Of_Mice_And_Men

Of Mice And Men Loneliness Nearly everyone in the story Of Mice and Men is a loner. What causes them to be lonely' Throughout this book, we see that loneliness is the main theme of the story. The characters reasons for being lonely are different. Poverty, discrimination and the lack of a permanent home are the causes for loneliness. As the story develops George, Candy, Crooks, and Curley’s wife all admit their loneliness. George sets the tone for loneliness early in the book when he tells Lennie, “Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don’t belong no place. The come to a ranch an’ work up a stake and then they go inta town and blow there stake, and the first thing you know they’re poundin’ their tail on some other ranch. They ain’t got nothing to look ahead to.” Men like George and Lennie who migrate from ranch to ranch rarely have anyone to look to for companionship. Even though George and Lennie are friends, George is still lonely. George cannot have a true relationship with Lennie because of Lennie’s mental disability. Candy is afraid of being alone. Candy wants to be mice, men, loneliness, george, ranch, lennie, crooks, wife, place, lonely, don’t, candy, work, story, nobody, hand, guys, guy, dream, discrimination, curley’s, because, alone, ain’t, won’t, willing, though, theme, tell, stake, searching, poverty, permanent, part, owning, own, offers, nothing