Loneliness In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

In the novel Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck depicts the essential loneliness of California ranch life in the 1930s. He illustrates how people are driven to find companionship. There are pieces of this idea in every character that is in this book from the smallest ones like the boss or the main characters like George.
There are two characters that lack the character to even have anyone around. The boss in this novel is barely there so we can even form an identity to see what his life or goals are. He’s is kind of presented as a strict and rude man. The same kind of thing can be applied to Curley’s wife except she’s portrayed as a sheltered type with no rights. She never shows up much in the book unless she’s looking for Curley or she’s in the barn when Lennie is around. This absence of characters is a really interesting look into what loneliness can be. Even though they aren’t in the novel much it’s kind of showing if you get too overall lonely then you just disappear.
George and Lennie are the main dose of how being close to someone can change your view on things. This whole book talks about being lonely but with George and Lennie it’s different. They show the other side to the story of where there’s someone there always and you never have to be alone. Often throughout the story Lennie is

She’s always flirting and messing around with the guys working and she never seems faithful to Curley. She shows her anger towards no one talking to her and or interacting with her in the barns when they tell her to leave, she starts saying some choice words to everyone in there and showing her true colors a little bit. She also shows some charm and a little character when she’s asking Lennie to listen to her, she talks about her life before she got with Curley and starts forming a friendship. The book never her justice for who she either really is or who she could be so it makes her really absent from the