Similarities Between Lennie In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

In the story, of Mice and Men, there are a few characters who are lonely or left out. The story is about two ranchers and they are best friends. They both don’t have a family anymore. All they can do is depend on each other; Lennie had a disability. He can’t function like regular person . Lennie kills a dog and a man’s wife . But he did not mean any harm. Then there is candy and crooks , They are both lonely because there both handicapped. They don’t fit in like everybody else does.
Lennie is a lonely freindly, nice and very strong and tall man compared to all the other guys on the ranch . Lennie has mental disability so he can’t function like other people “What mouse George? I ain’t got no mouse”. Lennie likes to pet soft things , he

had a dead mouse in his pocket and George asked for it. Its important because it shows lennies disability in action . No normal human being keeps a dead mouse in his/her pocket unless their crazy or a (mental disability) . Also he really slerres his words a lot when he talks. “Aw, leave me have it , George”(5) this is important because, you can see how Lennie does not have the best grammer because of his disability This is when Lennie tries to convince George to try to keep the dead mouse but George still is not happy that Lennie is carrying a dead mouse around . “What’s your name?” “George said, “his name’s Lennie Small. Lennie can’t speak for himself because he would mess up the job for them . The boss would fill incedulous about the two.

Candy is a lonely old man who has his right hand missing. He also had a dog that was really old. One day one of the workers asked Candy could he kill his dog “he want even feel it” . the guy killed his dog ): candy lost his hand doing work on the ranch "A guy on a ranch don't never listen nor he don't ast no questions" (67). this important because it shows isolation. Candy is saying that he is a quiet person and he dosen’t have much conversation with anybody . I ought to of shot that dog myself, George. I shouldn't ought to of let no stranger shoot my dog" (234). This is when Candy’s dog got shot by one of the workers. He did not want anybody to shoot his dog .. So now he does not have a friend anymore. "You seen what they done to my dog tonight? They says he wasn’t no good to himself nor nobody else. When they can me here I wisht somebody’d shoot me. But they won’t do nothing like that. I won’t have no place to go, an’ I can’t get no more jobs" (222).Everybody wanted Candy’s dog to die because he was old and was wasn’t no use.
Crooks is lonely; and he is also African American , George can tell you screwy things, and it don't matter It's just the talking.

It's just being with another guy. That's all." (39-40). This is important because, Crooks is telling Lennie how George can tell he makes his mistakes. You know how you have those long conversations on the phone ? with your best friend about absolutely nothing? or however kids communicate these days That's what Crooks is talking about. It doesn't matter what you're talking about—just that you're making a connection. "I was born right here in Southern California. My old man had a chicken ranch, ‘bout ten acres. The white kids come to play at our place, an’ sometimes I went to play with them, and some of them was pretty nice. My ‘ol man didn’t like that. I never knew till long later why he didn’t like that. But I know now." He hesitated, and when he spoke again his voice was softer. "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" (37). At least Crooks has an excuse to be isolated: he's an African American which makes him an automatic outcast. Even if he wanted to reach out to everyone, he wouldn't be able to. You would think that things like skin color would matter less on a ranch in the middle of nowhere—but somehow they seem to matter more which sucks. “that big new guys messin’ around your pups out in the barn” (50).Lennie went in to crooks bunk while George was in town with the other men . Lennie had pup that he stole from the barn and Crooks was just Lennie that somebody who was messing with

pups.
In this summary the main point is , it shows how these characters show isolation and how they are out cast . it shows how lonely they were : it also shows the reason why etc.. This really connects with society because , it shows how people are 2 faced and how you can’t trust anybody . Not even the person who you are close too , i can understand why George shot him because he didnt want the others to tourture him . But i think it could of been a better things to do , like help him hide out or they boty could of escaped together and Lennie could have lived another day.