Loneliness In The Great Gatsby

The portrayal of loneliness in John Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice And Men and F. Scott Fitzgerald’s, The Great Gatsby caused isolation between the characters. Their emotions emerged which led to major catastrophes. “A guy needs somebody to be near him… A guy goes nuts if he aint got nobody. Dont make no difference who the guy is as long he’s with you. I tell ya a guy gets too lonely and he gets sick. He got nothing to measure by” (Steinbeck ). When loneliness is strucken upon the farm, the inner feelings of everyone start to show. Bitterness, anger, boredom and curiosity all triggered from solitude, cause a wild turn of events for the peaceful ranch farm in Soledad. Pure loneliness caused death, grief and more seclusion.
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To overcompensate for their emotions they try to cover it up by hiding from society, causing a mass separation between the farmers. This is an effect of loneliness, Loneliness is introduced in the book in chapter 1 with George and Lennie as they start their journey to the town Soledad, which coincidentally means loneliness is Spanish. To begin with, they were both lonely men. With polar opposite personalities and attitudes they both started to get fed up with each other. George even admits his loneliness to Lennie in chapter 1. “Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don't belong no place” (Steinbeck 13). George is trying to overcompensate for the fact that he gets really lonely being with lennie all the time, that he expresses his feelings by saying “guys like us,” because he doesn't want to admit that he is indeed lonely. George’s loneliness causes himself to lose his grip on lennie. Lennie’s disability slows George down, so he sets him free for his own sake. Without George’s supervision, Lennie can get out of control. Which does happen, The farm was soundless one day except for the sound of Lennie meddling around in his

Jay Gatsby, the main character, who suffers from extreme loneliness, has a strong passionate love for a girl whom he would never be able to be with, simply because of the lack of timing between the two. Gatsby had a dream, that one day he would reignite the passion he had for Daisy no matter what it took. To keep his flame burning, everyday he would stretch his arms across the river in the direction of East Egg, towards Daisy’s home. “He stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way, and, far as I was from him, I could have sworn he was trembling. Involuntarily I glanced seaward – and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far way, that might have been the end of a dock” (Fitzgerald 21-22). Every night, Gatsby seems to end up on his pier overlooking Daisy’s home. He does this for the pleasure of knowing that the odds for him and Daisy reuniting are increasing each day, due to all the hard work Gatsby has done to reinvent himself, by becoming a successful, upper class man. Gatsby runs into some obstacles, and his plan deteriorates right before his very own eyes. The word of Daisy and Gatsby’s love affair has become apparent to Tom Buchanan, Daisy’s husband. When Tom finds out, his reaction is simply disorderly. Tom confronts his enemy, but Gatsby reacts to Toms foolishness by letting the truth out once and for all. “She never loved you, do you hear?