Of+Mice+and+Men+Essay

Loneliness. One of the most demoralizing feelings you can ever have. In the book "Of Mice and Men," many people are used to the feeling of loneliness. "It is loneliness that makes the loudest noise," a quote said by Eric Hoffer,

One of the loneliest people on the farm has to be Candy. Although Candy does seem like an up-beat an outgoing person at the start of the book, it is obvious that as the book goes on you can see his loneliness. All throughout pages 59-61 Candy shows his real self as a lonely person because he is basically begging to go in with George and Lennie. "I'd make a will an leave my share to you guys in case I kick off, 'cause I ain't got no relatives nor nothing," begged Candy on Page 59. In this quote, you can tell that Candy is desperate just to be a part of their plan, so he wouldn't be lonely anymore. So Candy being a very up-beat person at the start of the book is actually had his true emotions of being a lonely person.

Another very lonely person in the book "Of Mice and Men," is of course Curley's wife. All throughout the book she is begging for attention. She makes it seem very obvious that she is lonely because she either flirts with other men on the farm or she whines and complains about not getting attention. "Wha's the matter with me? Aint i got a right to talk to nobody?" as stated by Curley's wife on page 87. She is clearly begging for attention in that quote. The one thing that also makes Curley's wife suffer even more is that she doesn't even like her lifestyle. In the book she said that she wanted to be a movie star and she also said that she actually does not like her husband Curley. So not only is Curley's wife lonely, she also suffers from a lifestyle she deeply hates.

And last but certainly not the least loneliness is Crooks. Crooks is not only lonely, but he is also discriminated from the other workers. He sleeps with all of the animals in the farm instead of sleeping in the bunk houses with the other workers. "A guy needs somebody to be near him," as said by Crooks on page 72. Crooks is explaining to Lennie that every man needs somebody to talk to and unfortunately Crooks does not have that luxory. Instead all Crooks has is stinky animals that he has to sleep with. So it is actually very clear that Crooks probably has to be the most loneliest man on the farm considering that he is discriminated from all of the other men.

In conclusion, basicly everyone is lonely on the farm except for George and Lennie. In fact, if this book would go on after George shoots Lennie, George would probably be a part of that group of lonely men. "It is loneliness that makes the loudest noise," as said by Eric Hoffer. In this book, that quote is true.