Of Mice and Men Theme Essay Essay #1 Loneliness is an empty feeling that no one likes to have. In the novel Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck uses loneliness as one of the biggest and main themes. Steinbeck uses loneliness to illustrate how people are driven to find companionship. George and Lennie are the main characters of this novel, as well as, “Best friends” who travel together to different ranches to find work and save up enough money to buy the house on the “Fatta the Lan’”. George practically
all so much together, but we are all dying of loneliness. One of the main themes of the book Of Mice and Men written by John Steinbeck is loneliness. In my essay I will describe how the characters, Crooks, Curley’s wife, and Candy are all impacted by loneliness. “A guy gets too lonely and he gets sick.” (p73). This is just one of the many ways that Crooks explains loneliness in the book Of Mice and Men. Crooks is a very lonely man because he is black. Therefore, he is excluded from the rest of the
once said, “ I used to think the worst thing in life was to end up all alone, it's not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people that make you all alone”. Loneliness is one of the many themes in Of Mice And Men the novel written during the Great Depression by John Steinbeck. In this essay I will be talking about how the characters Lennie, George and Crooks were impacted by loneliness. Although Lennie is a nice and friendly person that would not hurt a fly, Lennie also has a bad temper. George
Cash, and it reflects loneliness, one of the main themes of the book Of Mice and Men written during The Great Depression by Author John Stienebeck. Loneliness is a very prevalent and central theme throughout the novel. In this essay, I will go over the loneliness of Crooks the stable buck, Lennie, And George. Crooks is the african stable buck that works on the farm with the men. although he gets to work and play with the men, he still lives in his own area, because he is black. he tells lennie that
Throughout the novella lennie small lures in misfortune from the ranch hands and the society in 1930’s USA. In this essay I will be exploring the various ways Steinbeck leads to George’s final decision of shooting lennie through the theme, language and structure in the novella ‘of mice and men ’. Steinbeck uses structure to present his themes and messages in ‘of mice and men’. Despite being talked about and spoken to by other characters, the reader does not meet Curley’s wife until halfway through