George and Lennie are the main characters of the book. These two characters are depicted as having a close bond almost as if they were family. Yet in some parts Lennie is described as being a pet and that he would do anything that …show more content…
They play cards in there, but I can’t play because I'm Black. They say I stink. Well, I tell you, you all of you stink to me.”’ (Steinbeck 34) Then Lennie happens to come in and help him overcome his loneliness by talking to him about the farm. Crooks then asks to be apart of that plan to cure his loneliness. Crooks loneliness is very similar to Curley's wife. Curley’s wife Flirting with the workers to gain attention because of how she is shunned by everyone just like Crooks. ‘“I get lonely,” she said. “You can talk to people, but I can’t talk to nobodybut Curley. Else he gets mad. How’d you like not to talk to anybody?”’’ (Steinbeck 43) She talks to Crooks, Candy, and Lennie in the barn so that she could not feel lonely but the shun her. The interesting thing is Steinbeck shows the people who have a companion as powerful and