Companionship In John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

All people desire to have companionships in their lives and strive to end loneliness. In Of Mice and Men and The Color Purple characters embark on a journey to find companionship and happiness to survive. These novels demonstrate what it is like to be alone and what it is like to be loved. Throughout Lennie's entire life he is guided by his family and friends. He is mentally unable to survive alone. Celie from the very beginning of her life in the novel she is left with a family that cares for nothing about her. Her parents are dead, her sister was taken away and she is left emotionally alone. Steinbeck and Walker demonstrate that commitment to man is the primary dream for individuals within society. Lennie's inability to think for himself

She hates to be alone and constantly is looking for guys that are willing to listen to her. George and Lennie have just arrived and Curley's wife is the first to introduce herself and even gets Lennie's attention. Lennie said, "She's purty." (Steinbeck 32). George knew at that moment that she will cause trouble for him and Lennie and makes it clear to Lennie that he must stay away from her. The evening while George was in town, Curley's wife said, "Any you boys seen Curley," (Steinbeck 76) and then stood in the doorway silently waiting for one of them to speak. Crooks wants no part of her, but it took everything for her to leave. She just wanted to talk with them, but Crooks, Candy and Lennie knew she was trouble and wanted her to leave. It was not until she insulted Crooks and called him names was when she left. The next day when George goes out to play horseshoes with all the men, Lennie looks for his puppy, but he finds him dead in the barn. While Lennie is sobbing and crying over the death of his puppy Curley's wife walks up to him and begins talking. Lennie sits there quietly while she just explains how she could a better life and be an actor in movies and how she could be famous. Lennie does not care nor even pays attention, but she does not care all she wants is a person to hear her. She does not care what people think of her. She just wants people to know her story and to be

She is forced to marry a man she does not love, she is beaten physically and sexually. She is treated as if she is a slave. For most of her life she has no friends to turn to. She begins to share her story through letters that are written to God. It is until she develops a lasting friendship that she finds happiness. Shug Avery marries Albert and becomes Celie's best friend and even develop feelings for one another. Avery is able to help Celie find the letters Albert have hidden. She is not able to communicate with her sister Nettie, who is now living in Africa. She also learns her children are still alive living in foster homes. Celie finds the confidence to stop Albert and leave. After she runs away with Avery she finds out there is a house all for herself waiting her. She opens a clothing store and later revisits Albert to see that he has changed maybe even more the Celie. Celie went from having nothing: no family, no friends, and was so desperate she turned to God and now she is living the life she wants and has all the