Of+Mice+and+Men+Essay

In the book, __Of Mice and Men__ by John Steinbeck, most of the characters on the ranch are terribly lonely. "It is the loneliness that makes the loudest noise. This is true of men as of dogs." This quote applies to this novel, because the loneliest people on the ranch are some of the loudest.

One of the most lonely people on the ranch is the black, crooked-back stablebuck named Crooks. Considering he was the only colored person on the ranch, he had a room all to himself in the barn. Most people think they would like having a room to themselves, but Crooks did not like it at all. A room all to himself meant he never had anybody to talk to, unless it was strictly business. "'Come on in. If ever'body's comin' in, you might just as well.' It was difficult for Crooks to conceal his pleasure with anger." (Pg. 75) Crooks had to pretend the he did not want them there, but honestly, he loved the company. When people actually talked to him, he would talk for a very long time. Whenever someone accompanied him, he needed to seize the opportunity, because he did not get many. Another very lonely person on the ranch is Curley's wife. People don't even care about her enough to learn her real name. Curley was very defensive over his wife; so defensive that if anybody talked to her and he found out, he would have the desire to fight them. Because of this, she barely talked to anyone and she became very lonely. "Seems like they ain't none of them cares how I gotta live." (Pg.88) This statement was true, most people honestly didn't care how terribly lonely she wqas. Just like with Crooks, whenever she got an opportunity of a conversation with a person, she would endlessly talk. She got a chance to freely talk to Lennie, and she ended up telling him her whole life story. Unfortunately, during thatLennie accidently killed her. And sadly the only person who cared about her death was he husband, some people were even partially relieved.

The most lonely person on the ranch in my opinion was probably Candy. He is an old swamper with one hand. He had a been on the ranch for years and had just about no friends. He had a dogwhich was old and smelly, and almost everybody wanted to kill it. They ended up killing the dog barely considering Candy's opinion on the subject. "Jus' as soon as I can't swamp out no bunk houses they'll put me on the county." (Pg. 60) This showed that nobody cared enough to help him or want around anymore. When george and Lennie were talking about leaving to het their own land, he jumped at the opportunity to leave with them. He wanted to go to a place where it was possible for people to maybe care about him.

Throughout the novel, multiple people were terribly lonely. John Steinbeck strongly showed how terrible it is to be utterly alone. So go find someone special in your life, and make them feel nice.