Consequences Of Loneliness In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

The Great Depression one of america's worst economic downturns in history. During this time many Americans struggled to get money and make a living. That's what the main characters have to face in the novel Of Mice and Men. In the novel George and Lennie form a bond to try to survive the Great Depression. Throughout the story the idea about being without a comrade gets brought up many times and the consequences that come with it. In the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck he develops the concept of loneliness throughs the characters Candy, Crooks and Curley’s wife emotions to show how loneliness makes people depressed and grumpy.
John Steinbeck utilized the character Candy to develop the concept of loneliness through his age. Candy one of the many depressed characters that George and Lennie meet at the farm is also one of the loneliest. In chapter 3 the issue of Candy's dog is brought up either to put down his dog or not. In the end Carlsson puts down the dog since Candy can't bring himself do it himself. This leaves Candy depressed since he lost his only best friend he really had on the farm. This

Curley's Wife is the only women on the farm and due to that Curly makes her stay in a house all day. So she has no one to talk too but when she tries to talk to other people on the farm, many of them try to avoid her because Curly. Which makes her very lonely and starts to say mean or disrespectful things. Also after everybody but Lennie, Crooks, and Candy left Curly's Wife find them and said "what am I doin'? Standin' here talkin' to a bunch of bindle stiffs—a nigger an' a dum-dum and a lousy ol' sheep—an' likin' it because they ain't nobody else" (Steinbeck 103). This just further proves John Steinbeck’s concept because do to her being lonely she says such vulgar things to these men. As shown since she is the only girl on the farm drives her to be mean and