The Role Of Isolation In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

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Isolation is when you choose to stay away from others or the others have separated you from themselves. In this case, the book “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck is a novel about two friends, George and Lennie, who are searching for jobs and always dreamt of owning a farm, but the obstacles prevented them from achieving their dream. Major characters like George and Lennie don’t represent isolation since they are wonderful friends who can depend on each other and don’t have any conflicts between them. While another minor character named Curley can be seen as lonely therefore he has a few difficulties in connecting with other men on the ranch. Curley’s aggressiveness is the main cause for his isolation because he threatens people like Lennie and also loves to get into a brawl with other bigger men on the ranch. …show more content…

Curley comes off as a bully to other characters because he always gets into a fight with other people on the ranch due to his hatred of other men being stronger, taller and superior. “Curley's like a lot of little guys. He hates big guys. He's alla time picking scraps with big guys. Kind of like he's mad at 'em because he ain't a big guy.” (Steinbeck 26). This quote portrays that Curley picks on huge men to fight with since he is no elated about being a miniature. Curley is often noticed by others on the ranch, for example, “S’pose Curley jumps a big guy an’ licks him. Ever’body says what a game guy Curley is.” (Steinbeck 26). This quote shows the opinion of others on the ranch by saying that he likes getting into fights, he always involved in every fight to show how strong he

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