse because she missed out on the life she could’ve