Loneliness In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

How does Steinbeck present loneliness and isolation in the novel Of Mice and Men?
Of Mice and Men is a short novel written by John Steinbeck and was published in 1937. The protagonist characters in the novel are George and Lennie and they were ranch workers who had a dream to own their own farm, they came from a place called Soledad which means ‘loneliness in Spanish.’ Steinbeck links the ideas of loneliness and isolation within the novel as the major themes relating to when he grew up in 1930’s America, specifically Soledad during the Great Depression. Steinbeck communicates these themes through the setting of the novel, through the characters including Curley’s wife and through the actions and events which take place throughout the novel.
Primarily she flirted with the men in the bunkhouse and also over dressed to act flirtatious to attract the men in the ranch. She wore ‘red nail polish’ in a working environment which shows how desperate she is to have someone to talk to. However there is a reason for this, on one hand Curley does not respect his wife and just abuses here which leaves here very lonely as she has no one in reality. This links to the idea of woman being segregated in the 1930’s. On the other hand she could be trying to aggravate Curley into beating up one of the ranch workers so that they can be closer so she won’t be lonely this could have been the case because as the story unfolds we realise how much of a devil she is. Although at the start of the novel Steinbeck makes the reader feel sorry for her as she is in a loveless marriage with Curley and none of the ranch workers ever give her a chance to change, as they just take one look at her and say "She's trouble”, or "I think Curly's wife is a tart". Which provokes her even more to become the character she later becomes as she becomes more isolated as no one will even bear to look at here. Ironically later in the novel when the Ranch workers went to the whore house Lennie, Crooks and Candy were left behind and as the character she had become she put them down by saying ‘ they left the weak ones behind’ even though she was left behind to. She says this because she has suffered a lot as she is neglected by the other characters and the thought of loneliness gets to here and she wants to make the others feel the same. The reason behind all of her loneliness was when she was offered a film job however her mum denied her from achieving this which may have scared her and now she wants to show people what she went