Of Mice And Men Pain And Loneliness Analysis
The Feeling of Pain and Loneliness John Steinbeck’s novel, Of Mice and Men, addresses many topics with life lessons and themes through the main characters, Lennie and George. One of the themes that is most evident in the novel is the pain of loneliness. The theme of pain and loneliness can be represented in the novel by the characters Lennie, Crooks, and Curley’s wife. Lennie is a mentally challenged, middle-aged man who shows his pain of loneliness in Of Mice and Men through what he says in the novel. Throughout the story, Lennie is always asking for George to reassure him of their future and tries to make sure he will never leave him. He always tries his best to avoid fights with George that could eventually lead to him leaving and
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Because she is the only female on the ranch, most of the men don’t acknowledge her, which explains why she doesn’t even have a proper name in the story. She tries her hardest to talk to some of the men, such as Lennie and George because she is so lonely. Most of the time, this plan backfires because Curley finds out and gets mad at her for trying to be social. She eventually found a time to talk to Lennie, and explained: “I never get to talk to nobody. I get awful lonely” (86). She also often complains of how Curley always makes her stay in the house and won’t let her talk to anyone: “Think I don’t like to talk to somebody ever once in a while. Think I like to stick in that house alla time” (77). Her loneliness is caused by the confinement in her relationship with her husband, who she admits she doesn’t and never really has liked him. She is unhappy with her situation in the novel, which leads to her finding someone who will listen to her, Lennie. The novel, Of Mice and Men, represents the theme of pain and loneliness through its characters, Lennie, Crooks, and Curley’s wife. Each character expressed their sense of loneliness through their words that revealed the misery that they were in. These three characters show and explain their loneliness throughout the novel and cause readers to try to think in their
Because she is the only female on the ranch, most of the men don’t acknowledge her, which explains why she doesn’t even have a proper name in the story. She tries her hardest to talk to some of the men, such as Lennie and George because she is so lonely. Most of the time, this plan backfires because Curley finds out and gets mad at her for trying to be social. She eventually found a time to talk to Lennie, and explained: “I never get to talk to nobody. I get awful lonely” (86). She also often complains of how Curley always makes her stay in the house and won’t let her talk to anyone: “Think I don’t like to talk to somebody ever once in a while. Think I like to stick in that house alla time” (77). Her loneliness is caused by the confinement in her relationship with her husband, who she admits she doesn’t and never really has liked him. She is unhappy with her situation in the novel, which leads to her finding someone who will listen to her, Lennie. The novel, Of Mice and Men, represents the theme of pain and loneliness through its characters, Lennie, Crooks, and Curley’s wife. Each character expressed their sense of loneliness through their words that revealed the misery that they were in. These three characters show and explain their loneliness throughout the novel and cause readers to try to think in their