The Importance Of Loneliness In Of Mice And Men

⅕ Americans suffer persistent loneliness, loneliness is something thats hard to get rid of.It will leave a person hollow from the inside out.Loneliness is less like being isolated in a single room but rather feeling isolated in a crowd.The impact loneliness has on a individual throughout their lifetime until they, in some cases, develop anxiety or depression. Candy, Crooks as well as, Curley’s wife all symbolize loneliness, they radiant the idealization of friendship.As these characters being John Steinbeck’s, shower in loneliness, so can loneliness be dangerous?Loneliness is an inevitable fact of life.Loneliness can make you angry,and not to mention make you sick.Loneliness impacts a person because,Loneliness can make you lose your grip on reality. “Suddenly Lennie’s eyes centered and grew quiet, and mad.He stood up, and walked dangerously toward Crooks,Who hurt George?Ain’t nobody goin’ to talk no hurt
I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an’ he gets sick”(Steinbeck 72,73) Being alone and, having no one can physically and mentally make you sick. Everyone needs someone to be there and listen. All of John steinbeck’s characters admit at one point to having an intense sense of loneliness and isolation. They will settle for anyone to listen. “Chronically lonely people have higher blood pressure, are more vulnerable to infection and are also more likely to develop, Alzheimer's disease and dementia” We may want solitude and to be alone but in the long term it’s not good for us mentally or physically (as stated above). Equally John Steinbeck’s characters are lonely and need someone they are sick and we all derive meaning from our emotional states through contact with others, Which these characters (Candy,Crooks Curley’s wife ) need. Loneliness is dangerous. “Life's no good without a companion to turn to in times of