In the novella Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck the secondary and main characters all express the theme of loneliness, but show it very differently. Crooks, a black stable buck, experiences alienation by the other guys at the farm. Curley’s wife, expresses loneliness because of her gender and the way she presents herself. Candy, also shows signs of lonesomeness because of his age and physical issues. When George shoots Lennie, he feels that he is know on his own and no longer has a permanent companion. George and Lennie are migrant workers on a farm during the Great Depression. They have always imagined living on their own in a house on a farm, with their own animals and crops. But, with Lennie being mentally disabled and not knowing the power of his own strength, everyone in the end, ends up alone. Crooks puts up with racial discrimination from everyone he encounters because he is black, leading him to feel lonely.
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Crooks is not allowed to sleep in the bunkhouse with the migrant workers, instead he sleeps in, “the harness room; a little shed that leaned off the wall of the barn’’ (Steinbeck 66). The fact that Crooks must sleep by himself makes him feel isolated from other mankind. Crooks must be in his room or doing work, he is not allowed to, “[play] cards in the [bunkhouse] (Steinbeck 68). He feels companionless when everyone is playing cards, and he can not because of the color of his skin. He buries himself in his books and work and keeping
Crooks is not allowed to sleep in the bunkhouse with the migrant workers, instead he sleeps in, “the harness room; a little shed that leaned off the wall of the barn’’ (Steinbeck 66). The fact that Crooks must sleep by himself makes him feel isolated from other mankind. Crooks must be in his room or doing work, he is not allowed to, “[play] cards in the [bunkhouse] (Steinbeck 68). He feels companionless when everyone is playing cards, and he can not because of the color of his skin. He buries himself in his books and work and keeping