Loneliness
Loneliness is one of the main emotions Of Mice and Men. Lenny must have been
lonely and George too. When we meet them in Of Mice and Men they already know
each other and George has already saved Lenny from getting into trouble. Candy was
lonely too because he has his dog that he couldn't bear to part with. Crooks is lonely
because he doesn't live with the white people and is usually alone all day. Curley's Wife is
lonely because she's always around the guys, looking for Curley or looking for something
that she left there as an excuse to talk to someone. At one time Slim and Whit must have
been lonely, but they're friends when we meet them. As you can see, loneliness is one of
the key factors to this story. Everyone in this story was or is lonely.
Loneliness affects a lot of the characters in this story.
George Street, Redfern
George Street, Sydney
Lenny HenryOne of the lonely characters is
Crooks. Crooks is lonely because he's black and no one wants to be near him. This was
when blacks were segregated from whites. No one ever went to visit him. Also, because
he's black, he has his room out in the stable with the horses. The other (white) guys have
their bunks in a one room house type of building. The loneliness affects Crooks so that he
remains in his room when he has some books to read. He also usually rubs his own back
with liniment because a horse kicked or threw him when he was younger. Another thing
that showed his loneliness is that he had his personal belongings scattered around the
room. He also had this stuff scattered around the room because he was crippled and was
a stable buck, which meant he was more permanent then...