Loneliness in Of Mice and Men Affected with, characterized by, or causing a depressing feeling of being alone. This is the definition of loneliness and also what many of the characters were feeling throughout the book. In Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck uses loneliness to demonstrate that companionship contributes to being happy in life. Curlers wife is lonely throughout the story which leads her to trouble and ultimately her death. I think Curlers wife is lonely because she has no one to talk to and she feels like she could of had a better life if she wasn’t married to Curler. “Why can’t I talk to you?
I never get to talk to nobody. I get awful lonely. ” (86) Since Curlers wife is lonely, she roams around trying to find companionship, but this leads to trouble. “l get lonely,” she said. You can talk to people, but I can’t talk to nobody but Curler. Else he gets mad. ” (87) I think Curler’s wife regrets some decisions in her life because now she is unhappy and lonely. I feel like she also wants the attention but others see her as Just trouble so they stay away and don’t talk to her. Because Curler’s wife is lonely, it affects her in many different ways and leads her to trouble, ultimately ending in her death.
Candy feels lonely because his closest companion was taken away from him. Candy has had his dog for so long, he is emotionally connected to it. When his g is taken from him, killed, he feels very lonely. “He said miserably, muff seen what they done to my dog tonight? They say he wasn’t no good to himself nor nobody else. When they can me here I wish somebody shoot me! ” (60) Since Candy was crippled he couldn’t do the same work as others so he probably felt left out, but he always had his dog as a companion. When George and Leonie were talking about buying the arm, Candy seemed interested too.
I think he wanted to help buy the farm because he didn’t want to be lonely anymore. “When Candy spoke they both Jumped as though they had been caught doing something reprehensible. ” (58) Candy Joined their conversation saying he could help. “Candy went on excitedly, “How much they want for a place like that? ” (59) I also feel like Candy wanted to keep his mind occupied with other things besides his dog not being there. Since Candy lost his dog he feels lonely which affects his mood throughout Of Mice and Men.