California. His mental disabilities make him an outcast to his fellow workers on the ranch. “He won’t do it‚ Lennie cried.” “George wouldn’t leave me.”(p.71).In the novel‚ Crooks was inquiring to Lennie about what he would do if George did not come back. This frightened him to even think about this. This shows how Lennie is isolated. Unfortunately‚ in his rank of society‚ he is not valued because of his mental disability. Because of this setback his intelligence is lower than others; thus causing him
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everyone in the book has some sort of issue or reason for them to become lonely and isolated. People that are outcast in the book are Crooks‚ Lennie‚ and Curley’s wife. Crooks is the only black man at the ranch with a crooked back and he lives by himself. Others asked him not bother the whites and he told them to not bother him. Crooks was black so others didn’t let him hang out at the bunkhouse with them. In the book Crooks talks to Lennie of how lonely he gets because he has no one to talk to. “S’pose
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though she tells Lennie her life story as without a name she remains mysterious. Her marriage to Curley causes for her to be rejected by the ranch workers when she seeks out their attention and friendship. Therefore she is not only lonely but also isolated as there are only men on the ranch who turn away from her. Critics may argue that Steinbeck was too harsh in not giving a name to Curley’s wife but in my opinion John Steinbeck was only portraying the reality of that particular time period. Steinbeck
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Crooks is isolated because of his skin colour‚ "S’pose you couldn’t go in the bunkhouse and play rummy cause you was black"‚ he is rejected by his fellow workers and isn’t allowed to sleep in the bunkhouse‚ he is forced to sleep out in the stable with all the animals because that is how low he is considered within the community because he is black and racism was very bad during the 1930’s. Crooks was also considered disabled by being a ‘negro buck’
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expressed through Curley’s wife‚ racism is mostly expressed through Crooks‚ the black stable boy. Crooks lives in his own shack separated from the other men in the book. He isn’t allowed to play cards with them (which I’ll go into further in Privilege)‚ and most of the men don’t even talk with him. He is isolated‚ making him depressed and lonely. The most important scene in the book showing this racism is Chapter 4‚ when Lennie visits Crooks in his shack. Lennie is the only character unable to understand
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a simpleton demonstrates the concept as he is socially isolated due to noticeable mental disability. Curley and his wife show the radical effects of loneliness and ‘the cripples’ are isolated due to physical manifestations which cause all of their plans and dreams to go awry. A significant character to consider the exploration of loneliness is Lenny Small. George’s massive‚ blundering and mentally handicapped companion is socially isolated due to his lack of intelligence however he is definitely
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poorly because she is a woman‚ Crooks because he is black and Lennie because he is disabled. In the end‚ intolerance leads to tragedy for each one of them. The character of Crooks is a victim of intolerance and discrimination throughout the novel. Society takes advantage of Crooks and neglects him because of the stereotypes of his skin colour. Crooks is not allowed to enter the bunk house where the white men sleep‚ or dine with them. He is left with the animals‚ isolated from everyone and exploited
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rolled slowly over and faced the wall and lay silent” (49). Since he is ‘one of the guys’‚ he doesn’t have anywhere to go except for the bunkhouse. It appears to oppress him‚ and although it is communal‚ bunking many people‚ Candy feels even more isolated because he is disabled and old‚ alienating him from the younger able men. Cardullo states that “Candy does not accompany the men in their hunt for Lennie after Curley’s wife is found dead in the barn. He stays all alone on the ranch‚ deserted by
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Symbiotic Relationships A symbiotic relationship is a relationship in which two people rely on each other for something beneficial. A symbiotic relationship exists between George and Lennie‚ and is demonstrated throughout the novel‚ Of Mice and Men. However‚ other characters in the novel do not have symbiotic relationships. Since these characters do not have symbiotic relationships‚ they cannot experience life to its fullest and they have trouble leading a healthy‚ and rewarding life. "[…] I got
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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
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