Of+Mice+and+Men+Essay

"It is loniness that makes the loudest noise. This is true of men as of dogs." This was once said by Eric Hoffer. To the characters in John Steinbacks "Of Mice And men" this quote is true. In the next three paragraphs i will be explaining the three most lonely characters in the novel.

Crooks the negro stable buck that lives in the barn with the horses. A lonely guy with a crooked back from an accident when he was younger. " Cause im black. They say i stink.. Well ill tell you all of you stink to me". In this short quote from Crooks to Lennie explains a lot of Crooks feelings. Crooks just wants a friend, someone to talk to. He hates being alone, so if they say he stinks, he will think the same thing about them. Not allowing Crooks in the bunk house has severally hurt Crooks, and has had Crooks create this wall of protection of his room, and belongings.

Curleys wife, who has no name. Just by that last sentence explains how discluded she is on the farm. Always going around as "Curleys wife" and nothing else, no identity of herself. Strolling around the farm by herself everydaynot having anyone to talk to because Curley said she couldnt. " All the guys got horseshoe tenement goin' on. Its only about four o'clock, none of them is goin to leave that tenement. Why cant i talk to you? I never get to talk toanybody. I get awful lonely". Curleys wife explained to Lennie while siting in the barn. The quote pretty much somes it up.

Candy a disabled old man. A lonely guy that only had his dog. The only family he owned. And everyone didnt like his dog, and thought it did no good for him because of how old he was. They didnt want that dog around so they convinced candy to let them kill it for him. In the end he regretted it. " I ought to of shot that dog myself, George. I ought to of let no stranger shoot my dog." This quote basically explains what George desided to do at the end of the book.

All an all the book " of mice and men" had many lonely characters in it. This book all relates back to the quote. " It is loneliness that makes the loudest noise. Thjis is true of men as of dogs." Said by Eric Hoffer.