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    The book “Of Mice and Men” is about two men called George and Lennie. They work on a ranch and have a very close relationship but without each other they are lonely. There are other characters in the book who are also lonely this is because of their race‚ age and sex. I think George is lonely because even though he has Lennie he can’t talk to him or have much fun with him because Lennie is always getting himself into trouble‚ which also means they have to travel around a lot so George doesn’t have

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    Loneliness Of mice and men. Loneliness is one of the primary themes in Of Mice and Men. Throughout the novel‚ John Steinbeck shows the enormous effect that loneliness has on the characters. Steinbeck most clearly illustrates this theme through Crooks‚ Candy‚ and Curley ’s wife. Ranch hands are ideal types of people to portray as being lonely‚ because their constant travel leaves them without someone to talk to or share things with. Steinbeck also shows how important it is for every human being

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    In the novel “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck‚ loneliness affects the friendships and relationships in the novel. The novel is set in the 1930’s in the great depression which inspires the themes seen in this book. The characters in the book are victims of the great depression which means they have to travel around America looking for work on ranches. Consequently‚ this means that the characters such as Crooks‚ Candy and Curley’s wife. All of these characters are all outcasts. Crooks works on

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    Of Mice and Men is not kind in its portrayal of women. In fact‚ women are treated with contempt throughout the course of the book. Steinbeck generally depicts women as troublemakers who bring ruin on men and drive them mad. Curley’s wife‚ who walks the ranch as a temptress‚ seems to be a prime example of this destructive tendency—Curley’s already bad temper has only worsened since their wedding. Aside from wearisome wives‚ Of Mice and Men offers limited‚ rather misogynistic‚ descriptions of women

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    Loneliness can tear people down‚ and make people feel like they have no one to turn at the rough patches in life. In the fictional novella Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck‚ Steinbeck illustrates the way loneliness can negatively affect people. The novella depicts the way that George and Lennie wander California‚ and then settle into a ranch as workers. Men come and go at the ranch‚ all wanting to achieve their dreams of owning land‚ but the loners never actually make their dream a reality. The workers

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    The characters Candy‚ Crooks‚ and Curley’s Wife all exemplify loneliness and isolation. By creating and describing these characters‚ Steinbeck is showing the reader symbolism in the characteristics of these three characters and how it can alter the story and the characters in it. Candy demonstrates the theme of loneliness throughout the whole novella. By the way he acts towards other characters in the novella. For example‚ he was only close to his dog before he met George and Lennie and he was

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    Loneliness is the feeling of isolation and no hope or dreams in your life-which is what Steinbeck achieves by portraying this theme effectively through key fictional characters in Of Mice and Men. By living in the town of ‘Soledad’ (Spanish for loneliness)‚ the audience gets an overwhelming sense of the depressing environment that the migrant farmers are living through by their repetitive lifestyle and the consequences they face through the Great Depression and the Dustbowl. Yet another aspect of

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    Loneliness A person is always trying to find a bond with another person‚ but in this lonesome world that doesn’t always occur. When people are deprived of companionship‚ a lot of different effects happen in different people. The different situations that everyone is in can lead to different outcomes and can lead to people developing different personalities and different situations in life. This longing for companionship is a theme that is widely explored in the book in the book Of Mice and Men

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    Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is set in the midst of the 1930s during the Great Depression. The novella follows Lennie and George at their new jobs on a ranch in Soledad‚ California. Lennie is quickly shown to have a slight mental disability yet George puts up with him to avoid loneliness. Crooks‚ an outsider on the ranch‚ even confides in Lennie as no one else pays him any mind. Also‚ Curley’s wife‚ who was considered a nuisance by the other laborers‚ admitted to Lennie and Candy about how unhappy

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    Loneliness is an inevitable fact of life that not even the strongest can avoid. In his novel‚ Of Mice and Men‚ John Steinbeck illustrates the loneliness of California ranch life in the early 1930’s. Throughout the story‚ the reader discovers the many sources of solitude‚ primarily being discrimination and prejudice‚ resulting in loneliness and isolation. <br> <br>One of the most important things that are really needed is a friend. Without friends‚ people would suffer from loneliness and solitude

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