Living In Solitude In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men
A Bullet to the Head : Living in Solitude
Imagine living in complete solitude with no one to talk to or interact with. Would you go insane from not being able to share your thoughts, emotions and ideas, or will you be accepting of your situation? In the novella Of Mice and Men, written by John Steinbeck, George and Lennie, two men travelling together in order to realize their dream of owning land, meet several workers at a ranch they have just arrived at. Several of the characters they meet, including an old man with a hand injury, an African-American with a crooked back, and a housewife who desperately wishes to become an actress, admit to having a lonely lifestyle as a consequence of living in various circumstances of solitude. Set during the Great Depression, Steinbeck uses the fictional characters, Candy, Crooks, and Curley’s wife, to show the common emotion and feeling of loneliness people experienced during the trying times.
One of the first people George and Lennie meet is Candy, an old man who is missing his right hand due to an accident at the ranch. Because of his condition, he is unable to work alongside the other men and in turn feels lonely with only his dog to accompany him which is later euthanized as a result of …show more content…
Candy, Crooks and Curley’s wife’s situations were all examples of what occurred in the 1930’s as a result of the discrimination during that time. Because of this common lifestyle, people were often lonely and either accepted their situation and secluded themselves from society like Crooks, or refused to admit defeat and strived to connect with others in the same way as Candy and Curley’s wife did. Either way, all characters during the economic crisis lived a lonely and depressing life. And in a sense, the Great Depression was the kickstart for a great deal of depression in
Imagine living in complete solitude with no one to talk to or interact with. Would you go insane from not being able to share your thoughts, emotions and ideas, or will you be accepting of your situation? In the novella Of Mice and Men, written by John Steinbeck, George and Lennie, two men travelling together in order to realize their dream of owning land, meet several workers at a ranch they have just arrived at. Several of the characters they meet, including an old man with a hand injury, an African-American with a crooked back, and a housewife who desperately wishes to become an actress, admit to having a lonely lifestyle as a consequence of living in various circumstances of solitude. Set during the Great Depression, Steinbeck uses the fictional characters, Candy, Crooks, and Curley’s wife, to show the common emotion and feeling of loneliness people experienced during the trying times.
One of the first people George and Lennie meet is Candy, an old man who is missing his right hand due to an accident at the ranch. Because of his condition, he is unable to work alongside the other men and in turn feels lonely with only his dog to accompany him which is later euthanized as a result of …show more content…
Candy, Crooks and Curley’s wife’s situations were all examples of what occurred in the 1930’s as a result of the discrimination during that time. Because of this common lifestyle, people were often lonely and either accepted their situation and secluded themselves from society like Crooks, or refused to admit defeat and strived to connect with others in the same way as Candy and Curley’s wife did. Either way, all characters during the economic crisis lived a lonely and depressing life. And in a sense, the Great Depression was the kickstart for a great deal of depression in