Of Mice And Men Loneliness Essay

“Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.” This quote by Mother Teresa a humanitarian means being alone is depressing and it makes people feel alone in the world and feel that there is no one there for them. In the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. There are several characters that feel lonely and unwanted.
The three characters who live lonely,isolated lives are Candy,Crooks,and Curley’s wife. Candy lives a lonely life on the ranch. He works alone because he can’t work with the other guys. His hand is cut off, so he can’t lift stuff. The guys leaves him back at the ranch while they go to drink and sleep with women. Then, Candy doesn’t want Carlson to shoot his dog because it’s his only companion. Candy says, “I don’t mind takin care of him.” (45). Crooks is the second loneliest person on the ranch. He has to stay in the barn alone segregated from everyone. No one is allowed to visit him in his barn. He has to be alone to take care of the animals. “I tell ya,” he cried “I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an’ he gets sick.” (73). Curley’s wife is the loneliest person on the ranch. She tries to flirt with other guys because
Candy is old and handicapped so he isn’t included in the activities the guys plan to do. Crooks isn’t allowed out the barn, unless he is playing horseshoes with the guys. He can’t go drink with the guys or go out and pick weed in the field with them because he is black. Curley’s wife is desperate for attention. She doesn’t get any attention from Curley so she goes and try to find it from other men. She really isn’t suppose to be doing that but she does it anyway behind Curley’s back. She goes around batting her eyes and curling her hair in her fingers and men stare at her. She does that because she is lonely she wants the attention from Curley but he is too busy and doesn’t pay attention to