Of Mice and Men †Essay †Lonely Characters Discussion Essay

In the opening chapter of Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck instantaneously introduces the theme of loneliness and the reality of men living rattling short-lived lives with no real direction. Loneliness is an inevitable fact of life that not even the strongest can avoid. Throughout the story, readers discover adult maley sources of loneliness and isolation. dulcify is an old ranch worker who lost his hand a a few(prenominal) years back while working. He is a alone(predicate) man who owns an old, smelly, disabled dog that can hardly walk. This really was his only companion. In the end his dog was shot. Candys life was heading in the isolation direction even further. The quote on page 59 Spose I went in with you computed axial tomographys. Thats three c and fifty bucks Id put in. Howd that be? This was his effort to try and join in with George and Lennies dream ranch.Crooks is a black Negro Stable Buck who wears glasses and has a wiped out(p) back. He is an extremely lonely man a nd probably the loneliest in the fresh due to his complexion. He is treated by the others in a crude(a) manner and is left sitting in his little room disoriented with an uncomfortable bed which makes his back worse. The quote on page 67-68 You got no well(p) to come into my room. This heres my room. Nobody got any right in here except me. This is how he reacted to the treatment he was getting, scarcely in the end he was quiet a adept guy to know.Curleys Wife is a very lonely woman who wears ruby-red mules, has red fingernails, full rouged lips and hair rolled in clusters. She has no name throughout the entire book to reinforce how insignificant a person she is. Her life with her husband was nothing to do with loving each(prenominal) other because she didnt even like Curley because he was not a nice bloke. The quote on page 87 Coulda been in the movies, an had nice clothes tells us that her ambition was to bewilder an actor. In the end she terminate up being murdered by Le nnie after trying to become his friend.George and Lennie, although unhappy at times, are not lonely, because they share a very close bond with each other, and have traveled together perpetually since Lennies Aunt Clara died. The only thing that seems to keep them working for succeeding(prenominal) to nothing is the thought of owning their own ranch someday. In the final chapter Lennie states triumphantly on page 103 An I got you. We got each other, thats what, that gives a shucks in hell about us. In the end George felt he had to shoot Lennie himself, so that he would die instantly, rather than suffer as Curley killed him slowly and painfully. Lennies murder was Georges final act of association. nevertheless it also ended their long friendship and now George would be lonely as he traveled around from job to job.In polish the loneliest people in this story are Crooks, Candy and Curleys Wife. The friendship between George and Lennie was a strong bond all throughout the story, but it all ended when tragically George shot Lennie because he could no longitudinal protect him any further.