Of Mice And Men Loneliness Theme Essay

The Novella 'Of Mice and Men ' is a tragic story and was written in 1937 by John Steinbeck, focusing on the lives of two migrant workers in California, during the Great Depression, and how they and many other characters of different ethnicity and backgrounds survive in a life of little. Throughout the Novella, there is a consistent theme of loneliness that reflects on each character individually and affects their lives, hopes and dreams.
From the very beginning of the Novella, we are presented with two characters- George and Lennie, and there is an obvious theme of loneliness as we see how George mothers Lennie. From this, we begin to realise that George stays with Lennie in order to protect and look after him rather than for any good of his own. For example, George says to Lennie "For Gods sake, don 't

Although, during the scene, he does relentlessly invite Lennie into his bunk, he replies to his kind innocents with harsh taunts to intimidate and scare Lennie. He says to him "S 'pose George went into town tonight and you never seen him no more", which obviously makes Lennie feel threatened and worried about his best friend. When Crooks see 's this, his face 'Lightens with pleasure '. This implies that Crooks enjoys tormenting Lennie, suggesting he is a very low and unkind character. However, he could be taunting him because he sees how Lennie is so less able than himself- Lennie doesn 't understand anything about segregation or working in Crooks 's eyes, and only cares about the Pups, whereas Crooks is much more intelligent, yet he is treated so differently and seen as in a lower position than Lennie. He also may be jealous of the strong friendship Lennie has with George, and doesn 't understand why he can 't have a friendship like that too, thus torments Lennie out of