Of Mice and Men Loneliness Essay

The characters Candy, Crooks, and Curleys Wife all exemplify nakedness and isolation. By creating and describing these characters, Steinbeck is showing the reader symbolism in the characteristics of these three characters and how it can diversify the paper and the characters in it.Candy demonstrates the basis of loneliness throughout the unharmed novella. By the way he acts towards other characters in the novella. For example, he was only(prenominal) close to his label before he met George and Lennie and he was so anxious to meet them and make friends. Additionally, Candy looks desperate when the outlook of world luck of Lennie and Georges dream of the small farm comes up, he says, And they break down me ii hundred and cubic decimeter dollars cause I lost my hand. An I got fifty more saved up honorable in the bank right now.Thats three hundred This shows hes willing to give every cent to join up with them and their dream and loneliness has do him desperate. Candy also had a close relationship with his dog. After his dog was shot, it was almost described as if it was Candy that got shot. As the dog was being executed, Candy laid in bed and stayed silent. The dog and its weakness is a symbolism Steinbeck used to compare to Candy and his missing hand. Candys loneliness affects George and Lennie and alters the dream to a three man thing kinda of just George and Lennie.Crooks the stable buck is a primary example of loneliness in this novella. Discrimination towards Crooks turns him into an aloof, distant, and lone(prenominal) man. The men on the ranch keep apart and taunt Crooks. For example, when Lennie walks in Crooks room Crooks says, You got no right to come in my room. This heres my room. Nobody got any right in here but me. Crooks is isolating himself from everyone including Lennie and wants to be aloof. He also states, S point you didnt have nobody.Spose you couldnt go into the escape house and suffer rummy cause you was black. Howd you l ike that? Spose you had to sit out here an read books. Sure you could play horseshoes till it got dark, but then you got to read books. Books aint no good. A make fun needs somebody-to be near him. A guy goes nuts if he aint got nobody. Dont make no difference who the guy is, longs hes with you. I tell ya, I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an he gets sick. Here Crooks expresses his loneliness and how he is an shipwreck survivor to the rest of the workers on the ranch. Hisloneliness is formed from discrimination of his African American skin color.Portrayed by Curley, Curleys Wife is the loneliest character on the ranch that even Steinbeck doesnt give her a name. She is that unimportant and tedious compared to the rest of the characters in the novella. Sneaking around and bothering everyone and seeking attention, causing vex around the ranch, and overall she is unwanted by the workers on the ranch. In the novella, she states that she is lonely right before her death. She states thes e quotes to Lennie, I never get to talk to nobody. I get awful lonely., Whats the matter with me? Aint I got a right to talk to nobody?, and Seems like they aint none of them cares how I gotta live.Steinbeck describes isolation and loneliness in Of Mice and Men in the three characters Candy, Crooks, and Curleys Wife. Steinbeck shows the reader how this can affect and alter the story and the characters in it using the literary elements. Quotes and facts from the novella support Steinbecks theme of loneliness. These three characters from the novella fit the theme perfect.