Of_Mice_And_Men

Of Mice And Men The Loneliness Of Mice And Men Friends are a necessisary part of life. Without friends there is only loneliness and solitude. In John Steinbeck's novel, Of Mice and Men there are three such characters, Crooks, Candy, and Curly's wife that shows signs of lonliness. They are all envious of George and Lennie's friendship, because they don't have anything of the kind. In the novel, Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck often gives us vitctims of loneliness that are in search for friendship. " A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody. Don't matter no difference who the guy is, longs he with you. I tell ya a guy gets too lonely and he gets sick." Crooks is a black man that lives in a society of racism and this isolates him. The above quote is how he gets a personal connection to Lennie. Crooks like Lennie has a relationship with loneliness. He knows when people get lonely they tend to get sick. Crooks is rejected from all the people and isn't able to socialize with others. Loneliness results from rejection. Even though discrimination is present in this novel, Crooks still tries to make friends. Crooks is treated unjustly by other because he mice, men, crooks, because, lennie, candy, loneliness, wife, work, friendship, way, people, curley's, tries, others, one, novel, treated, out, lonely, guy, george's, george, friends, end, black, years, through, talk, shows, relationship, ranch, own, lonliness, life, just